Online Safety

As St James’ we take online safety very seriously and pride ourselves on ensuring we equip all our children and families with the necessary skills to be safe online and become effective Digital Citizens. Every class starts their half term with a lesson on Online Safety and how to become a Digital Citizen to try and remind our children about the importance of staying safe online. We want children to enjoy using ICT but, at the same time, we believe they must be made aware of the potential dangers involved and understand how to use the internet safely. We have a range of policies and systems in place through which we strive to ensure that children use computers and the internet within a safe environment. However, just like in the real world sometimes things can go wrong. If you or your child are worried or upset about something which has happened on the internet there is help out there. (http://www.ceop.police.uk )

Our Online Safety Policy and Acceptable Usage Policy are updated on a regular basis in order to meet the ever-changing demands of the technological world.

If you would like to know more information regarding how to be safe online then please contact Mrs Pilkington at school or email her directly on n.pilkington1@haslingden-st-james.lancs.sch.uk or k.jamil@haslingden-st-james.lancs.sch.uk

Safer Internet Day 9th Feb 2021

What is Safer Internet Day?
Safer Internet Day is an annual event which is held on 9th February 2021. It’s a global celebration all about technology and how children and young people can use the internet responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively. Safer Internet Day is a great opportunity to focus on online safety with the young people you work with – whether that’s trying out some of the learning activities in this pack, holding an assembly or running an event. Your school or organisation could tell parents and carers about the day, and support it on social media, or you could ask young people to share their best tips for staying safe online. Find out how your school/organisation can help to spread the word in the ‘Campaign activities’ document, or online here: saferinternetday.org.uk.

The theme for Safer Internet Day 2021 is…
An internet we trust
Exploring reliability in the online world Safer Internet Day 2021 celebrates the amazing range of information and opportunities online, and its potential to inform, connect and inspire us, whilst also looking at how young people can separate fact from fiction. The campaign focuses on how we can know what to trust online, supporting young people to question, challenge and change the online world. It will explore how influence, persuasion and manipulation can appear online and why this may happen. It will also look at the emotional impact navigating a misleading online world can have on young people and why it is important to create a supportive, critical and questioning culture online that encourages debate and discussion. We want to give young people the skills to support one another and the strategies to spot and speak out against harmful and misleading content online.

Social Media Parent Checklist

I know social media is becoming even more prevalent at the moment with lots of us spending more time inside. It can be hard as parents to ensure the correct safety features are in place for each app.

Social Media Settings Posters

More Social Media Guidance and Cyber Advice

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Please find the checklists below for each app.
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Useful Information for Parents and Carers

Setting up Parental Controls on the home internet connection may seem a little daunting but the highly-regarded Internet Matters website has some really useful guidance from major broadband providers about setting up online filters.

Tip: Use the Interactive guide on the website at: www.internetmatters.org/parental-controls/interactive-guide

Agreeing some Behaviours and Expectations BEFORE children receive devices can help to prevent some difficult conversations later. Additionally, our colleagues at Childnet have a handy Family Agreement which can be useful, especially for younger children – see: www.childnet.com/blog/family-agreement

Tip: Good agreements work both ways so if family-time involves no tech, this applies to adults too!

Follow the TALK checklist to help keep your child safe online (Internet Watch Foundation)

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) tells us that ‘since the start of the pandemic, the amount of ‘self-generated’ child abuse imagery has increased dramatically. In 2020, the IWF confirmed 68,000 cases of such imagery, a rise of 77% on the year before. It accounts for nearly half (44%) the imagery we took action on last year. In 80% of these cases, the victims were 11- to 13-year-old girls.’

The IWF has created a resource to help parents and carers understand the risks of ‘self-generated child sexual abuse imagery’ using the acronym ‘TALK’.

To find out more, go to: https://talk.iwf.org.uk/

Please watch the following video clips and read the useful documents to help support your children and ensure they are being responsible digital citizens.

The term ‘online safety’ reflects a widening range of issues associated with technology and a user’s access to content, contact with others and behavioural issues.

What does OFSTED say:

Schools to work closely with all families to help them ensure that their children use new technologies safely and responsibly both at home and at school.
Schools to provide an age-related, comprehensive curriculum for online safety that enables pupils to become safe and responsible users of new technologies.
Schools to systematically review and develop their online safety procedures, including training, to ensure that they have a positive impact on pupils’ knowledge and understanding

What does the Computing Curriculum say:

KS1: use technology safely and respectfully, keeping personal information private; identify where to go for help and support when they have concerns about content or contact on the internet or other online technologies.
KS2: use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly; recognise acceptable/unacceptable behaviour; identify a range of ways to report concerns about content and contact.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/239033/PRIMARY_national_curriculum_-_Computing.pdf

https://www.slideshare.net/Ofstednews/childinternetsafetysummitonlinesafetyinspection

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education–2

Click the image to watch a short video.

With the threat of offenders using online live streaming platforms increasing there is a need to educate children about the associated risks. NCA-CEOP want to help parents and carers protect their children from online offenders like Sam, the fictional narrator of the animation, who targets children online and quickly builds trust with them. The animation below highlights the importance of parents and carers talking openly to their children about being safe online, about healthy relationships and encouraging them to speak out if anything happens online that worries them or doesn’t feel right. NCA CEOP’s Thinkuknow programme provides information for children, young people, parents and carers about staying safe from sexual abuse and exploitation online. Parents and carers can visit www.Thinkuknow.co.uk/parents for advice on keeping their children safe.

Think U Know Factsheet

Virtual Reality 101

How to stay safe