Safer Internet Day 7th February 2023

On This day we remind everyone to join together to make the internet a safer and better place for all.especially our young children.

This year's theme is -'WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT?'

Please talk with your children about being open and honest and establish rules.We need parents to be good role models.

The children will be given tips  -

Never to share personal information

Not to respond to texts,emails or messages from strangers

Don't post or share photos online

Don't click links or open attachments from someone you don't know

Never agree to meet someone you met online

Our Statement of Intent for Computing and Online Safety at SMG is that we are:

Preparing our pupils for the digital world.

Technology is changing the lives of everyone and through teaching computing we equip our children to participate in a rapidly-changing world where work and leisure activities are increasingly transformed by technology. Our computing curriculum aims to give all our children a socially responsible and safe way to flourish and have the knowledge to operate in the 21^st century.

It is our intention to enable children to find, explore, analyse, exchange and present information as well as develop their creativity, resilience, problem-solving and critical thinking skills. We also focus on deepening their knowledge to be able to use information in a safe and effective way. We want children to know more, remember more and understand more in computing so that they leave primary school computer literate and competent, responsible users of technology.

CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command)

On our website we share the link to CEOP- This button means that:
 
You can contact CEOP to report any inappropriate online activity. CEOP help children stay safe online. If someone has acted inappropriately towards you online, or to a child or young person you know- it may be sexual chat, being asked to do something that makes you feel uncomfortable, or someone being insistent on meeting up- you can report it to CEOP by following this link:

http://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/

Useful Websites for Online Safety for Parents and Pupils

EYFS support for explaining Online Safety at and early age. We feel that this is really important as early intervention is key to life long habits. https://www.internetmatters.org/schools-esafety/pre-school/teaching-resources/

Whole School support and Help guides- https://www.internetmatters.org/

CHILD NET - http://www.childnet.com/resources/know-it-all-for-parents

Thinkuknow - https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/

Thinkuknow App Guides https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/How-to-guides/?mc_cid=6edb2c8180&mc_eid=305562f16e

NSPCC Net Aware - https://www.net-aware.org.uk/?mc_cid=6edb2c8180&mc_eid=305562f16e#

Digital Parenting Magazine - https://parentzone.org.uk/projects/digital-parenting-magazine

Digital Parenting - http://vodafonedigitalparenting.co.uk/