Digital Safeguarding: Staying safe online
Useful Links for Parents and Children
- Keeping Children Safe Online (40 minute webinar for parents)
- Online Safety Quiz for Children
- Advice on how to talk to your child about online safety
- Age Appropriate advice for talking to your child
- Tips to improve your family's online wellbeing
- Technosaur book link
- Safer Screens advice
Below is an Online Safety Family Agreement that you can print and agree to together. If you'd like a paper copy please speak to the office.
From a young age we’re teaching children about healthy and balanced diets – but how can we help teach them about healthy and balanced online habits?
Here’s some top tips:
- Watch and play together
- Set gentle screen time routines
- Talk about what they’re seeing
- Make time for offline play
We all want to keep our children safe online. They’re growing up in a time where screens are
everywhere and the internet plays a big part in their lives, even from a very young age.
As parents and carers, it’s important to have conversations with your child about how to
explore the online world safely.
That’s where NSPCC’s Techosaurus comes in, with four key
lessons:
Play • Protect • Ask • Say
Each lesson offers simple, practical advice about staying safe online while still having a
good time. We know that talking regularly with children about these important messages can
make all the difference and help keep the internet an educational, entertaining, and safe
environment.
For more tips and info, search NSPCC
Techosaurus
As adults we talk about the ‘online’ world… but for children, it’s simply The World. From watching videos, playing games or getting
creative, the internet can be a great part of children’s everyday life. But it can also come with risks and worries. Here are 4 top tips to help keep your child safe online:
- Watch and play together
- Set gentle screen time routines
- Talk about what they’re seeing
- Make time for offline play
Did you know apps are designed to keep us hooked? As adults we talk about the ‘online’
world… but for young people, it’s simply The World. From social media and chatting with friends, to gaming and streaming, the internet is a positive space for connection and creativity. But apps and games are built to keep them scrolling and playing. Help teens build balance - just like we do with food, sleep and exercise:
- Talk about how apps are designed to keep us hooked
- Set boundaries together that feel fair
- Check in about how online time makes them feel
- Encourage time offline to rest and recharge