Staying Safe Online is as important as ever. Every week catch up with the latest news and guides to support you to support your child to stay safe online by reading our Wake Up Wednesday guides from The National College. 

If you have any concerns about what your child may be accessing online, want some advice on how to support them with their online life, or report anything please contact the school. 

This week...ZEPETO is a hugely popular social app where users create custom avatars to explore virtual worlds, play games and chat with others. With millions of active players worldwide, it offers an engaging digital experience – but not without its concerns, especially for younger users.

This week a guide explains the possible hazards of online friendships and gives parents and educators essential advice on helping children build safe, positive relationships online.

This week... free guide discusses the growing popularity of Bluesky, a public-first microblogging social media platform, and explores what parents and educators can do to ensure children's safety when using the app.

This week...a free guide to provide parents and educators everything they need to know about live streaming and how to keep children protected.

This free guide offers parents and educators expert advice on what can be done to ensure that young people have a safe and enjoyable experience with Roblox.

This week...a free guide that breaks down the risks associated with the popular multiplayer title Marvel Rivals and lets you know how best to safeguard children and young people playing the game.

This week...our guide breaks down the risks associated with online dating and relationship platforms and offers expert advice on how to safeguard children from such online safety concerns.

This week...our guide breaks down the most prominent ways in which scammers attempt to use ‘fake news’ to their advantage, as well as how to protect youngsters from being manipulated by such techniques.

This week...our free guide breaks down the risks of health and fitness apps and offers expert advice on how to address these concerns to safeguard younger users.

This week...our free guide lets you know about the most prominent potential dangers associated with TikTok and offers expert advice on how to safeguard youngsters who are navigating the site.

This week...our free guide delves into the most prominent online safety concerns of JusTalk Kids, while also letting you know how to ensure that children can be protected, should they wish to create an account.

Autumn Term 2024

Staying Safe Online is as important as ever. Every week catch up with the latest news and guides to support you to support your child to stay safe online by reading our Wake Up Wednesday guides from The National College. 

If you have any concerns about what your child may be accessing online, want some advice on how to support them with their online life, or report anything please contact the school. 

Thank you to all of you for coming to our Staying Safe Online Parent Workshop on Tuesday 15th October 2024 to learn about the importance of staying safe online and practical ways to do that. 

You can view the powerpoint from the workshop by clicking on the link below. 

Wednesday 18th December 2024 - This free online safety guide offers 12 social media safety tips for children, including declining friend requests from strangers, blocking online bullies and not sharing personal information with people you don’t know.

Wednesday 11th December 2024 - This free guide provides expert advice on how to effectively activate and maintain parental controls on children’s devices.

Wednesday 4th December 2024 - This week a free guide about Snapchat about the associated risks and how to safely use the app. 

Wednesday 27th November 2024 - This week a free guide on how to protect yourself from Black Friday scams. 

Wednesday 20th November 2024 - This week, a free guide on the places where you are most likely to experience a QR code scam and how best to protect yourself.

Wednesday 13th November 2024 - This week - as it is Anti-Bullying Week - a guide on choosing respect.

Wednesday 6th November 2024 - This week a guide on how to use Instagram safely.

Wednesday 30th October 2024 - This week a free guide exploring the online phenomenon of online trolling detailing its risks and letting you know how to safeguard children from this behaviour.

Wednesday 16th October 2024 - This free guide explores the risks of children being exposed to horror films and inappropriate content and how to safeguard against that. 

Wednesday 9th October 2024 - This week's guide is about how to create safe, respectful rules in your house for using devices.

Wednesday 2nd October 2024 - This week's guide is about In-Group Chat, please click on the link below

Wednesday 25th September 2024 - this week's guide is about understanding group chats and how to keep your child safe when using them. 

Wednesday 18th September 2024 - this week's guide is on how to understand and verify age-appropriate content online

Wednesday 11th September 2024 - this week, a guide to supporting children going back to school

Wednesday September 4th 2024 - this week's Wake Up Wednesday guide is about knowing how to stay safe when using TikTok

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/# 

The resources below are designed to support parents to help them keep their children safe online. Please download, use, and share them.

The Parents and Carers Resource Sheet offers fantastic practical advice on how to keep your child safe online.

‘Let’s Talk About Life Online’ is a resource of conversation starters to engage your child in a discussion about their online life.

The Family Agreement template is a resource to support you put the agreement in place with your child on how much time they spend online and what they view when they are online.

Online Safety Advice for Parents from NSPCC

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/#

 Dear Families,

We know that keeping children safe online is of vital importance to yourself as much as it is to us as a school. Digital technologies have become integral to the lives of us all and especially to children, both within and outside school. All children are entitled to be safe whenever they access the internet and at Barley Croft Primary School we take active steps to embed online safety in our curriculum and children’s learning. We also want to help parents and carers improve their own understanding of online safety, so that they can support their children to use the Internet and digital media in a safe and responsible way.

With that in mind we are going to be sending out each Wednesday, via ParentMail, a weekly online safety newsletter called #WakeUpWednesday which will give you specific information about what to look out for when using a particular aspect of digital technology and how to support children to be safe when using it themselves. 

We are pleased to share the news that we recently had a successful safeguarding audit of our school. As a result of the findings from the audit we do kindly request that parents do not use mobile phones on-site when dropping off or picking up their children as this helps to keep all children safe on our school site. Staff may talk to you about this as necessary.