Information for Parents/Carers about Keeping Safe Online 

Online safety is an important part of keeping children safe at Orton Primary School . We have extensive security measures in place in school, which are monitored both internally and externally, to help safeguard pupils from potential dangers or unsuitable material. Any online safety incidents are recorded and managed.  Online safety is taught to all pupils explaining and demonstrating how to stay safe and behave appropriately online.

We can only be successful in keeping children safe online if we work with parents to ensure the Online Safety message is consistent. It is important that parents speak to their children about how they can keep safe and behave appropriately online.

It’s essential to be realistic - banning the internet or technology will not work and it often makes a child less likely to report a problem. Education around safe use is essential.

Just as we want to keep our children safe in the 'real' offline world, we want to do the same in the virtual online world. It is important that we understand enough about the Internet to keep our children safe from harm but it is equally important that we equip our children with the skills they need to keep themselves safe

so they can experience the Internet positively and responsibly.

Please see below an updated list of resources

to help keep your child/children safe whilst online.

Please do ask if you have any queries, concerns or need support

accessing these resources.  

• Childline (www.childline.org.uk) – for support
• UK Safer Internet Centre (https://reportharmfulcontent.com/ ) - to report and remove harmful online content
• CEOP (https://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/ ) - for advice on making a report about online abuse

• Internet matters - for support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online
• London Grid for Learning - for support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online
• Net-aware - for support for parents and careers from the NSPCC
• Parent info - for support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online
• Thinkuknow - for advice from the National Crime Agency to stay safe online
• UK Safer Internet Centre - advice for parents and carers
• Childnet - offers a toolkit to support parents and carers of children of any age to start discussions about their online life, to set boundaries around online behaviour and technology use, and to find out where to get more help and support
• Let’s Talk About It - advice for parents and carers to keep children safe from online radicalisation
  
  In addition, the Government has also provided:

• support for parents and carers to keep children safe from online harms, includes advice about specific harms such as online child sexual abuse, sexting, and cyberbullying
• support to stay safe online includes security and privacy settings, blocking unsuitable content, and parental controls

Online Safety During Lockdown

SCARF resource

https://coramlifeeducation.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6e14545cf5bc5c9bf48ceaae&id=8c2ec4b24e&e=a0fda2241b

Following the recent Parent Workshop delivered by the NSPCC

we have added some links below that you may find useful. 

They contain information that may help you and your family be more aware of how to keep safe when online.

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/onlinesafety

https://net-aware.org.uk/

https://www.youtube.com/yt/kids/

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/share-aware/

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/