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Online Safety

Keeping children safe online:

Children today live in a digital world. The development of digital technology and the Internet has revolutionised how children (and adults) live their lives. Used appropriately this technology improves and enhances their lives in many ways. It also, however, presents opportunities for unacceptable behaviour and criminality among a small minority of people. We incoporate Online Safety into a range of areas of our curriculum, these include PSHE, Computing, English and Learning Journeys (included when researching about different History/Georgraphy themes).  

The continuing development of ‘Smartphones’, tablets and Internet enabled devices means that children can be ‘online’ at all times, which further highlights the need for children, young people and parents to be aware of the dangers and how best to stay safe while enjoying the benefits of digital technology.

Please see the resources below, for further information and support:

Useful websites for parents:

  • Internet Matters – great website for parents and has step by step guides of how to put on parental controls on range of devices.
  • Taming Gaming - this a wonderful website that features reviews of games, pitfalls and alternative games for specific age groups.
  • UK Safer Internet Centre – Advice and resources linked to encouraging safer internet usage.
  • Sussex Police ~ Online Fraud – Advice from Sussex Police about using the internet
  • CEOP - Child Exploitation and Online Protection command website
  • Parent Zone – excellent for articles on current online safety topics.
  • Think You Know – Interactive advice and guidance for children and parents provided by the Child Exploitation & Online Protection Centre
  • NSPCC Keeping Children safe online - this is a great website with lots of helpful pages to support parents with children's internet usage.
KIDS SMART

In school, we follow the above guidance from Kids Smart.

We hope you found the information displayed on tthis page helpful.

If you have any further questions or need any further support from our Safeguarding Team. Please contact Mr Mark Pollard(DSL), Mrs Helen Fry (DDSL) or Mrs Emma Tweedy (DDSL)

National Online Safety Guides:

Please see our Online Safety policy on policies page by clicking here.

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