Safety Information Event Monday 11th September, 6.30 – 8pm Paul Chambers, Depute Head Teacher Sergeant Nathan Readie, Youth Justice Police Sergeant, Public Protection Unit PC Darren Campbell, School Link Police Officer Any Questions?

Growing Up Online Children and young people are growing up online, having their first online experiences at an increasingly young age. Children’s social maturity and needs evolve as they grow and this has associated implications for the way they interact both online and in the real world.

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Implications for Children and Young People Online risks can be characterised as either content or contact Three categories of content risks are: Illegal content Age inappropriate or harmful content (sex and violence) Harmful advice (e.g. scammed/, ripped off - not everything on the internet is true)

Implications for Children and Young People Contact risks occur when child interact online and fall into the following categories: The interaction takes place with the intention to harm the child (for example cyber bullying incl. Gossip, lies or being left out, cyber grooming, exploitation) Children are exposed to hateful online interactions (such as hate websites) The child places him/herself in a harmful or potentially harmful situation (e.g. illegal file sharing, sending photographs of themselves)

Cyber-bullying Technology allows the user to bully anonymously or from an unknown location. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week – no sanctuary. May be less evident to a parent or teacher, but is highly intrusive and the impact can be significant. Can be evidenced. New technology can often seem a closed world to adults/parents.

Extreme internet users… More than one in three British 15-year-olds spend at least six hours a day online More likely to report being bullied (17.8%) than moderate internet users (6.7%) When it comes to making the internet safe, simply ‘protecting’ young people from harmful content will never be the whole solution Parents would be better making their children more resilient, especially in the face of the increasingly key role social media is playing in young lives “Children and young people actively engage with social media and we need to support them to understand the risks of how they behave online, and be empowered to make sense of and know how to respond to harmful content which they may come across.” Education Policy Institute (EPI) report, June 2017

We recommend www. thinkuknow. co We recommend www.thinkuknow.co.uk – excellent information for families and young people. Try to make time to empower yourself and your child. Go to Parents – support, how to guides. Look at 14+