Keeping children safe online
Following on from last week’s BBC news article, Warwickshire’s Family Information Service has published some top tips for staying safe online. We would encourage schools to share these with staff, students and families via your newsletter, on your website or in other ways around the school.
Top tips for staying safe online:
- Don’t post any personal information online – like your address, email address or mobile number.
- Think carefully before posting pictures or videos of yourself. Once you’ve put a picture of yourself online most people can see it and may be able to download it, it’s not just your's anymore.
- Keep your privacy settings as high as possible.
- Never give out your passwords.
- Don’t befriend people you don’t know.
- Don’t meet up with people you’ve met online. Speak to your parent or carer about people suggesting you do.
- Remember that not everyone online is who they say they are.
- Think carefully about what you say before you post something online.
- Respect other people’s views, even if you don’t agree with someone else’s views it doesn’t mean you need to be rude.
- If you see something online that makes you feel uncomfortable, unsafe or worried: leave the website, turn off your computer if you want to and tell a trusted adult immediately.
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Get involved in Safer Internet Day 2017!
Safer Internet Day will be celebrated this year on Tuesday 7 February, in over 100 countries, and aims to promote the safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.
The slogan this year is ‘Be the change: Unite for a better internet’.
Take a look at the saferinternet.org.uk website for ideas on how you can get involved. They have free education packs to download with assembly presentations, lesson plans, posters and activities...and you can join the Thunderclap flashmob to help raise awareness and spread the ‘be safer online’ message.
If you do tweet your activities on the day don’t forget to use the hashtag #SID2017 and @WarksEducation so we can see how you’ve been getting involved!