Online Safety

Online safety is an integral part of children’s education in today’s digital world and is embedded in their learning at school. We also want to help our parents and children improve their own understanding of online safety issues so they can learn to use the internet and all digital media in a safe and secure way.

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Online Safety at Home

As a parent you'll know how important the internet is to children - they use it to learn, play, socialise and express themselves. It's a highly creative place of amazing opportunities. But the technology children use every day can seem a bit daunting and you might worry about the risks your child can face online - such as bullying, contact from strangers or the possibility of them seeing illegal or inappropriate content. 

Here are some conversation starter ideas from Childnet.

  • Ask your children to tell you about the sites they like to visit and what they enjoy doing online.
  • Ask them about how they stay safe online. What tips do they have for you, and where did they learn them? What is OK and not OK to share?
  • Ask them if they know where to go for help, where to find the safety advice, privacy settings and how to report or block on the services they use.
  • Encourage them to help. Perhaps they can show you how to do something better online or they might have a friend who would benefit from their help and support.
  • Think about how you use the internet as a family. What could you do to get more out of the internet together and further enjoy your lives online?

Parent Resources

To try and help parents with the fast moving and changing world of internet and social media, we've suggested a few internet sites which are fantastic resources. They contain information on different types of social media and how to help keep children safe.

Internet Matters is another great site to use, it has advice on cyberbullying, how to talk to your children about internet safety and quick guides to different types of social media such as Instagram and Snapchat.

There is a great new online safety tool designed for parents launched by the Department for Education called PARENT INFO. It has advice on everything from keeping children safe from online trolls to WhatsApp; A guide for parents.

Internet Safety Sites

Here are quick links to a range of internet safety sites that you may find useful too.

Safer Internet Day February 2025

Thank you very much to all those who attended our Internet Safety talks. It was lovely to see you. Please find attached copies of our presentation and the Internet Safety Assembly shared with the children. We hope you find them useful. Mrs Eckley and Miss Coburn.

Fact Sheets and Social Media Guides

Although most social media sites have a suggested minimum age of 13, some of our pupils are using them. Please help your children to be aware of Online Safety risks by looking at the following leaflets.

This page will be updated in line with government guidance. A ban on social media for under 16s is currently under review. 

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Online Safety In School

As part of your child’s curriculum and the development of computer skills, we provide access to the internet. We strongly believe that the use of the web is hugely worthwhile and an essential tool for children as they grow up in the modern world. But, because there are always concerns about children having access to undesirable materials, we have taken positive steps to deal with this risk in school. Our school internet access provider operates a filtering system that restricts access to inappropriate materials. 

At the start of the school year, and throughout the year, each class discusses how we can all stay safe online and the dangers we may face on the internet.  As your child joins the school in Y3, we ask you to sign an Acceptable Use Agreement (see Online Safety Policies & Documents), so that we know they have read and understood our school's rules on staying safe. We celebrate Safer Internet Week in February each year and have a programme of online safety lessons as part of the Computing and PSHE curriculum.

We also have a strict keystroke filtering system in place, where we are alerted immediately should a child try to access age-inappropriate material.

Education for a Connected World is a framework to equip children and young people for digital life.

It's produced by the government's UK council for internet safety

Coteford Junior School has mapped SCARF lesson plans that link explicitly to sections of the framework. Refer to lessons in Year 3 to Year 5. 

Many of the issues addressed by the framework are covered holistically across a wide range of SCARF lesson plans and through implementing a whole-school approach to children's  physical and mental health and wellbeing.

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