E-Safety
This page contains different resources available to help with E-safety.
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Online Shopping - Here are some tips and advice regarding online shopping.
Smart TV - Here is some information regarding Smart TVs with advice for Parents and Carers.
Microtransactions - Here is some advice relating to Microtransactions (purchases within a site or app for extra features).
Catfishing Guide for Parents - Here is a guide to Catfishing what can be done if this situation arises.
Guide for supporting children with upsetting content
We will also post guidance, our E-safety policy and activities that you may find useful. If you have any queries or would like to discuss E-safety you can contact our Safe-Guarding team or Mr Wilson (E-safety leader, EPICT qualified).
E-safety can be defined as the safe and responsible use of technology and is as much about behaviour as it is security.
This policy outlines the schools approach to E-safety:
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Below are two guides – one referring catfishing, the other about age ratings.
Below are links to websites that provide support, advice and resources.
- Thinkuknow provides advice from the National Crime Agency (NCA) on staying safe online
- Parent info is a collaboration between Parentzone and the NCA providing support and guidance for parents from leading experts and organisations
- 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
- Internet Matters provides age-specific online safety checklists, guides on how to set parental controls on a range of devices, and a host of practical tips to help children get the most out of their digital world
- London Grid for Learning has support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online, including tips to keep primary aged children safe online
- Net-aware has support for parents and carers from the NSPCC and O2, including a guide to social networks, apps and games
- Let’s Talk About It has advice for parents and carers to keep children safe from online radicalisation
- UK Safer Internet Centre has tips, advice, guides and other resources to help keep children safe online, including parental controls offered by home internet providers and safety tools on social networks and other online services
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.