E-Safety

What is e-safety? In groups of 5 put your heads together and write down what you think e-safety is. One person from each year should be in the group.

Learning Ethos Responsibility Reflective Knowing how to be responsible online. Reflective Understanding where maybe you haven’t been safe online and what could you do to improve your online safety.

What is e-safety? E-safety is staying safe online This can be done in a number of ways: Making sure that your social media accounts are private Not allowing people who you don’t know to follow you, or add you as a friend Not talking to people who you don’t know in real life

Watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK5OeGeudB M

Discuss Where did the girl go wrong? What should she have done instead of leaving the USB stick? Who could she have spoken to when she became worried? REFLECT: What social media accounts do you use? What are your safety settings on your accounts? Who can you talk to if you are worried about something that is happening online?

Zip it, Block it, Flag it ZIP IT – keep your personal stuff private and think about what you say or do online BLOCK IT - block people who send you nasty messages. Don’t open any links and attachments you receive by email or through social networks FLAG IT - flagging up the issues to a parent, guardian, teacher or someone in authority anything upsets you online or if someone asks them to meet up in the real world

What is sexting? When people talk about sexting, they usually mean sending and receiving: -naked pictures or 'nudes' -'underwear shots' -sexual or 'dirty pics' -rude text messages or videos. They can be sent to or from a friend, boyfriend, girlfriend or someone you've met online. Sexting can easily happen. Things can go wrong – even when you didn't mean for them to.

What you need to know about sexting: once you send a message you can't control what happens to it don't let someone guilt or pressure you into sending a sex text if you've sent a nude pic, have an honest conversation with the person you sent it to. Ask them to delete it if an indecent or nude pic of you is posted online, you can contact the website directly or speak to a Childline counsellor about having it removed.

Is sexting illegal? If you send a photo of anyone (even yourself) in a state of undress e.g. wearing underwear/ nothing at all and if you are under 18 years old... you could get a criminal conviction for distributing an indecent image. If you pressure someone into taking a photo or you share a sexual photo with someone, you’re breaking the law. The police have the power to decide whether it’s for the best to record what’s happened or to take things further. But the law is there to protect young people, not punish them.

Watch the video clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ovR3FF_6us

Information on the Internet Just because something is on the internet, it doesn’t mean that it is true Anyone can create a web page, anyone can edit a Wikipedia page

How do I know if I can trust the website? You will need to use your own judgement A good rule of thumb is: The information is similar across different websites – be RESOURCEFUL and check a few other websites, don’t just believe the first website you come across The website has been updated recently – if the website hasn’t been updated since 2004, then the information probably isn’t correct anymore The website has a way of contacting them There are references for where the information was originally found

Task In the same group as before, create a resource telling others how to stay safe online and how to make sure that you are using a website with trustworthy information on it Include information about who people can go to if they are worried about something that is happening online