e-Safety
NSPCC - Keeping our children safeCEOP - Parents & Carers
In computing our main focus is on e-Safety next half term, reinforcing previous sessions and embedding how the children can keep safe while using the internet. Every day new technologies are coming out and keeping up with what our young people are using/doing online is very important to their well-being and safety.
e-Safety Links for Parents & Guardians
As part of our continuing campaign to safeguard our pupils and make sure the pupils of Hornsea Community Primary School stay safe whilst using the internet, we use an Internet Safety site from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP ) to support our teaching and learning as well as many others. We have added some links below for you, so that we can work together to keep our children safe and informed online.
If you need any support or help with this please contact Mrs Semper our DSL or Mrs Wortley our e-safety coordinator.
https://www.erscp.co.uk/e-safety/
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/globalassets/documents/advice-and-info/share-aware.pdf
http://www.childnet.com/resources/kia/
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/5_7/
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/8_10/
http://www.bullying.co.uk/cyberbullying/how-to-deal-with-cyberbullying/
e-Safety Tips for Parents & Guardians
It is a really good idea to keep computers in a central place at home. This will make it easier for you to keep an eye on your child while they are online.
At school we teach the children about internet safety. You can reinforce this learning by explaining that it is very important not to arrange meetings with people they meet online, and why they shouldn’t share personal information with online strangers because they might not be who they say they are.
Use Google’s SafeSearch to keep adult content out of your child’s search results - if you’re worried about them changing the SafeSearch setting you can protect it with a password.
If your child is gaming , it is likely that they can talk to strangers online. If your child’s game console, pc or games have ‘Parent Control Settings’ it is a good idea to to use them, this enables you to monitor their usage and keep them safe.
Be aware of cyber bullies, they can make children’s lives unbearable. Explain to your child that it is important not to respond or retaliate to a cyber bully. Tell them that it is really important that they talk to you about anything that makes them uncomfortable or that they feel unsure about.
If your child is being harassed by another online player, report the problem to the provider.
If you have any concerns regarding your child and their online world please contact your child's teacher or our pastoral manager Mrs M. Semper.