Transcript E SAFETY - Southgate School

E SAFETY
SOME FACTS
• A Talk Talk survey of 500 children aged 6-15 in Feb 2010
found:
• 5% had communicated with a stranger via webcam.
• 2% have actually met a stranger they first contacted online.
• 25% have sent or been sent inappropriate material via e
mail.
• 62% said they lie to parents about what they have been
looking at online.
• 53% delete the history on their web browser so their
parents can’t see what they have been looking at.
• 11% have either bullied someone online or been bullied
online themselves.
What do children use the internet for?
Social Networking
Games
School work
Email
Instant Messaging
Surfing the web
Chat Rooms
INTERNET POSITIVES
• Educational games and programmes
• Research information for homework and to
develop general knowledge.
• The opportunity to communicate with people
from all around the world and to share resources
and ideas with people that have the same
interests
• Shopping around the world without leaving your
computer
INTERNET RISKS
• Paedophiles use the internet to meet young people.
• People lying to others online.
• Fraud, including identity theft.
• Addiction.
• Cyberbulling.
• Seeing inappropriate images and material.
• Viruses and pop ups.
SOUTHGATE SCHOOL AND E SAFETY
What do we do?
• Increased focus on educating students to use the internet correctly.
• Assemblies.
• Tutorials / PSR lessons.
• Filtering websites.
• Student policy.
• Staff trained by CEOP.
• Support students – through HoYs, mentors, specially trained staff and
tutors.
ADVICE FOR PARENTS
• Talk to you child about the internet. Find out what they use it
for. Talk to them about being safe online. Make sure they
understand what is meant by personal information and they
don’t post personal information or inappropriate pictures online.
Ensure that they have the correct privacy settings on social
networking sites.
• Ensure they understand that people may lie online. They should
never meet up with any ‘online’ friends without an adult they
trust.
• Put the computer in a family room. A safekids.co.uk survey
found that 22% of boys and 19% of girls had internet access in
their bedroom.
• If your child uses a webcam ensure they only use this with
friends/family they know offline.
• Be aware of the amount of time your child spends on the
internet. Set time limits on their usage of the internet.
ADVICE FOR PARENTS
• Take advantage of your ISPs parental controls.
• Purchase software to block / filter websites.
• Mobile phones – Are they internet activated? Do they have
bluetooth turned off? Checking statements
• It's not a good idea for your child to open files that are from
people they don't know. If your child receives spam or junk
email and texts, remind them never to believe their contents,
reply to them or use them.
• Stay alert to any sudden changes in the mood or appearance of
your child, or to any major change in habits or to increased
secretiveness. These are often tell-tale signs that something is
not right.
• Always reassure your child that it is never too late to report
anything that makes them feel uncomfortable.
FURTHER INFORMATION
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www.thinkyouknow.co.uk/parents
www.getnetwise.org
www.kidsmart.co.uk
www.youtube.co.uk - search ‘internet safety for children’
for a number of educational videos.
http://www.getsafeonline.org/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/course/safety/menu.shtml
http://www.which.co.uk/advice/parental-controlsoftware/index.jsp
http://www.netnannyuk.co.uk/
http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/familysafety/