Online Safety

Keeping children safe online is a shared responsibility between home and school. At Shirehampton Primary School, we teach children how to use technology safely, responsibly and respectfully, while working closely with parents and carers to support safe online habits at home.

Online Safety in School

Online safety is taught throughout our curriculum and is reinforced across the school year through assemblies, lessons and themed events.

Children learn about:

• Staying safe online
• Protecting personal information
• Kind and respectful online behaviour
• Recognising scams and misinformation
• Reporting worries or concerns
• Healthy screen time habits

How Parents Can Help

• Talk regularly about online safety.
• Set appropriate privacy settings and parental controls.
• Keep devices in shared family spaces where possible.
• Encourage children to speak to a trusted adult if something online worries them.
• Use age-appropriate apps, games and websites.

At Shirehampton Primary School, we believe that keeping children safe online is a partnership between school and home. Technology is constantly changing, so the most important thing parents and carers can do is have regular, open conversations with their children about staying safe online.

We teach pupils how to use technology safely, responsibly and respectfully, and encourage families to support this learning at home.

Social Media Age Guidance

Many popular social media platforms have minimum age requirements. We encourage families to follow these age restrictions and talk to children about using social media safely.

Helpful Websites

National Online Safety (NOS) - What parents need to know
https://nationalonlinesafety.com/guides The guides are updated weekly. The guides can be accessed via their online website or social media pages. You might even find one or two of the guides in Shirehampton Primary School's newsletter!

NSPCC - Talking to your child about online safety
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/talking-child-online-safety/

NSPCC - Helping your child to manage their mental wellbeing online
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/online-wellbeing/

NSPCC - Setting up parent controls to help keep your child safe online
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/parental-controls/ 

Childnet- Online safety

https://www.childnet.com/ 

CEOP- worried about online sexual abuse?

https://www.ceop.police.uk/Safety-Centre/ 

Internet matters- children deserve a safe digital world

https://www.internetmatters.org/ 

Worried About Something?

 If your child has experienced anything online that concerns you, please speak to a member of staff. We are here to support children and families and can offer advice or signpost you to further support where needed.

Harmful behaviour or inappropriate content
If you need to support your child with any harmful behaviour or content they have seen online the following website are really helpful.

Internet Matters: Get tips on how to use tech tools to filter and block inappropriate content on children’s device and what conversations to have to keep them safe online.

NSPCC: Sometimes, innocent searches can lead to not so innocent results.  And sometimes, children may look for things because they're curious. It’s important to know how to reassure children and young people and help them know what to do and where to go for support if they see inappropriate content online.

Childline: Getting images removed.

Our safeguarding and child protection policy and behaviour policy can be found on our policies page on the website.

Please see attached a tool for how to and where to report harmful content you see on the internet. This is useful platform to raise concerns about harmful content online:  IWF Reporting Tool

Downloads

• Online Safety Policy 
• Acceptable Use Agreement