Online Safety
'There is strong support for families'. Safeguarding. Ofsted, March 2022
It can be hard to know how to talk to your child about online safety. There is a lot of information available to parents, we've listed some sites here that you may find useful.
The Government has published information to help families stay safe online during Covid:
Government advice for families for online safety during Covid
The NSPCC website offers lots of useful information, from setting up parental controls to advice on online games and video apps - https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/
Safer Internet offers support to parents who are supporting their children to use the internet safely, responsibility and positively; .https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-centre/parents-and-carers
Childnet offer useful advice on the internet generally https://www.childnet.com/ and specifically on keeping under fives safe online - https://www.childnet.com/ufiles/Keeping-Under-Fives-Safe-Online.pdf
Think You Know offers advice for parents and carers; https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/
Bullying UK offers parents advice on cyberbullying; https://www.bullying.co.uk/cyberbullying/?_ga=2.19531583.6027461.1580374647-567485750.1580374647
Swiggle is a new, friendly search engine aimed at children in Key Stage 2. It has been designed and developed by South-west Grid for Learning, a charity dedicated to empowering the safe and secure use of technology; https://swiggle.org.uk/
So many children have access to phones and tablets this poster shows apps that parents should be aware of: