Online Safety for children and young people
These websites have information, games and activities to help you learn how to keep safe online.
- Childnet: Online Safety Help and Advice for 4–11-year-olds
https://www.childnet.com/help-and-advice/4-11-year-old - BBC Own It: Staying Safe online from the BBC
https://www.bbc.com/ownit - Childline: Staying Safe Online
https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/bullying-abuse-safety/online-mobile-safety/staying-safe-online/ - Think U Know: Activities for 8–11-year-olds
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/8_10/ - Think U Know: Activities for 4–7-year-olds
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/4_7/ - Childnet – Get SMART: SMART rules
https://www.childnet.com/young-people/primary/get-smart - UK Safer Internet Centre: for 3–11-year-olds
https://saferinternet.org.uk/guide-and-resource/young-people/resources-for-3-11s - Google Interland – online game for children
https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_us/interland - Childline: Bullying and Cyberbullying – advice for young people
https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/bullying-abuse-safety/types-bullying/bullying-cyberbullying/ - Kidscape: Dealing with cyberbullying – advice for young people
https://www.kidscape.org.uk/advice/advice-for-young-people/dealing-with-cyberbullying - Digiduck Stories – for 3-7-year-olds
https://www.childnet.com/resources/digiduck-stories/
Online Safety for parents and carers
Reporting Online Safety Concerns
Our pupils are encouraged to be supervised when accessing online materials out of school.
Ensure children know to talk to a responsible adult if they ever feel uneasy or someone has acted inappropriately. Their responsible adult may be their parent/carer or class teacher.
If parents/carers have an online safety concern, or someone has acted inappropriately towards your child online, report it.
You are encouraged to call the school to speak to a member of the senior leadership team (Barbara, Amanda, Salma, Lydia, Ruth) or email admin@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk with any concerns you may have as soon as it occurs.
In addition, you can also report it to CEOP, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre.
Online resources and websites
Information for Parents and Families
- Internet Matters: Helping parents keep their children safe online – https://www.internetmatters.org/
- Common Sense Media: App and media reviews and guidance – https://www.commonsensemedia.org/
- UK Safer Internet Center: Helping young people stay safe online – https://saferinternet.org.uk/guide-and-resource/parents-and-carers
- BBC Own It: help kids make the most of their lives online – https://www.bbc.com/ownit/curations/parents –
- NSPCC: Online safety guides for parents – https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/#guides
- Parent Zone: We’re working towards a safer digital world of opportunities. – https://parentzone.org.uk/
- LGfL Parent Safe: Keeping your children safe: online & beyond – https://parentsafe.lgfl.net/
- Get Safe Online: Safeguarding Children – https://www.getsafeonline.org/personal/article-category/safeguarding-children/
- Think U Know Parents: – https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/
- CEOP: https://ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/
Internet Service Provider links
- BT Broadband Internet Safety
http://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/internet/stay-safe-with-bt-parental-controls-11363887238413_ - Virgin Media Internet Safety
http://my.virginmedia.com/discover/broadband/your-broadband/protect-family/safetynet.html - Sky Broadband Internet Safety
http://help.sky.com/security/stay-safe-online/protect-your-children-online - Vodaphone
http://parents.vodafone.com/ - Talk Talk
http://help2.talktalk.co.uk/supersafe-boost-overview - EE Online Safety
http://ee.co.uk/our-company/corporate-responsibility/keeping-children-safe-online - XBox Familiy Settings
https://support.xbox.com/en-GB/browse/xbox-one/security - Playstation Online Safety
https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/get-help/playstation-safety/