E-Safety Support for Parents
Colette Morris, the Local Authority Designated Officer and expert on e-safety, hosted an evening for parents on Monday 12th January 2015. The event gave advice and guidance to parents on how best to support young people’s safe digital communication. The evening focused particularly on promoting safe social networking. This presentation is an annual event. If you missed it we will be inviting Colette back in the autumn term next academic year. Information of the exact date will be in the school calendar 2015/6. If you missed the presentation, Colette recommended that parents visited the following sites to provide information and guidance on how best to support their children.
A guide on how to set up parental controls on your home internet. This help website covers the 4 major providers. http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-and-resources/parents-and-carers/parental-controls
CEOP Website. A wealth of information for parents focused on keeping children safe. https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/Parentsold/
A light hearted, short cartoon from the NSPCC highlighting the dangers of sending explicit photos http://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/share-aware/
Digital parenting guide produced by Vodaphone. http://www.vodafone.com/content/parents.html
Common Sense Media is a US based website which reviews video games, films and books and gives parents guidance on their suitability for particular age groups. https://www.commonsensemedia.org/