Online Safety Resources and Advice for Parents
Online safety is a key part of keeping children safe at Lympne CE Primary School. Keeping pupils safe online is very much a partnership between school and home and it is key to ensure children receive a consistent message. The internet is forever growing and changing and it is paramount that we educate our children to be safe and respectful when online.
We have extensive security measures in place in school, which are monitored both internally and externally, to help safeguard pupils from potential dangers or unsuitable material.
Any Online Safety incidents are recorded and managed in accordance with our Safeguarding Policy and online safety is taught to all pupils throughout their time with us.
If you have any concerns please do not hesitate to contact headteacher@lympne.kent.sch.uk
Resources
- Think U Know - Information from CEOP about online abuse and exploitation
- Internet Matters - Information from BT, Sky, Talk Talk and Virgin
- Parents pack
- Digital resilience toolkits
- Leaflets
- Childnet - Information for parents and carers
- Family agreements and conversation starters
- Supporting Young People Online Leaflets
- Keeping under fives safe online Leaflets
- Music, TV, Film and the Internet Leaflets
- Parents resource sheet
- Screen time boundaries
- Digital Wellbeing guidance
- Critical thinking
- Live Streaming
- UK Safer Internet Centre parents advice
- The Parent Zone - guidance for parents
- Parent Info
- NSPCC Online Safety - NSPCC Online Safety advice
- O2 and NSPCC
- Talking to your child
- Barnardo's Follow me
- Barnardo's Be Safe guide for parents and children about sexual exploitation
- Parents Protect - Lucy Faithfull Foundation
- Get Safe Online
- Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI)
- Vodafone Digital Parenting
- EE Digital Living resources
- NWG and UK Safer Internet Centre leaflet: Online: Onguard - A Guide to Becoming a Safer Parent Online
- KSCB and Trading Standards Leaflet for Parents and Carers (PDF, 221.6 KB)
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health - Screen Time guidance
Review Sites and Social Media Guides
- Net Aware - NSPCC reviews of 50+ popular apps and games
- Internet Matters - Safe set up guides (includes popular social media sites)
- Common Sense Media - American site which reviews websites, games etc with age suitability
- UK Safer Internet Centre
- Think U Know
- Webwise.ie
Parental Controls
- UK Safer Internet Centre: Parents guide to new technology
- UK Safer Internet Centre: Parents guide to parental controls
- Internet Matters - Safe set up guides for devices and social media apps
- NSPCC Parental Controls
- Yahoo Safety Tips
- Google Safety Center - includes family safety
- How Computers Work
- NetLingo - common online acronyms and text speak e.g. LOL, POS
- Staying safe online: parental controls on broadband
Digital Parenting Magazines - Vodafone/Parent Zone
Gaming and online video content
- Ask About Games - advice on computer gaming and parental controls
- Pegi - information about games rating
- Safer Internet Centre Gaming Resources
- NSPCC Online Games
- Parents Guide to Games
- Internet Matters - safe set up guides for gaming devices
- BBFC
Links for Foster Carers and Adoptive parents
- Think U Know: Specific Risks
- Think U Know: Placement Plans
- Safer Internet Centre: Advice for foster carers and adoptive parents
Resources to support parents and carers dealing with concerns
- Parent's Protect and Lucy Faithfull: What's the problem? - Family action planning tool - covers children accessing adult content, 'sexting' and downloading indecent images.
- Think U Know:
- Worried your child is being sexually abused?
- Worried about your child, sex and relationships?
- Finding out your child has been sexually abused
- Supporting a child who has been sexually abused
- Finding out your child has done something sexually harmful
- How to report to CEOP
- Reporting to social media sites
- The Marie Collins Foundation - support for children and families who have experienced online abuse
- NSPCC
- Safer Internet Centre: Need help?