Online Safety
Low Ash’s Online Safety Leader is Mr. Dan Hurst (DHT and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead) and he is supported by our Designated Safeguarding Lead, Mrs Emma Turley.
Here are a selection of excellent resources to inform you about Online safety.
Online safety starts early
This site provides lots of information on how to keep younger children safe online and to create healthy habits.
https://saferinternet.org.uk/ Lots of resources to ensure that children stay safe online
http://www.internetmatters.org/ – this website can be used to show you how to set up parental controls on different devices around the home such as games consoles, smart TVs, tablets and mobile phones.
Parental Controls & Privacy Settings Guides – Internet Matters/– Direct link to the parental control section of Internet Matters.
Childnet — Online safety for young people has different sections for children and adults. Includes information about setting parental controls on home devices etc
www.thinkuknow.co.uk – resources and information for children, young people and their families.
Gaming – what’s appropriate for your child? (thinkuknow.co.uk) –this site will help you find out what’s suitable and what’s not
Parental Controls & Filtering Advice | Vodafone – guide to setting up parental controls
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ – gives general information on Online Safety but also provides reviews of games and films so that you can consider whether they are appropriate for your child.
https://www.virginmedia.com/blog/online-safety/childrens-internet-safety-test – Virgin Media O2 want internet users of all ages to enjoy all the wonderful things the web has to offer, safely. That’s why their experts have created a children’s internet safety test to help build awareness for parents and children of all ages to ensure they are better protected online.
Link to an article -Lessons from Research, Practice, and the Limits of Adolescence’ – The Problem with Boys?
- Discord app settings – HERE.
- TikTok parental controls – HERE.
- Snapchat parental controls – HERE.
- Instagram parental controls – HERE.
- Pinterest privacy and safety settings – HERE.
- FaceTime privacy and safety settings – HERE.
- WhatsApp privacy guide – HERE.
Online Safety newsletters and guidance
Other useful online safety information
Project Evolve
We use Project Evolve to plan our Online Safety Teaching. The long term plan below shows what might be covered in each year group, however the teaching for the year is very much dependent on the pupils’ knowledge and the initial baseline assessment which is done in each class.
An example of a baseline assessment can be seen below. This is then used to plan the year’s teaching.
Example Baseline Assessment from Project Evolve
