E-Safety
Traci Good and the i-vengers are back again sharing how to keep your children safe online over Christmas. Please click on the link to watch the 2 minute video.
Free parent training- Help! How do I keep my child safe online? Click on the pictures which will take you to a recording that was held on Monday 24th April.
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Traci Good's i-venger team have created a short parent video (2 mins) on keeping your child safe when online gaming. Just click on the picture to the video.
E-safety mapped across the school using Education for a Connective World objectives
Part of our ongoing review of safeguarding in school we have matched our Computing and PSHCE curriculum to the UK Council for Internet Safety objectives - Education for a Connected World. The following document identifies where these are covered and how they support the progression of teaching through the annual Anti-Bullying day in November 
and E-safety day in February. We use Project Evolve to support teaching these objectives.
In school, we have IT ambassadors, called i-vengers.
These children are helping to educate us all to keep safe online. Follow the link to find out more.
6 Common sense ways to help keep your child safe online:
Talk To Your Child
“Only by talking to them, and knowing how to block and report inappropriate content can we start to make a difference, but we have to do our homework,” Jennings writes. If you’re struggling to work out how to have that conversation, look at Thinkuknow. The website is connected to police and CEOP and offers advice that’s targeted appropriately to the age of your child. (Link below)
Take Them Seriously
If your child is scared, it can be counterproductive to dismiss those fears and risk invalidating their feelings. It doesn’t matter if the fear is real or proportionate, if it’s scaring your child, it’s worth listening – really listening. And sometimes, if they feel heard, they’ll feel better. CforCat – a platform dedicated to early childhood development – advises acknowledging their feelings, giving them permission to feel that way and inviting them to discuss what they’re thinking about.
Understand Technology
It can be hard keeping up with which app, game or social messaging service your kids are using. If you want the latest on the latest technology, consider checking out parentzone – the experts on family digital life. There are sections ranging from explaining the game Fortnite, to what game age ratings really mean and how to achieve a digital detox.
Make Informed Decisions
If you care about gender stereotyping, or want to weed out content that depicts violence or bad language, check out Common Sense Media. It watches online media and content for you, and provides advice, reviews and trigger warnings. (Link below)
Report Any Serious Risk of Harm
Take a look at the CEOP online safety centre. You can make a report to one of CEOP’s Child Protection Advisors if you are worried about online sexual abuse, or the way someone has been communicating with your child online. (Link below)
