The Academy recognises the importance of its children being digitally literate, responsible and safe users of online technologies.
Within our Computing Curriculum the online safety objectives are covered each half term throughout the year, to ensure children are being reminded of the importance of online safety. Children also take part in activities during Safer Internet Day.
As children are beginning to spend more time online and have access to various devices, we recognise the increasing need to promote online safety. As well as teaching children this at school, we also send out online safety posters across the year. These share useful information about a variety of topics and offer helpful tips for children and adults on how to stay safe online.
The following policies are on our Trust website:
At the beginning of each term-time month our Trust receives and shares e-Safety guidance updates.
Click here to see the most recent and past updates.
The Trust’s subscription also offers access to a number of parental guidance videos which can be seen here.
Some of the topics covered are:
WakeUpWednesday Guides
We believe all parents, carers, teachers and trusted adults should be empowered with all the information needed to have informed and age-appropriate conversations about online safety with children. To support this, click here for our Trust’s ongoing selection of useful #WakeUpWednesday online safety guides.
Please click here to see more resources from National Online Safety.
Our computing ambassadors ran a small, anonymous survey to find out which apps children in Key Stage 2 have their own account for. The results have shown that quite a large number of our children use WhatsApp, followed by YouTube and Messenger.
If your child uses WhatsApp (which has a minimum age of 13), or you would like to find out more, please view the #WakeUpWednesday poster. It highlights key risks and offers guidance to help children use the app safely.
