Online Safety
At Brackenhill, we work with Parents, Carers and the school community to make sure that the awareness of the values of Online Safety are shared. Below there are lots of links to useful websites that can guide you through keeping your children safe online.
Information for Parents
Resources:
Working with SaferSchools and the Online Safety Centre we are providing resources to our parents to help manage the risks of social media and the world online to keep your children safe. Click on a media platform below to be taken to their info sheet.
Click on the leaflet above to find out lots of useful information about internet safety.
It contains useful websites so both chidren and adults can learn to stay safe online. There are also some top tip of how to approach the idea of internet safety with your children.
Visit the NSPCC’s website for online saftey training for parents
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/
Information for Children
Here are selection of websites for children:
http://www.safetynetkids.org.uk/
This video is suitable for children aged 5 – 7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nMUbHuffO8
How to Protect Your Children on Their Smartphone
Information on mobile safety for children – Click Here
The safer internet site below shares a mass of information about how to keep young people safe online.
https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-centre/parents-and-carers
Action Fraud is the UK’s national fraud reporting centre where you can report fraud and cyber crime.
https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/
Digital Parenting is an online magazine for parents created by Vodaphone. For more parenting advice and inspiration visit vodafone.com/parents.
http://vodafonedigitalparenting.co.uk/
Have you ever wondered how you can control the access your child has to their devices? Click on the link below to access Parental Controls On…’s website where you can search for the devices your child has, and learn how to set parental controls to keep them safer.
https://www.parentalcontrols-on.org/
Safer Internet Center
They organise and provide resources for Safer Internet Day.
This is their campaign video.
Here is a video for Parents & Carers and here are some Activities and Top Tips as well.