Online Safety

Safety encompasses Internet technologies and electronic communications such

as mobile phones as well as collaboration tools and personal publishing. It highlights the

need to educate pupils about the benefits and risks of using technology and provides

safeguards and awareness for users to enable them to control their online experience.

The Schools' Online Safety Policy reflects the need to raise awareness of the safety issues associated with electronic communications as a whole.

Online Safety depends on effective practice at a number of levels

Responsible ICT use by all staff and students; encouraged by education and made explicit through published policies.
Sound implementation of e-safety policy in both administration and curriculum, including secure school network design and use.
Safe and secure internet provision by Focus Networks

Some great websites for children and parents are:

http://parentinfo.org/

http://www.safeinternet.org.uk

http://www.childnet.com

http://www.internetmatters.org/advice/6-10/resources/

http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-and-resources/

https://www.betterinternetforkids.eu/

https://ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/

These are used by us in school and have great age-appropriate material to educate children of the potential risks to them when online. Please do take a moment to look as they have some great information for parents.

Another fantastic resource for Parents is: https://www.virginmedia.com/blog/online-safety/childrens-internet-safety-test/ - here you can educate yourselves and find in one place lots of information which will help keep your children safe online.

Little Dewchurch Primary School Online safety Policy 2021

Our e-Safety Policy has been written by the school, building on that proposed by BECTA e-Safety Policy and government guidance. It has been agreed by senior management and approved by governors.

An Online Safety Coordinator and a named governor takes responsibility for Online Safety.
The Online Safety Policy and its implementation will be reviewed annually. Online Safety Policy

Parents Online Safety Meetings

We have held numerous Parents Online Safety Meetings and offer these annually. To access the presentation given by David Wright from SWGFL this year, please follow this link:

https://prezi.com/view/7tWJnKtgztbejdtvMlRn/

We hope that the following documents offer you some guidance on how to protect your children online and make the internet a safe and exciting environment:

Safer Internet Day

This year for Safer Internet Day, we ran a competition for who could produce the best piece of work which advised on how to be safer online!