Online safety

Our school takes internet safety and security very seriously. There are a number of documents and links here to help you and your child to stay safe on the internet. Click on the links on the right-hand side find information to help protect your child online:

Our Online Safety Agreement

We agree to:

• use IT help us learn
• keep passwords and account details private
• try to recognised when we have been on a computer for too long, come off and do something else.
• use and search for material which is suitable for school
• follow school rules when using IT resources and the internet:

We know that we:

• ask an adult if we can go on the internet
• never give out personal information over the internet
• never share our passwords
• minimise a page and tell an adult if anything appears that concerns us or we shouldn’t see.
• never use the internet to send unkind messages or search for offensive material
• never open or reply to messages from unknown senders
• think carefully about the information we read on the internet as it may not be accurate
• only use polite language when messaging

Our teachers must:

• check search terms and use child friendly search engines
• show us how to stay safe on the internet using the internet safety resources

Each year we celebrate Safer Internet Day – this year the focus was ‘Be the change: Unite for a better Internet’.