| E Safety
Internet
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children are aware of E Safety whether they are using the Internet,
Email, IMS or mobile phones. We are aware that children use social
networking sites, safe options are for example Club Penguin. In school
we teach them the safest way to use these sites.
Most Social Networking sites are only for 18+. However, we are aware
that some children do have their own Facebook or alternative that they
have created at home. At school we have security in place that blocks
access to these websites. At home it is imperative that parents police
the sites that their children use.
Please support the school by reaffirming the message that the
Internet is a dangerous place for a child and that they have to take
care. If possible adjust the security on your computer to block sites
that make your child vulnerable.
Although chatting online can be great fun, young people can sometimes
find themselves in situations where they can feel out of their depth.
Risks can arise when young people give out their personal details to
strangers. The online world can often seem very different to the real
world for young people, and they can be tempted to say and do things
that they wouldn't dream of if they met someone face to face. This can
include giving out personal information such as mobile numbers and
pictures of themselves.
If they are talking to another child there is a risk that they will
misuse this information - for example, by texting abusive messages to
the child, or by posting their image on a website; but there is
obviously a greater risk if the person that they are chatting to is an
adult. Unfortunately, paedophiles - adults who want to meet young people
for sex - use the internet, often with the intention of talking with and
meeting a child. Young people can be naive to this risk, and often feel
that they are invincible, or that 'they would know if someone was
lying'.
Young people will often 'swap friends' through IM, and
therefore can be chatting to strangers who they feel they trust because
a friend of a friend knows them. IM is a very intimate form of
communication - more so than a chat room with many participants, and
therefore child abusers will often use this as a means to extract
personal information from a young person.
- Tell your children not to post their phone number or email
address on their homepage.
- Help your child to adjust their account settings so that only
approved friends can instant message them. This won't ruin their
social life – new people can still send them friend requests and
message them, they just won't be able to pester them via Instant
Messenger (IM).
- Check if your child has ticked the “no picture forwarding”
option on their social networking site settings page – this will
stop people sending pictures from their page around the world
without their consent
- Encourage them not to give too much away in a blog. Friends can
call them for the address of the latest party rather than read about
it on their site.
- Ask them to show you how to use a social networking site -
getting involved will empower them to share the experience with you.
A good site for the child to learn the skills they need to use the
Internet Safety is the Think you Know site set up by Child Exploitation
and Online Protection Centre. Link below.
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/Default.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
http://www.ceop.gov.uk/ Adult
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