1. Solihull online safety toolkit Online Safety for Parents and Carers
Streetsbrook Infant and Early Years Academy
23 January 2017
David Butt, Louise Dorow and Zara Smith

2. Aims Understand what online safety is and why it is so important
Reflect on the potential risks of internet use for children
Understand how online safety is taught within school
Reflect on the issues for online safety outside of school
Understand how you can support in educating and protecting your child whilst online
Know what to do if your child encounters problems online

3. ‘ ’ Online safety is not just about technology
What is online safety? ‘
The term ‘online safety’ reflects a widening range of issues associated with technology and a user’s access to content, contact with others and behavioural issues. ’
Online safety is not just about technology
It is about safeguarding
It is about behaviour

4. The world is changing

5. What is changing for children?
One in four children under eight owns a tablet
63% of children have a smartphone before they start secondary school
23% of children are seen on the internet before they’re born
74% of eight- to 11-year-olds has access to a tablet at home
One in 10 children has a mobile phone before they’re five

6. What is changing for children?
Health Related Behaviour Questionnaire
Spring 2016
Year 2 only

7. Background Survey completed in spring 2016
33 boys and 25 girls took part
Results were compared with other year 2 classes in Solihull and nationally
Questions were asked about activities the day before the survey

8. Staying Safe
88% of children who have been told how to stay safe whilst chatting online (Solihull was 74%)
60% of children responded that they go on the internet when their parents are not in the room (Solihull was 38%)
48% of children said that their parents/carers have rules about what they are allowed to do online (Solihull was 62%)
26% of children said that they use the internet for Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp (Solihull was 16%)

9. Actions Regular reminders about online safety whilst at school
Communication with yourselves as parents and carers regarding online safety at home
Working in cooperation with Mrs Smith to deliver an effective Safer Internet Day 2017

10. learn together find support discover connect create Benefits and risks
viruses, hacking and security
inappropriate websites
find support
losing control over pictures/information uploaded
cyberbullying
discover
connect
grooming
create
sexting

11. Online safety in school

12. Safeguarding ‘
Safeguarding action may be needed to protect children and learners from:
neglect
physical abuse
sexual abuse
emotional abuse
bullying, including online bullying and prejudice-based bullying
racist, disability and homophobic or transphobic abuse
gender-based violence/violence against women and girls
radicalisation and/or extremist behaviour
child sexual exploitation and trafficking
the impact of new technologies on sexual behaviour, for example sexting
teenage relationship abuse
substance misuse
issues that may be specific to a local area or population, for example gang activity and youth violence
domestic violence
female genital mutilation
forced marriage
fabricated or induced illness
poor parenting, particularly in relation to babies and young children
other issues not listed here but that pose a risk to children, young people and vulnerable adults. ’

13. Effectiveness of safeguarding arrangements‘ ’
Children and learners are protected and feel safe. Staff and other adults working within the setting are clear about procedures where they are concerned about the safety of a child or learner. There is a named and designated lead who is enabled to play an effective role in pursuing concerns and protecting children and learners. ‘ ’

14. Acceptable use policy

15. SMART rules
Safe – to remain safe by protecting personal information Meeting – never meet somebody you have only been in touch with online without a parent or guardian Accepting – do not accept , files or messages from people you don’t know Reliable – not all information on the Internet is true, including the identity of others Tell – it is never to late to tell a parent, carer or responsible adult if someone or something makes you feel afraid online

16. Planned activities
Circle-time sessions – books that address key issues
Safer Internet Day – Tuesday 7 February 2017
Be the change: Unite for a better internet encourage children and adults to reflect on how we can unite on actions to provide a better internet for all.

17. Effectiveness of safeguarding arrangements
Pupils
Staff and governors
Parents and carers
Wider school community
Support and advice

18. Online safety outside school

19. What are the issues outside school?
gaming
tablets
social networking
mobile phones
content
contact

20. Gaming - PEGI

21. Make it age-appropriate Take care with headsets
Gaming - online
Make it age-appropriate
Take care with headsets
Find out how you can report problems
Consider ‘real’ friends only
Don’t share information
Use a nickname
Consider age-locks if possible

22. Think about setting up controls
Tablets
Think about setting up controls
Think about video calls and privacy
Find out how you can report problems
Think about restricting purchases – especially in-app purchases
Think about wi-fi issues and privacy

23. Tablets Parental controls (iPad as an example)

24. Think about boundaries and rules
Think about time restrictions
Think about your own behaviour
Think about ‘manners’
Think about sharing rules with other parents NC
Think about buying ‘rules’

25. What to do if (when?) something goes wrong
The worst things happen very rarely
Other (less bad) things happen more frequently
Before it happens
Make sure your child trusts you and knows to tell you
Make sure you child knows to leave it
Never threaten ‘no more internet’

26. What to do if (when?) something goes wrong
When it happens
Reassure your child
Listen to them about what they’ve seen
Look at what they’ve seen
Think about nature of incident – was it an accident? Or was it deliberate?
Think about who you might talk to -
School
Service provider
NSPCC or other support
Police/CEOP (101 or 999)

27. Useful websites
safe/online-safety/

28. Online free books
The Adventures of Smartie the Penguin ources/projet/The-Adventures-of-Smartie- the-Penguin.pdf Digiduck’s Big Decision: ourcesDuck/projet/DigiDuck-eBook.pdf

29. Questions
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