E-Safety - Online & Digital Safeguarding
The Internet is now an integral part of our lives and an excellent source of information, entertainment and communication opportunities for us all. However, it is essential that we teach our children how to make the best use of this resource whilst knowing about the risks. Children need to be taught how to keep themselves safe, as well as understanding their responsibility to others, whilst using the internet. It is essential that as teachers, parents and carers we maintain an involvement in young children's internet use to guide, advise and when necessary set boundaries.
We hope that the following links will be of use to parents in raising awareness of the internet, its risks as well as helping to keep our children safe online. Please note that these sites are suggestions not recommendations.
Our e-safety policy is available in the Reports and Policies Section of this site.
The Jigsaw programme we use for our PSHE lessons had incorporated the 'Education for a Connected World'. This is a framework to equip children and young people for digital life. It was written by the UK Council for Internet Safety and enables the development of teaching and learning as well as guidance to support children and young people to live knowledgeably, responsibly and safely in a digital world. It focuses specifically on eight different aspects of online education. Jigsaw-online-relationships-skills-progression-3-11-1.pdf (stnicholasprimaryschool.org.uk)
Online safety day
The children enjoyed debating online scenarios, and how to deal with online bullying, online stranger danger and safety whilst online. They also identified the age restrictions for social media platforms and online gaming.