Keeping your children safe online

Now more than every online safety is paramount, keeping your child safe from harm online is a parental responsibility and at school we strive to educate our pupils about keeping safe online. We also teach our pupils what to do if they do encounter something that makes them feel uncomfortable online. Below are the Ladybrook ESafety guidelines for pupils. Please read through them with your children.

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:

Useful Websites

Below are some links to useful websites for parents. There are a number of useful articles linked to social media and online gaming.

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.

List of useful websites from Tanya Cross:

https://www.internetmatters.org/advice/esafety-leaflets-resources/

https://www.net-aware.org.uk/

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Get-help/Reporting-an-incident/

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/underwear-rule/pants-how-to-answer-questions/

https://vodafonedigitalparenting.co.uk/

https://www.iwf.org.uk/

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/  

https://parentinfo.org/

https://www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers

Here is a list of some safe search engines for children to use when researching. Please remember that not everything that is found online is reliable, it is worth comparing a few websites to find the most accurate information. 

Safe Search engines for children

http://www.kidtopia.info/

https://teachthechildrenwell.com/

http://www.lures.info/childrens_search/gogooligans.html

https://www.factmonster.com/

http://cybersleuth-kids.com/

https://www.kidzsearch.com/sites.html

https://swiggle.org.uk/

https://primaryschoolict.com/

http://www.dibdabdoo.com/

https://www.britannica.com/

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