Staying Safe Online
#WakeUpWednesday
In an effort to keep our whole school community safe in our digital world, we will be realeasing a new #WakeUpWednesday from National Online Safety. These tips and hints can help us to understand how to protect ourselves on well known apps, websites and games.
Everything you need to know about Snapchat
Everything you need to know about TikTok
Everything you need to know about Yotube
Everything you need to know about Facebook
Everything you need to know about Group Chats
Useful Resources
Education for a connected world
Useful sources of information:
Think U Know - containing internet safety advice for those aged from 5 to 16, along with parents and teachers, this site is produced by CEOP (the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre) https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/
Kidsmart - An award-winning internet safety programme for children. http://www.kidsmart.org.uk/
Know IT All - lots of useful advice for keeping yourselves and your children safe on the Internet. http://www.childnet.com/resources/kia/
Bullying UK - Information and advice about bullying for children, parents and schools. http://www.bullying.co.uk/cyberbullying
Kidscape - An organisation which helps to prevent bullying and child abuse. https://www.kidscape.org.uk/
Childline - ChildLine is the free helpline for children and young people in the UK. http://www.childline.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=UK_GO_S_E_BND_Grant_Childline_Pure_Brand&utm_term=childline&gclid=CPmeu-vzrMUCFSkcwwodUDcA7g&gclsrc=aw.ds
Staying Safe Online
Being online is an integral part of children and young people’s lives. Social media, online games, websites and apps can be accessed through mobile phones, computers, laptops and tablets – all of which form a part of children and young people’s online world. The internet and online technology provides new opportunities for young people’s learning and growth, but it can also expose them to new types of risks.
At Kirkby on Bain, we feel passionate that children have the knowledge they need to help them make good choices and keep safe when using the internet. Digital Literacy forms a fundemental part of our learning around computing and threads through all of our learning in this area and beyond.
We explore digital literacy through 8 main strands:
Stay Safe Squad
Our Stay Safe Squad champion e-saftey in our school. Watch this space to see what they have been up to!
