A guide for parents and carers on E-Safety Shipton Bellinger Primary School

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

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

The Internet and Technology We all know that IT has a fantastic amount of good uses It is about having the knowledge of these ‘hazards’ As a school we have a duty of care

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

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 High amount of offences of a sexual nature against children recorded (EU kids online II)

Main risks of online use Cyber-bullying Harmful content/illegal materials Privacy/digital footprints Unwanted contact/grooming 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 Specific goals include gaining access to the child, gaining the child’s compliance and maintaining the child’s secrecy to avoid disclosure Techniques: Bribery and gifts, Flattery, games, Threats, and many more (Craven, Brrown and Gilchrist, 2006)  

Cyber-bullying How: 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 The audience can be large and reached quickly It is easier for perpetrators to remain anonymous or pretend to be someone else The target of bullying can be anyone Often young people who engage in cyber-bullying get involved in an unintentional way. They are removed from the face to face so do not have a connection If you go online, you leave a trail therefore can be tracked

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? E-safety lessons are delivered to every class Various tasks and activities completed depending on the age group Promote the positive aspects of technology. E-Safety/Acceptable use 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 3 hours amount of time 7-16-year-olds spend online each day 4.8 hours time 15-16-year-olds spend online Source: Childwise Monitor report 2016 (Ofcom media literacy 2013) Intro slide

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 October 2013) Intro 8-10’s

Questions to think about Do your children have access to a computer or tablet at home with internet access Do they have their own computer or tablet in their room? What do they like doing the most online? Youtube: Playing games: Web browsing: Social networking (Twitter, Facebook): E-mailing:

Questions to think about What social networking sites do they use (If applicable)? Facebook: Instagram: Twitter: Snapchat: Do they have a mobile phone that can connect to the internet? Do they use social networking sites or instant messaging on your phone? Do they have a games console (PS4/ Xbox) with access to the internet?

DO YOU?.... Monitor how your children use the internet at home? Have any filtering systems that sometimes block the searches you make? Ask children if they have ever seen anything unsuitable, or anything which made them feel uncomfortable while they have been online? Ask children if they have ever communicated online with someone they didn’t know?

age limits

Working together 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

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

www.thinkuknow.com http://www.childnet-int.org/ E-Safety - 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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