December online safety newsletter is at the bottom of this page.

Always be careful when you are using the internet. It can help you to keep in touch with your friends and help your education – but it can also cause harm – to you and to others.

Remember help is always available at school if you are having any problems online.

Don’t be afraid to talk to your teacher or another adult at school. If you or anyone you know is worried about Child Exploitation, Online Protection or anything related to Internet safety. 

Please click the link below which will take you to the CEOP reporting website:

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Tips for staying safe online:

• Make sure you keep new online friends strictly online. If someone you don't know asks to be your online friend you must ensure an adult knows about it.
• Know how to use the CEOP Button and how to report it to the CEOP Centre if you are concerned about someone’s online behaviour towards you.

 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

To use some social media apps or games, children might persuade a parent to input their age as older than their actual age. This should be avoided at all costs. As the child grows up, the app or game may determine the child's age to be older than they actually are and as a result may drop any child filters when it believes the user is 18. This results in the young child then being exposed to content which is only suitable for adults.

For example, for an app or game that has an age requirement of 13, an 8 year old who signs up pretending to be 13 at the time will later be treated as an 18 year old adult when they reach only 13 years of age. 

Please follow the links below for more information: