Online Safety Blog

Expiring content is content that disappears after it has been viewed once or after a certain amount of time. This content can be in the form of stories such as on Snapchat or Instagram, which involves posting a photo or video that usually expires after 24 hours and all followers of that person can see. […]

TikTok has quickly become one of the world’s most downloaded apps and from discussions throughout the school on Safer Internet Day, it is evident that TikTok is used by many children. TikTok is a free social media app that lets you create, share, and watch short clips. TikTok advises a minimum age of 13 to […]

WhatsApp is widely used by children to communicate with individual friends and as part of groups. However, a risk for children and young people using WhatsApp is being added to group chats where they don’t know the others in the group, which may increase the chance they come across upsetting or disturbing messages. To prevent […]

As our new school year begins, children in KS1 and KS2 children sign the Acceptable Use Agreement which includes the things the children must remember in order to stay safe online both when they are at home and school. This will be available for you to view under the policies section of the school website. Here, […]

Follow this link to the latest download of Vodafone’s digital parenting magazine.  It has a useful round up of a number of online safety issues, focusing particularly on what the children themselves are talking about. https://www.flipsnack.com/FA7569CC5A8/digital-parenting-by-vodafone-2021-edition/full-view.html​

Cast your minds back and you may remember Safer Internet Day back in February this year.  We were really pleased with the engagement from our children and now Safer Internet UK have published an impact report assessing how it has helped children’s engagement nationally.  This is worth a read and has ideas for going forward. […]