We are a National Online Safety Certified school! We have received a National Online Safety Certified School Accreditation for our whole school community approach to prot
ecting children in the online world.
National Online Safety is a digital training provider with extensive resources in online safety, developed in line with the Department of Education’s statutory requirements. These resources are accessible by parents through the National Online Safety app/site. All of our parents can register for an account with National Online Safety, using the link sent on Parent Mail.
Ten Top Tips for Keeping your Child Safe Online:
- You should only talk to people you know and trust in real life – anyone can pretend to be a child online
- If you do talk to people you don’t know, don’t give away personal information – like what street you live on or where you go to school, or share your location with them. Say no to any requests they send you for images or videos of yourself, and stop talking to them
- Set your profiles to private, to limit what others can see
- Be ‘share aware’ – think carefully about what you share and with who. Once it’s out there, you’ve got no control over what the other person does with it.
- Be mindful of your digital footprint. What you post online now could come back to bite you later, like when applying for jobs, college or university
- If you see something upsetting, or someone bullies you, tell an adult you trust
- Be aware that people will try to make their lives look more exciting online. There’s a lot people can do with photo editing to make their photos look better. So don’t assume everything you see is a true to life representation
- Watch out for hoaxes and scams, like messages you’re meant to forward on or that ask you for payment details or your password
- Take any content that glamorises gang lifestyles with a very large pinch of salt – it’s not as glamorous as it looks. Be wary of schemes promising easy cash for receiving and transferring money too, they’re almost definitely criminal activity
- Watch out for loot boxes or other parts of games where you pay money to take a chance on getting a reward – you can get sucked into spending lots of money on them.
If you don’t feel confident starting a conversation with your child about what they’re up to online, read this advice from the NSPCC:
Online Safety for Children – Tips & Guides | NSPCC
Loot Boxes and Skins Betting Parent Fact Sheet
Your Child’s Screen Time – Parent Guide
YouTube Kids Parent Fact Sheet