Online Safety
Information For Parents
Technology and the Internet can be fantastic – they can help our children to learn, to create amazing things, to communicate and to entertain themselves and each other. Our children are surrounded by this technology – it is part and parcel of their daily lives.
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Using technology and the Internet well is about using it safely and responsibly. Things can go wrong by accident or if behaviour isn’t sensible or respectful. Our job is not to stop our young people from using technology but to ensure that they have the necessary knowledge, skills and understanding to successfully navigate themselves through the online world, so they become good digital citizens.
How to Report
CEOP is here to keep children safe from sexual abuse and grooming online. You can make a report directly to the CEOP Safety Centre by clicking on the Click CEOP button if something has happened online which has made you feel unsafe, scared or worried. This might be from someone you know in real life, or someone you have only ever met online.
CEOP take all reports seriously and we will do everything we can to keep you safe. As well as making a report to the CEOP Safety Centre, the CEOP Education website has information and advice to help you if something has happened to you online.
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Search engines
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Researching
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Please note that no search engine is ever 100% safe but Google offers a safer search option for children searching on the Internet. You can find out how to do this by downloading the instructions here.
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Image Searching
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Pics4Learning is a curated image library that is safe and free for education. Children can use the copyright-friendly photos and illustrations for classroom projects, homework, videos or any other projects in an educational setting.
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Useful Links
Below are some great sources of information that we use in school to support with online safety.
