E-Safety

E-Safety
at St John’s Catholic Infant School

E-Safety and Online Safety is an important aspect of teaching and learning at St John's Catholic Infant School. With technology updating so quickly and becoming so much cheaper, it is fantastic that we now have the world at our fingertips and can learn in new and engaging ways. However, we have to make sure we are using new technology safely and appropriately and that our children are aware of the dangers of chatting online or sharing personal information.

Online-Safety is taught to all children each year explaining and demonstrating how to stay safe and behave appropriately online. The children will be learning about being safe on the internet during assemblies and class teaching sessions.  All the children have signed an Acceptable User Policy (AUP) to promise to follow E-Safety rules, not just in school but also at home. If they fail to follow the rules then they may not be able to use the technology. This is in order to keep them safe from harm.

Please come into school if you have any concerns at all and we'd be happy to help where we can.

Top Tips

• Always ask a grown-up before you use the internet. They can help you find the best thing to do.

• Don’t tell strangers where you live, your phone number or where you go to school. Only your friends and family need to know that.

• Don’t send pictures to people you don’t know. You don’t want strangers looking at photos of you, your friends or your family.

• Tell a grown-up if you feel scared or unhappy about anything.

• You can also call ‘Childline’ on 08001111 to talk to someone who can help.

We have extensive security measures in place in school, which are monitored both internally and externally, to help safeguard children from potential dangers or unsuitable material. Any Online-Safety incidents are recorded and managed in accordance with our E-Safety Policy.

There is lots of information on the internet to support parents and children and the link below to the Thinkuknow Website is well worth the visit to ensure that your child/children are safe when accessing the internet at home.

We have also used a great Safe Internet Discussion Assembly based around Traditional Fairy tales - click on the button below.

There is a safer search engine (just like Google but heavily restricted) which is recommended by CEOP called Swiggle - please use this with your children at home for research.

For younger children, there is a story called 'Smartie the Penguin' which raises issues in a way that young children can relate to.

Resources available for older KS1 children  'Hector's World' - a series of cartoons about online safety and sharing personal information. You can access the videos here. And some interactive activities here.

Please also look at these guides for parents on keeping your children safe online as well:

I know that many of you are in class What's App groups or use Facebook/ other social media groups to communicate with other parents, which can be a wonderful way of sharing information and supporting each other. Could I remind you, however, that private groups, Facebook, or personal social media must not be used to:

• Complain about or criticise the school or members of staff. This is not constructive and the school can’t improve or address issues if they aren’t raised in an appropriate way

• Complain about, or try to resolve, a behaviour issue involving other pupils. Please contact the school and speak to the appropriate member of staff about any specific behaviour issue or incident

• Upload or share photos or videos on social media of any child other than your own child unless you have permission from other children's parents/carers

• Children's names, Staff names or the school name must also not be used in any communications.

Thank you for your cooperation and for working with the school in ensuring that it is a safe, happy and supportive place for everyone