At Senacre Wood Primary school, we believe that online safety is an essential part of safeguarding and we acknowledge our duty to ensure that all pupils are protected from potential harm online. We identify that the internet and associated devices, such as computers, tablets, mobile phones and games consoles, are an important part of everyday life.
We believe that pupils should be empowered to build resilience and to develop strategies to manage and respond to risk online. We also want to help our parents improve their own understanding of e-safety issues so they can learn to use the internet and all digital media in a safe and secure way.
At Senacre Wood Primary, we acknowledge that the internet has changed all of our lives, particularly our children’s. For parents and carers this opens up a whole new world of things to be aware of. As a parent, you may be struggling to keep up with the things your child is doing online, you might wonder whether what they are doing is safe, and you might also be thinking how can I be as good a parent online as I am offline?
This part of our website aims to make online parenting simple and give you practical tips and guidance.
Internet Matters offers a wealth of practical tips, from age-specific online safety checklists to comprehensive guides on setting parental controls.
Internet Matters Quick Links
Parental Controls for Gaming Consoles
The “Thinkuknow” website is brought to you by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) centre. There are sections for parents and carers as well as sections for 4-7 Year olds and 8-10 Year olds.
This also includes a section of advice if you are concerned about your child.
Childnet provides a range of online safety guids to provide help, advice and resources for parents and carers.
NSPCC provide advice to help you learn about staying safe online as a family.
Common Sense media provides reviews of a wide range of films, games and APPs from parents and children so that you can research content.
If you or your child have experienced or witnessed harm online "Report Harmful Content" can help. It can help you to report harmful content online by providing up to date information on community standards and direct links to the correct reporting facilities across multiple platforms.
PEGI provides age classifications for video games. The age rating confirms that the game content is appropriate for players of certain age. PEGI considers the age suitability of a game, not the level of difficulty.
The use of mobile and internet connected technologies are a part of everyday life. Young people and adults are online, exchanging information, sharing links, and creating and uploading their own content. Technology can be a powerful, positive tool, in all areas of life, including education and learning and enables us to do many things that would not otherwise be possible.
At Senacre Wood Primary, we recognise that technology does not cause people to behave badly –however, some people use technology to carry out harmful actions, including cyberbullying. It is important for school communities, to understand what cyberbullying is – in order to effectively prevent and address harmful behaviour, and promote positive and constructive uses of technology.
Cyberbullying, or online bullying, can be defined as the use of technologies by an individual, or by a group of people, to deliberately and repeatedly upset someone else. Cyberbullying is a method of bullying and should be viewed and treated the same as "real world" bullying and can happen to any member of the school community.
Feelings can be hard to make sense of. You might not even know why you feel a certain way. Childline provide a range of tools to help including tools to help us with Online safety.
Each week on the newsletter, we will be sharing a link to a fact file published by National Online Safety as part of their #WakeupWednesday campaign.
Each week (on Wednesdays, naturally) they release a colourful, easy-to-follow and insightful guide to an aspect of the digital universe that’s causing concern, outlining related risks and suggesting ways to help children avoid them. It could be a video game, an internet-enabled device, an app or a more thematic threat associated with the online space.