Each week National Online Safety share top tips for parents and carers around apps, games, social media and mental health, online safety and internet controls. To register your National Online Safety Account follow the link below.
We take part in #WakeUpWednesday campaign each week and share online safety user guides like the ones below. There are all available free of charge once you have registered your account on their website. Additionally we will send one out to all parents in KS2 each Wednesday.
Talking about the online world with your child can be difficult, and some topics can be particularly awkward; for you and your child! As a result of this, NOS have put together a series of 7 questions that will help you start an initial conversation with your child, so you have a better understanding of what they do online and how you can protect them. Additionally, it’s important to note that regular conversations with your child about the Internet will help your child to build confidence when talking about online issues, and therefore help to build trust too. You can use this to create your own family online agreement.
Online Safety at Coten End Primary School
Without question, the most impactful online safety education comes from home. We cannot prevent children from accessing the internet and all parental controls/restrictions have their limitations. Children need to feel safe in discussing online safety issues with their parents and it is the role of the school to enable children to feel safe discussing internet safety issues at school too.
A recent survey has shown that 77% of children want their parents to be there for them if something worries them or happens to them on the internet. It is important that as parents and educators we react calmly to online safety incidents and that our first instinct is to make children feel safe not scared in these situations.
We recommend that the most important step parents can make is to have regular conversations with their children about internet usage and how to be safe online, but a few additional steps we can suggest are:
It is the role of the school to provide children with an effective, reactive Online Safety curriculum. As a school we follow guidance from the UK Council for Child Internet Safety and the Education for a Connected World framework (2018) alongside resources provided by Common Sense Media and Internet Matters.
Online safety education will be provided to pupils in the following ways:
Websites with further information for parents, carers and young people:
Website for parental controls and privacy settings set-up guides:
Warwickshire County Council Websites: