E-Safety A guide for parents and carers

QUIZ – what do they mean?

The Internet…. Wide and flexible range of information Accessed anywhere anytime A key skill for life The Internet…. Easy to communicate with friends and family Motivational and fun Raise standards

The Internet and Technology As a school we have a duty of care to ensure we are providing opportunities for children to learn how to use technological devices as well provide an education in how to be safe. We all know that IT has a fantastic amount of good uses and we need to be seen to promote these alongside teaching children good habits as unfortunately they can face potential dangers. It is about having the knowledge of these ‘hazards’ and school and home working together to help children make the right decisions and choices.

Why is E-Safety so important? Young people can be very tech savvy Young people do not necessarily have experience to judge risk The digital world can seem as important as the real world

Why is it so important? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o8auwnJtqE

What is E-Safety? ‘All users of ICT should be able to do so safely and responsibly without limiting their creativity’

Risks? 28% of 11-16 year olds have had an upsetting experience on Social Networking sites, that’s over 1 in 4. (CEOP strategic overview 2013/2014) 27% of children talk about more private things online than face to face 23,000 Sexual Offences against children were recorded in the UK in 2014. 5,500 of those were children under the age of 11. In 2013, 18,600 Children and young people talked to Childline about Sexual Abuse. (EU kids online II)

Overarching risks of online use Unwanted contact/grooming Cyber-bullying Harmful content/illegal materials Privacy/digital footprints The risks to children and young people can be identified in the following four categories: · Unwanted contact/grooming – this is where adults proactively coerce children to groom them on and offline · Cyberbullying – bullying between young people and adults · Harmful content/illegal material – things that children and you people see and sometimes produce that maybe harmful · Privacy/digital footprints – what they say, post and write online and the ‘digital footprint this leaves

Unwanted contact and grooming Definition of grooming: A process by which a person prepares a child, significant others and the environment for the abuse of this child Specific goals include gaining access to the child, gaining the child’s compliance and maintaining the child’s secrecy to avoid disclosure Grooming techniques: Bribery and gifts, Flattery, Sexualised games, Threats, Blackmail, Desensitisation – pornography, child abuse images, video and web cams may be used (Craven, Brrown and Gilchrist, 2006)  

Cyber-bullying Definition of cyber-bullying: ‘The use of digital technology (text messaging, email, social networking sites etc) to bully, harass or abuse someone.’ (DfE 2009) How: Mobiles Social networking sites Gaming Forums Email Sexting

Cyber-bullying Traits It is an invasion of personal space for young people and is all encompassing and penetrating. The audience can be large, reached rapidly and can be unknown It is easier for perpetrators to remain anonymous through the online world or masquerade as another person The target of bullying can be anyone as physical and other factors do not come into play. Often young people who engage in cyber-bullying get involved in an unintentional way. There is a disconnection as they are removed from the face to face. There is an evidence trail in the online world therefore there is the ability to track people

Children and parents use the internet in different ways Parents / Carers Consume, download, corporate e-mail Shopping Booking holidays Research Young people Create, upload, personal Music Games Chat Instant Messaging IM Blogs Social Networking

At School……. At home………… Supervised ? Monitored ? Filtered ? Curriculum ?

What does the school do? Each year e-safety lessons are delivered to every class Children complete tasks and activities from the think u know and CEOP website (link on last slide). Older children go in to a lot more detail about this. Promote the positive aspects of technology. Areas to promote E-safety and we will have a specific e-safety email for concerns and queries.

Alongside this….. E-Safety policy Acceptable use policy iPad Policy Staff training Parents information

Education response 5 - 7 year olds 3% own a Smartphone 67% have home internet access 7.2 hours online in a typical week 23% use a social networking site weekly Intro slide (Ofcom media literacy 2013)

Education response 8-10 year olds 18% own a Smartphone 82% have home internet access 10.5 hours online in a typical week 24% have a profile on sites that require users to be 13 or over 85% of those with a SNS profile say it can only be seen by friends 22% speak to friends of friends or people they don’t know 67% who use internet at home only visit sites they’ve been to before 12% agree ‘when I’m on the internet, I forget about all of the rules’ (Ofcom media literacy 2013) Intro 8-10’s

Statistics from Holy Trinity…. Number of pupils surveyed: 187 (Y3-Y6) Do you have access to a computer or tablet at home with internet access Yes: 98% Do you have your own computer or tablet in your room? Yes: 63% What do you like doing the most online? Youtube: 48% Playing games: 44% Web browsing: 1% Social networking (Twitter, Facebook): 7% E-mailing: Do you use social networking sites like Instagram, Twitter and Facebook? Yes: 22% No: 78%

Statistics from Holy Trinity…. What social networking sites do you use? Facebook: 25% Instagram: 52% Twitter: 11% Snapchat: 12% Do you have a mobile phone that can connect to the internet? Yes: 21% No: 79% Do you use social networking sites or instant messaging on your phone? (Out of the 40 Children) Yes: 77% No: 13% Do you have a games console (PS4/ Xbox) with access to the internet? Yes: 66% No: 34%

Statistics from Holy Trinity…. Do your parents monitor how you use the internet at home? Yes: 59% No: 41% Do you have any filtering systems that sometimes block the searches you make? Yes: 47% No: 53% Have you ever seen anything unsuitable, or anything which made you feel uncomfortable while you have been online? Yes: 55% No: 45% Have you ever communicated online with someone you didn’t know? Yes: 36% No:64 % Have you learnt about e-safety and staying safe online at school? Yes: 100% No: 0%

Minimum age limits for Social Networking sites….

Working together with your child…. Be involved with your child’s online life Be familiar with the technology, built in safeguards Agree the types of content that are acceptable to upload and download. Encourage balanced use, limit time, meal times, bed time… Agreed areas in the house to use online devices.

What to do if you are worried… Capture any evidence Screenshots, save conversations Report it School, Service Provider, Police, CEOP(Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre) Use the safety features and tools Child Accounts, Parental controls, Privacy features in Social Networking Be alert Changes in behaviour, secretive, vague about use

Report to...... Report to Support from CEOP offers direct advice and support to professionals and directly to young people and it also offers the a reporting system. Young people, parents, carers and professionals can report concerns about potential grooming,child sex offender activity and online sexual contact with children and young people directly to CEOP by clicking on the ‘CEOP Report button’. Young people over 11 should be encouraged to report to CEOP if anyone is making them feel uncomfortable online, this may be pressurising them to meet up, sexual chat or sharing sexual images. The key is if someone is making them feel uncomfortable or unsafe online in this way they should report to CEOP.Though CEOP takes reports from children of any age, children under 11 should be encouraged to speak to an adult they trust who can help them fill out the CEOP reporting form. NSPCC’s Childline allows young people to access direct support from a counsellor; Beatbullying’s cybermentors offers advice to children and young people on bullying, cyberbullying and other well being issues. Young people can access trained mentors of their own age for support and advice through www.cybermentors.org.uk. The internet watch foundation www.iwf.org.uk is the UK’s hotline for reporting child abuse images online.. Children and young people should be encouraged to report to the appropriate place and if they are in severe danger they should call 999.   Support from

CEOP The internet knows no borders and to ensure an international response to online sexual exploitation CEOP are part of the Virtual Global Taskforce - The VGT brings together law enforcement agencies from all over the world to tackle the issues of child abuse and how the internet facilitates this. They aim to provide a 24 hour police presence online, this involves replying to reports received if a child is in immediate danger and working together on joint operations. Countries involved are America, Canada, Australia, Italy, UK (represented by CEOP) and Interpol. There are also a number of countries looking to join.

Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) 24 hour presence both online and offline CEOP, America, Canada, Australia, Italy, UAE & Interpol

You might see them on some websites….

What happens?

Report Statistics: 18,887 reports relating to child sexual exploitation. 2,866 Intelligence reports sent out from the centre. 192 perpetrators arrested as a direct result of CEOP. 560 Children were safeguarded and protected. 6% of all referrals require an immediate response. Over 12.6 million children have seen Thinkuknow (CEOP, 2012-2013)

5 to 7 year olds Thinkuknow website area – Ages 5-7. This area of the website allows young people of this age group access to internet safety information in a fun and interactive way. The orange character sits on each screen and reads aloud all text on that particular page. There are puzzles and colouring in sheets on this site. The Hector’s world cartoons can also be watched in this area.

8 to 10 year olds Website area – Ages 8-11. Cybercafe www.thinkuknow.co.uk/cybercafe the 8-10’s can explore the cybercafé with Griff and the other characters. They can experiment using different technologies in a safe environment. There are also accompanying lesson plans and resources for teachers.  

Key messages – summary Know who you’re talking to, people aren’t always who they say they are Learn how to use and set security settings across a range of devices Keep your personal information private Know how to report on sites and services you are using Implications of owning a mobile / location Understand digital footprint: Self-taken images and video Location-based Future implications of actions of online behaviour How to report to sites CEOP

eSafety - resources www.thinkuknow.com http://www.childnet-int.org/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/ http://www.iwf.org.uk/ http://www.getnetwise.org/

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