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Online Safety Advice for Parents & Carers

A family agreement is a great way to start a conversation as a whole family about how the internet should be used safely and responsibly when online at home, at school or at a friend's house.

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To support parents in creating a family agreement Childnet International have put together some free advice and a helpful family agreement template for families to use as a starting point.

 

Please find below a document to help you create your own family agreement:

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Family Agreement Template

Children at Shaldon Primary School use the Internet on a regular basis as part of their learning. In school, we have regular 'online safety' activities to remind children of the importance of keeping themselves safe online.

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At home, sometimes children can be given unsupervised access to the Internet. This, potentially, allows them to access all kinds of society (both good and bad) and bring them virtually into their homes.

Online Safety Advice for Parents
Parents Conversation Starters
Supporting Young People Online

Articles for Parents from CEOP

Respect Online: Top 10 Tips
Esafety Poster for parents
Gaming Information for Parents
Keeping your under 5 safe online
Live streaming
Set up Facebook privacy controls
Set up google safe search
Set up parental controls - xbox360
Set up You Tube safety mode
Sharing pictures of your children
Using parental controls

​​Here are some tips and useful links to help you to keep your children safe online:

Explore e-safety sites - There are lots of links to useful e-safety sites for children in our Children's Zone. They are great fun to explore, so why not browse through them with your children?

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Facebook / Bebo / Myspace - Many of these sites have a minimum age limit of 13, so our pupils should NOT be using them. They allow children to communicate with anyone.

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Keep your computer in a shared area - Talk to your child about what they are doing online and, if possible, set up your computer in a shared area at home so that you can all share in the wonderful sites that are available online.

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Download our online safety posters:

We have these e-safety posters on display in our school. Why not put one up next to the computer at home and talk about it with your children?

eSafety Poster - KS1
eSafety Poster KS2

Some links to more information:

Think U Know - containing internet safety advice for those aged from 5 to 16, along with parents and teachers, this site is produced by CEOP (the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre).

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'Digital Parenting' magazine from Vodafone has lots of fantastic practical advice for parents.

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Kidsmart - An award-winning internet safety programme for children.

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Bullying UK - Information and advice about bullying for children, parents and schools.

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Kidscape - An organisation which helps to prevent bullying and child abuse.

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Childline - ChildLine is the free helpline for children and young people in the UK.

We have been working with the NSPCC to highlight the importance of online safety. To children, online friends are real friends. Online life is real life. There's no distinction.

For advice and support on setting up parental controls, adjusting privacy settings, understanding social networks and more check out this link or call the NSPCC online safety advice helpline 0808 800 5002 - Lines are open from 9am - 7pm, Monday to Friday and 10am - 6pm on weekends. All calls are free of charge.

Useful Links

Tips to stay safe online

Online safety - Under 5's

Online safety - Primary school children

Online safety - Teenagers

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