Dunholme St Chad's Church Of England Primary School

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e-Safety - Internet, Mobile Devices

e-Safety at Dunholme St Chad’s Primary School

In a modern world, using the internet and devices that include web-based activities is an everyday part of life. The internet is a fantastic tool for learning and enjoyment and is used in school on a daily basis. However, this comes with some potential dangers. This is why we believe it is important that children learn how to use the internet and technological devices safely when browsing and communicating with other members of the online community.

In School

e-safety is an essential part of our school curriculum. We ensure all children receive appropriate age-related e-safety lessons throughout the year- through schemes of work in class, assemblies, workshops and educational visitors trained in such areas. We also like to inform parents of relevant information through newsletters, our school website and links to other websites.

We aim to ensure all children and their parents know how children should behave when online in order to ensure that they are safe.

At home

We would encourage all parents to ensure that they have appropriate filters and parental controls at home on devices that children can access online material. This includes: computers, laptops, gaming consoles, hand-held devices and mobile phones.

We would also suggest that parents regularly monitor their children’s online activity and review sites that they have visited in order to discuss positive behaviours. All children should be aware that any information they post online is open to misuse by others. Therefore it is important that children are made aware of the potential risks that can occur even when acting in innocence. This is why it is important that school and home work together to safeguard every child. An example of this would be not posting photos or videos that may identify any child’s name, location or school. A good way of monitoring this, may be to ensure equipment that connects to the internet is only used in family spaces or that your child's online time is monitored.  

 

As we begin a new school year, it is a time to reflect and re-focus to ensure that we remain to keep our children safe when working online, especially as more remote learning and e-communication becomes normal. In light of this, we thought we would share some important information with you, with regards to keeping our children safe online.
Please take the time to talk to your child about the following 7 aspects:

Which games/apps are you using? Are they age appropriate?
2. Which websites do you enjoy using and why?
3. How do the games and apps you use work?
4. Do you have any online friends?
5. Do you know where to go for help when things go wrong or upset you online?
6. Do you know what your personal information is?
7. Do you know what you can/can't do online?

 

Thank you for your support in keeping our children safe online.

 

Click here to view information about Safeguarding and Promoting Children's Welfare at Dunholme St Chad's

Click here to view Dunholme St. Chad's e-Safety policy

Information Leaflets

 NEW FOR SEPTEMBER 2019

 

    • Information guides for parents and privacy settings/controls information 
    • Parent Guide for Fortnite online game  - May 2018
    • Parent Guide for Instagram  from the Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Board
    • Parent Guide for Facebook from the Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Board
    • Parent Guide for Snapchat from the Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Board
    • Parent Guide for Roblox from the Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Board
    • Parent Guide for Musical.ly from the Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Board
    • Parent Guide for Live Streaming  from the Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Board
    • Parent Guide for Pokemon Go from the Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Board
    • Parent Guide for Yellow from the Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Board
    • NEW Parent Guide for YouTube safety filters from the Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Board
    • NEW Parent Guide for MOMO challenge from the National Online Safety Board
    • NEW Parent Guide on Parental Controls
    • NEW Parent Guide to Houseparty app
    • NEW Parent Guide to Zoom  app
    • NEW Parent Guide to TikTok app
    •  NEW Parent Guide to TikTok app from the National Online Safety website

Click here to find out information about Screen Addiction and how you can  support your family at home. 

 

Websites giving information about safe use of internet

CONTACT DETAILS



Address

Ryland Road
Lincoln
Lincolnshire, LN2 3NE



Phone number

01673860597



Email address

dunholmestchads@dunholme.lincs.sch.uk


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