Firstly I am going to take a look at Internet Safety; this will involve looking at the advantages and disadvantages that children and young people face when they go ‘online’:

Online Safety Resources for Teachers

CEOP

The child Exploitation and Online Protection agency website offers many resources to support all of those who work with children, in keeping them safe online. This is done by using a holistic approach, where officers from the CEOP work collaboratively alongside online and technological industries, aiming to minimise the possibility of any future technology causing risk to children by way of sexual exploitation and/or sexual abuse . Education specialists work collboratively to ensure that all parents, carers and children are armed with all relative knowledge and skills.

Online Safety

The easiest way to keep people safe online is to educate them. It is important that children are aware that not everybody is who they say they are. Handy hints and tips for practitioners. Click here

Preventing Abuse

An interesting resource to help prevent Child Abuse.  Help your child understand what behaviour is appropriate when they’re online. For more information follow the link here

Internet Safety

Teaching children about the dangers of the cyber world. It is important to consider other people’s feelings when posting anything online. Children need to be aware of the long term effects a profile can have. For example, when creating a personal profile on a Website, personal information is requested: password, date of birth, address, telephone number and so on. This form of information sharing becomes a breeding ground for Identity theft, with  people (of all ages) being scammed daily. These scams are extremely sophisticated and appear legitimate, so it is vital that we teach our children and young people about identity management as early as possible. If you would like more information, please click here

Gaming

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There are many free  gaming websites that offer educational games. Please click here

The Band Runner game is hosted within an informative website providing online safety for 8-10 year olds. For more information click here  

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