Online Safety
Lime Tree Primary school is committed to keeping children safe online. The internet has changed all of our lives, particularly our children's. For parents and carers, this opens up a whole new world of things to be aware of.
Our Digital Leaders have put together this short video all about the SMART rules and how to stay safe online https://youtu.be/q0Q_5LjCtnk
To support families to keep safe at home, please take a look at the following resources:
- Advice on Gaming; in particular Child safety on Fortnite; Parent Factsheet
- Advice on Mobile Phones
- Advice on Internet Enabled Devices
- Family conversation starters on E-Safety
- SMART Online Safety Rules Poster
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https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/blog/safer-internet-day-tips-and-advice-pages
As part of our ongoing support for you and your children, we will be sending out a weekly 'Wake Up Wednesday' email to you all with guides that empower adults and help to protect children in the digital space.
This initiative was devised to encourage schools, parents, carers and children alike to 'wake up' to the extent of potential hazards facing young people online. Please take the time to look over these resources that are sent out each week.
#WakeUpWednesday | National College
Internet Safety Day
Every year we have a day dedictaed to Internet Safety; however, it is not just one day, internet safety is important everyday.
Have a conversation with children about using the internet safely, responsibly and positively. Whether you are a parent, grandparent, foster carer, aunt, uncle or older sibling – we can all play a role in empowering children to enjoy their time online! UK Safer Internet Centre focuses on how consent works in an online context and exploring how young people ask, give, and receive consent online. This could be in their friendships or relationships, how they take and share images and videos or how they manage their privacy and data. These conversation starters are a great way to help you talk about these issues with children. Click here for more information on conversation starters.
Click here for suggestions of fun and engaging activities that you can do with younger children to help them think about being safe and positive online.
Why not go on a hunt around the house searching for all the devices which connect to the internet? Record them on your family Internet Safety Plan.
Other links you may find useful:
Glossary of terms: https://www.internetmatters.org/advice/glossary
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/globalassets/documents/advice-and-info/share-aware.pdf
https://www.internetmatters.org/
Internet Matters videos with strategies for supporting children’s E-Safety:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySbDYUmPasU Supporting Under 5s
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz4EyUMUTro Supporting 6-10s
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iKPd6lZYuA Supporting 11-13s
- www.thinkuknow.com
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/
- http://www.getnetwise.org/
- https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/