eSafety

This page can help you to keep your children safe online.

Follow this link for help on protecting your child(ren) online:

Internet Matters Interactive Guide

Mansbridge’s Top Ten Tips:

1. Treat your password like your toothbrush – keep it to yourself!

2. Only give your mobile number or personal website address to trusted friends.

3. Block the bully – learn to block or report someone who is behaving badly.

4. Save the evidence – learn how to keep records of offending text messages, pictures or online conversations.

5. Don’t retaliate or reply.

6. Check your profile and make sure it doesn’t include any personal information.

7. Always respect others – be careful what you say online and what images you send.

8. Think before you send – whatever you send can be made public very quickly and could stay online forever.

9. Look out for your friends – and do something if you think they are at risk.

10. Tell your parent, carer or a teacher if something or someone makes you feel uncomfortable or worried.

Other tips for online safety (SMART):

S - Safe: Keep safe by being careful not to give out personal information when you're chatting or posting online.  Personal information includes your email address, phone number and password.

M - Meet: Meeting with someone you have only been in touch with online can be dangerous.  Only do so with your parents' or carers' permission and even then only when they can be present.  Remember, online friends are still strangers even if you have been talking to them for a long time.

A - Accepting: Accepting emails, messages or opening files, images or texts from people you don't know or trust can lead to problems - they may contain viruses or nasty messages!

R - Reliable: Someone online might lie about who they are and information on the internet may not be true.  Always check information by looking at other websites, in books or with someone who knows.  If you like chatting online it's best to only chat to your real world friends and family.

T - Tell: Tell a parent, carer or a trusted adult if someone or something makes you feel uncomfortable or worried, or if you think someone you know is being bullied online.

The following links contain lots of useful information about eSafety and related topics:

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

 

  Childnet: http://www.childnet.com/resources/know-it-all-for-parents

  Kidsmart: http://www.kidsmart.org.uk/parents/

                              NSPCC:     https://www.nspcc.org.uk/fighting-for-childhood/about-us/partners/nspcc-o2-online-safety-partnership/