Online safety

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Supporting young people to take down nudes shared online

Dear parents/carers,

The CEOP website has some useful information on how to help your daughter/son removed any images they may have sent out.

To follow the link, please click here.

Roy Bellmon
Deputy Headteacher – Safeguarding and Curriculum

SAFER INTERNET DAY 2023

For Safer Internet Day 2023, the UK Safer Internet Centre is organising celebrations and learning based around the theme ‘Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online’. they are celebrating by putting children and young people’s voices at the heart of the day and encouraging them to shape the online safety support that they receive.

They are asking parents, carers, teachers, government, policymakers, and the wider online safety industry to take time to listen to children and young people and make positive change together.

This year they are hoping to answer the following questions:

• What issues really matter to children and young people?
• What changes do they want to see?
• How can we all work together to advocate for them moving forward?

As a school, we will be delivering lessons to KS3 students based around the theme. Parents can also find some great resources at the following link: https://www.saferinternetday.org/resources and selecting English as the language.

Mr R Bellmon – Deputy Headteacher

NUDE IMAGE SHARING – INFORMATION FOR PARENTS AND CARERS

To view the related letter, please click here.

Mr R Bellmon – Deputy Headteacher

SAFEGUARDING ADVICE FOR USING VR HEADSETS

ONLINE SAFETY

Dear parent/carer,

Here are 4 new guides that may help to keep your child safe online:

Cross Platform Sharing Parent and Carers Guide

Discord Parent and Carers Guide

Metaverse Parent and Carers Guide

Virtual Reality Parent and Carers Guide

R Bellmon
Deputy Headteacher Curriculum and Safeguarding

HELPFUL WEBSITES

To view the above as a PDF with active links, please click here.

ONLINE SAFETY

Dear parent/carer,

We have been offered free workshops for parents/carers and access to a parent hub that will help safeguard families from gaming and gambling related harms.

Please visit the link below for further information and to sign up.

https://parents.ygam.org/workshops/

Roy Bellmon
Deputy Headteacher Curriculum and Safeguarding

What you need to know about…

To view these posters as a PDF, simply click on the image.

Important notice regarding phishing

We have seen a rise in phishing both in school and in external email accounts.

What is phishing?
Phishing is simply trying to trick people into doing something – that could be opening a malicious email attachment, clicking a link, or transferring funds or confidential data.

The following PDF information may help you to recognise when an email may not be as it seems.

To open this information as a PDF, please click here.

If you have any doubts, please do not open any links or click on attachments. If you suspect an email is fake, please delete it.

Kind regards,
Roy Bellmon – Deputy Headteacher

Talking to your child about online sexual harassment

Dear parents/carers,

You may find this report and guide for parents/carers useful when talking to your daughter/son.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if we can help you or if you have any concerns.

Mr Roy Bellmon – Deputy Headteacher Curriculum and Safeguarding

The things I wish my parents had known…about online sexual harassment (Children’s Commissioner)

The Children’s Commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza DBE, has recently published a guidance document for parents helping to support them to understand online sexual harassment. It is a sensitive topic, and not one all parents feel comfortable discussing with their children.

The commissioner’s team brought together a group of 16 – 21 year olds and asked them talk about what they think parents should know, and what they should say to their children when talking about sexualised bullying and the pressures of growing up online.

Key advice from the young adults in the focus groups included:

• Start conversations early, before your child gets a phone or social media account. Keep the conversation going over time, adapting to your child.
• Young people want their parents to learn about new technology and trends, including risky behaviours and dangerous spaces online.
• Create a safe and trusting home environment. Young people told us the home environment is key, they want to share things with their parents but don’t always feel able.

The report and poster ‘The things I wish my parents had known…’ can be downloaded here: https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/report/talking-to-your-child-about-online-sexual-harassment-a-guide-for-parents/

Follow the TALK checklist to help keep your child safe online (Internet Watch Foundation)

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) tells us that ‘since the start of the pandemic, the amount of ‘self-generated’ child abuse imagery has increased dramatically. In 2020, the IWF confirmed 68,000 cases of such imagery, a rise of 77% on the year before. It accounts for nearly half (44%) the imagery we took action on last year. In 80% of these cases, the victims were 11- to 13-year-old girls.’

The IWF has created a resource to help parents and carers understand the risks of ‘self-generated child sexual abuse imagery’ using the acronym ‘TALK’.

To find out more, go to: https://talk.iwf.org.uk/

Download the Parents’/Carers’ Guide here   https://talk.iwf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/A-guide-for-parents-and-carers-v7.pdf

TALK campaign – Advice regarding on-line grooming

Please find details of the new TALK campaign from the Internet Watch Foundation

A new IWF safety campaign aims to help parents have conversations with their children about keeping their ‘door’ closed to child sexual abusers. The campaign includes a booklet for parents, explaining the risks, explaining why children are vulnerable, and suggests practice steps that parents can take.

The mnemonic used in the campaign is TALK:

• TALK to your child about online sexual abuse. Start the conversation – and listen to their concerns.
• AGREE ground rules about the way you use technology as a family.
• LEARN about the platforms and apps your child loves. Take an interest in their online life.
• KNOW how to use tools, apps and settings that can help to keep your child safe online.

For further details go to: https://talk.iwf.org.uk/

LGfL – DigiSafe

A collection of information sources which are really useful in helping parents to keep their child safe online. To view, please click here.

The Marie Collins Foundation – Sexual Abuse on line – Parents leaflet ‘How Can I Help My Child?’

In this booklet you will find information about what online harm is and ways you can effectively help and support your children. To view, please click here.

Child Exploitation and Online Protection command (CEOP)