Lawford C of E Primary School Welcome to our E-Safety Evening ‘High quality learning and caring together in an encouraging Christian environment.’

Why do we need to be ‘E-safe’? E-safety Video nversation-Starters/Go-to-the- movies/Jigsaw/ Discuss with the person next to you what the main messages are ‘ High quality learning and caring together in an encouraging Christian environment.’

Our Responsibility Help students learn to function in the world outside the classroom. Teach them how to recognise risk and to provide them with strategies for dealing with problems if and when they arise. ‘ High quality learning and caring together in an encouraging Christian environment.’

Common Misconceptions All children are experts when it comes to using the internet. ‘I am not equipped to help’. Applying filtering, parental controls, antivirus etc makes children safe. What happens outside of school has nothing to do with school. ‘ High quality learning and caring together in an encouraging Christian environment.’

What you can do… Talk to your child about who they are talking to. Understand and guide your child’s online behaviour – negotiating and establishing boundaries. Familiarising yourself with any programmes or websites they use. ‘ High quality learning and caring together in an encouraging Christian environment.’

What you can do… Ask your child if they know how to block or report someone who they do not want to talk to. Using parental control software (provided by internet service provider, mobile phone network, online content provider or games console) and consider using filtering options, monitor and set up time limits for access to chat…but do not forget these do not block or flag up everything! ‘ High quality learning and caring together in an encouraging Christian environment.’

There are three important questions which your child needs to be able to answer confidently: 1. If you felt uncomfortable about anything you saw, or if anybody asked you for personal details such as your address on the internet would you know where to go for help? 2. If anybody sent you hurtful messages on the internet or on your mobile phone would you know who to tell? ‘ High quality learning and caring together in an encouraging Christian environment.’

There are three important questions which your child needs to be able to answer confidently: 3. Can you tell me one of the rules your school has for using the internet? (For example, never share your password, always use Google Safesearch, always ask a teacher before you access the internet, never give out personal information, do not use chat rooms and only use a website directed by the teacher) ‘ High quality learning and caring together in an encouraging Christian environment.’

Other aspects of E-Safety Cyberbullying When someone uses the internet to bully someone else. If any child finds themselves a victim of cyberbullying they need to follow these simple rules: 1. Do not respond to the bully. 2. Block content with the bully. 3. Save relevant communication, such as texts, s or webpages. 4. Tell a trusted adult. ‘ High quality learning and caring together in an encouraging Christian environment.’

Other aspects of E-Safety Cyberbullying In cyberbullying, bystanders may be just as culpable as others if they pass on images designed to humiliate, for example, or by taking part in discussion groups. Their involvement compounds the misery for the person targeted. There are 4 statute laws and 1 Scottish law that are relevant to the use of IT in relation to bullying. ‘ High quality learning and caring together in an encouraging Christian environment.’

Exploitation ‘High quality learning and caring together in an encouraging Christian environment.’ Children can be directly reached through games, advertisements and brand pages on social networking sites. Parents frequently foot the bill for items that children are made to believe are ‘free’. Ringtones and ‘coins’ are just several examples.

Who can help? The school e-Safety Officer – Mr Quantrill Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) Thinkuknow.co.uk CyberMentors.org.uk Internet Watch Foundation GetSafeOnline.org ‘High quality learning and caring together in an encouraging Christian environment.’

Draft e-safety policy Our new draft e-safety policy is on the school website for parental consultation We welcome your views High quality learning and caring together in an encouraging Christian environment.’

Thank you for: Taking the time to come to our E-Safety evening. Developing your child's awareness of their online safety. ‘ High quality learning and caring together in an encouraging Christian environment.’

Thought for the day: ‘Parents use smartphones like a digital dummy.’ BBC report May 2013 ‘ High quality learning and caring together in an encouraging Christian environment.’

Top Tips to be more safe online Apply parental controls All major internet service providers (ISPs) provide control packages. These companies allow you to apply controls across all of the devices that access the internet through your home connection (including tablets and game consoles). ‘ High quality learning and caring together in an encouraging Christian environment.’

Top Tips to be more safe online These controls can filter access to particular sites. They can provide time limits and restrict the amount of time your child spends online, or set periods of time for when your child can be online. They can monitor the sites your child is visiting and keep you informed. For more information on parental controls, including technical support on setting them up on internet devices, please visit ools/Parental-controls ‘ High quality learning and caring together in an encouraging Christian environment.’

Top Tips to be more safe online Set up the Google safe search engine designed for use by children. This allows your child to safely surf the web without accidentally seeing illicit material. ‘ High quality learning and caring together in an encouraging Christian environment.’

Top Tips to be more safe online Be part of your child’s online world. Discuss the sites they visit and perhaps even surf together! ‘ High quality learning and caring together in an encouraging Christian environment.’