Online Safety

Just as you would protect your child in the real world, you want to make sure that they are safe whatever they are doing online too. Like learning to cross the road, online safety skills are skills for life. If your child understands the risks and can make sensible and informed choices online, they can get the most from the internet whilst staying safe.  We teach online safety throughout the curriculum but it is important that parents also pay their part in supervising their children's internet use.  HfL publishes a termly newsletter for parents, with lots of useful information about how to keep your children safe.

Social media/gaming

Many social media platforms have age restrictions.  Do you know what these are?

The Games Rating Authority helps parents decide which games are suitable for their children to play.

Additional information for parents

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) is the UK’s national centre dedicated to protecting children from harm both online and offline. CEOP advises children and parents/carers via the following organisations:

Parent Info is a collaboration between CEOP and Parent Zone to provide support and advice to parents, with contributions from the leading experts and organisations in matters related to young people and families in a digital world.

Esafetytraining.org has videos you can watch with your children about keeping safe, as well as links to many other useful sites

Google publishes online safety tips.

CEOP’s Thinkuknow education initiative aims to empower children and young people to enjoy online technologies safely.

Visit www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents to view the ‘Parents’ and Carers’ Guide to the Internet’ and access the information and guidance on how to keep your family safe online or download the factsheets below.