Online Safety
We value the importance of eSafety at St John's CE Primary.
Children at St John's use the Internet on a regular basis as part of their learning. In school, we have regular 'e-safety' activities to remind children of the importance of keeping themselves safe online.
The members of our Safeguarding Team can be found by clicking here.
Our e-Safeguarding Team is led by our Computing Subject Leader Emma Stitch. If you wish to contact them, please pop into the school office or contact the school office at enquiries@stj.bdat-academies.
At home, sometimes children can be given unsupervised access to the Internet. This, potentially, allows them to access all kinds of society (both good and bad) and bring them virtually into their homes. When letting children use websites, it is always worth checking the terms and conditions of the website - many websites have minimum ages - for example, Facebook has a policy which states you must be 13 or over to have an account.
Here are some tips and useful links to help you to keep your children safe online:
- Think U Know - containing internet safety advice for those aged from 5 to 16, along with parents and teachers, this site is produced by CEOP (the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre).
- Childnet - An international charity supporting children and parents and carers to develop a safe and great internet for children
- Bullying UK - Information and advice about bullying for children, parents and schools.
- Kidscape - An organisation which helps to prevent bullying and child abuse.
For pupils
- BBC Own It – Support for young people to take control of their online life, including help and advice, skills and inspiration on topics such as friendships and bullying, safety and self-esteem.
- Childline - A free helpline for children and young people in the UK.
- Google Be Internet Legends - Interland game
Children can become Internet Legends with Interland, an online adventure that teaches the key lessons of internet safety through four fun, challenging games.
A copy of our eSafety Child Policy can be found here.
For parents and carers
- Internet Matters – a not-for-profit organisation set up to empower parents and carers to keep children safe in the digital world. Their support for parents includes a range of downloadable guides covering subjects such as transition to secondary school, Vlogging & livestreaming, online gaming and cyberbullying.
- Common Sense Media - a website with trusted ratings for websites, movies and TV, apps and games, and books
- NSPCC - includes a range of resources to help parents keep children safe when they're using the internet, social networks, apps, games and more.
- Parent Info - from CEOP and Parent Zone, Parent Info is a website for parents covering all of the issues amplified by the internet. It is a free service which helps schools engage parents with expert safety advice, endorsed by the National Crime Agency’s CEOP command. This website provides expert information across a range of online harms.
- Safer Internet - where you can find safety tips, advice and resources to help children and young people stay safe online.
- Digital Parenting - Vodafone regularly updates articles this website with expert advice. Here you'll find plenty of resources and support - helping you make the right digital choices for your family.
Click below to find more information and advice about:
Did you know that online activity can be monitored via your broadband provider to ensure that your child stays safe on the internet?
GoCompare have compiled a guide to broadband parental controls and internet safety for children.
Follow this link or click the logo to find the guide and see how you can further keep your children safe online.
https://www.gocompare.com/broadband/parental-controls/
How to Keep Kids Safe on YouTube (Restrict Unsafe Videos) in 2021
Further information and specific guides for parents / carers can be found on our Parent App
