Online Safety

The internet is a fantastic place to visit, we learn things, we can play games and we can meet new people. We use it a lot at OLSK but we make sure that we use it safely. 

Below we have shared some links for parents to take a look at, these are full of useful tips to help keep your children safe online:

I am pleased to share with you the attached informative wall poster that serves as a reminder of the key steps to ensure children's safety in the digital world. This poster not only reinforces online safety practices but also encourages open conversations among parents, caregivers, and colleagues.

LEGO® Build & Talk

NSPCC teams up with the LEGO Group for online safety resources.

A core part of the NSPCC’s 10-year strategy is to ensure children are safe online. To help achieve this we’ve teamed up with the LEGO Group to help promote their fun, free Build & Talk activities. The six 'adventures' help parents and caregivers talk with their children about key online safety topics through the joy of LEGO play.

Hot Tips 

Use a 'safe search' search engine. http://www.safesearchkids.org 

​http://uk.ask.com

http://www.kidsclick.org

Set up filtering on your home internet.http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-and-resources/parents-and-carers/parental-controls  

This link gives parents information about Facebook privacy settings, children should not be on Facebook if they are under 13 and they should be educated about the content of the website http://internet-safety.yoursphere.com 

We learn about Online Safety as part of our computing lessons, if children need to report inappropriate content they see online then they can visit the CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre) http://ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/ 

CEOP also has a great website of information on Online Safety for parents https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/

Many of us see our online lives and offline lives as different.

But for children growing up with technology and the internet, there isn’t a difference – online life and offline life is just life.

Technology can move at an extraordinarily fast pace. So it can be difficult to know how to start talking to your child about what they’re doing online, who they might be speaking to or discussing the potential risks and issues.

Starting the conversation

Talking regularly with your child can help keep them safe online. Making it part of daily conversation, like you would about their day at school, will help your child feel relaxed.

It also means when they do have any worries, they’re more likely to come and speak to you.

But it’s easy to become overwhelmed with the different technology, the language that children use, the huge number of games and apps which are available and the potential risks.

Age-appropriate conversations

Considering your children’s age and ability will help you decide how to speak to them.

For under-11s

• Resources like Talk PANTS and Techosaurus will help.
• Make sure you’re using language they can understand.

What are 5 facts about online safety?

From understanding the need for strong passwords to recognising the risks of clicking unknown links, these 10 facts will help you stay safe online.

• Don't talk to strangers. ...
• Keep your passwords private. ...
• Ask your parent or guardian before filling in online forms. ...
• Don't stay online for too long!

Online Safety in the curriculum

We encourage our children to be safe online and we embed this throughout our curriculum. This is included in our RSHE lessons, where we follow the Ten Ten Scheme as well as in our Computing lessons which is taught through the use of Purple Mash, all children from EYFS to KS2 are taught how to stay safe online. Each year children will recap previous knowledge about staying safe online as well as adding new information.

We also follow Project Evolve alongside this to consolidate everyone's learning. This is a toolkit used to measure the impact of online safety sessions across school.​

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