St. Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School

Online Safety is a vital part of our curriculum and is embedded throughout the academic year through Computing and PSHE lessons, as well as whole school events including annual training for staff, pupils and parents and Safer Internet Day, which takes place each February.

At St. Wulstan's, we follow the SMART rules - our school charter.

We can only be successful in keeping children safe online if we work with parents to ensure the Online Safety message is consistent. It is important that parents speak to their children about how they can keep safe and behave appropriately online. 

Ensure your child is watching appropriate online content 

Children should be as supervised as possible when accessing content online, for instance, not being allowed access to a device at night. These website are very useful tools to ensure age-appropriate content.

https://www.internetmatters.org/parental-controls/

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/

https://www.internetmatters.org/inclusive-digital-safety/

ONLINE SAFETY NEWSLETTERS FOR PARENTS

St. Wulstan's Online Safety Newsletter November 2021

St. Wulstan's Online Safety Newsletter October 2021

St. Wulstan's Online Safety Newsletter September 2021

FILES TO DOWNLOAD

Our Online Safety Policy

Parents Guide to Cyber Bullying
Parent Online Safety Controls

Social Media settings

Keeping up with children online

Supporting young children on social media

Supporting young people online

Snapchat Updates information

YouTube parent helpsheet

Snapchat Checklist

Twitter Checklist

Facebook Checklist

Instagram Checklist

Internet Safety Leaflets and Parent Guides to Games Consoles - how to set filters and keep your child safe online. Step by step guides. Click here.

Please follow the link below for further advice and guidance on how to keep our children safe online.

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/what-we-do/about-us/partners/nspcc-o2-online-safety-partnership/

It’s essential to be realistic - banning the internet or technology will not work and it often makes a child less likely to report a problem. Education around safe use is essential.

If you would like to share any information or require any further support please do not hesitate to contact  your child’s class teacher. 

Your help is still needed to prevent children accessing inappropriate material at home by way of filters and parental controls. Look below at our extensive list of links and resources for Parents/Carers, Teachers and Young People to help you with your child’s online safety at home.

Search engines

Please note that no search engine is ever 100% safe but below provides some links to some “safer” search engines:

Research searching

nICE
CBBC
Kids Yahoo

Google offers a safer search option for children searching on the Internet. You can find out how to do this by downloading the instructions at the bottom of the page. 

Image searching

Pics4Learning
picsearch

Gaming

When children are accessing games via Xbox LIVE, privacy settings can be set up.  To read more, click here.

Websites for more information

Please click on the icon to go to the relevant site

CEOP (The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre) delivers a multi-agency service dedicated to tackling the abuse and exploitation of children in the real and ‘e’ world. Often it is referred to as an online 999. By clicking on the button, young people and parents can get advice on a range of issues such as viruses, hacking and dealing with bullying online.

Vodafone have produced a Digital Parenting Magazine which informs parents about the various technologies children are accessing today. There is information on Facebook settings, Xbox 360 settings, Blackberry settings, jargon busting and many more 'How to Guides'. They are well worth a read and some are attached below for you to download. 

The “Thinkuknow” website is brought to you by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) centre.

Kidsmart gives you lots of advice on how to stay safe online.

New e-Safety Portal for Parents and Schools – Internet Matters

Internet Matters is a new online portal designed for parents to access simple, easy and practical advice about online safety for their children, right through from pre-school to teens. It provides tips on protecting children from online grooming, cyberbullying, privacy and identity theft and inappropriate content. Internet Matters is a not-for profit organisation set up by BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media. 

ParentINFO is a collaboration between ParentZone and CEOP.  There are useful guides and articles on helping your child stay safe online.