Next Generation Learning – Stay safe – working with your local safeguarding children board Charlotte Aynsley & Anna Janes Presented at BETT 2009 on Thursday 15 January 2009

Make the UK the safest place online 02 Improve child safety and protection 03 Consider e-safety as a child protection issue, not a technology issue 04 Protect in school, educate for out of school 01 Encourage mainstreaming of e-safety in wider safeguarding policies 05 Becta’s principles

So…..How do our children and young people use technology….? Meet…Jordan This is how he uses technology

Communication EntertainmentEducationPersonal Management For young people, technology is a way of life

Young people: internet use rises at ages 10 and 13

1,400,000 UK pupils have their own web page.

There are over 110 million active users of MySpace (as of January 2008)

If MySpace were a country, it would be the 11th largest in the world (between Japan and Mexico)

So what are the risks? The Byron Review categorised the risks into four main areas: Contact – risk of physical assault, sexual abuse etc Content – illegal or inappropriate content Conduct – antisocial or illegal behaviour Commerce – online gambling, financial scams

The Children’s Act 2004: Safeguard and promote the welfare of children Every Child Matters Staying Safe Working together to Safeguard Children A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children Byron Review: Harmful or inappropriate “material” – CONTENT, CONTACT, CONDUCT The remit for Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs)

Becta’s work to date with LSCBs… MonthActivity October 07Meeting with ADCS Chair of Information Systems and Technology Committee (Richard Stiff, North Lincolnshire) November 07CEOP and ADCS support for the safeguarding of children online and local authority support December 07ADCS support a national survey February 08Wrote to every local authority asking them to nominate a strategic e-safety lead, launch of the toolkit and a national conference April 08Sponsoring of ADCS presidency June 08LSCB e-safety development days September 08LSCB e-safety development days November 08Regional events Next steps….?

How can LSCBs support you?

Anna Janes Brent LSCB e-safety sub-committee - chair Stay Safe – Working with your Local Safeguarding Children Boards

Local Safeguarding Children Boards structure

Vision statement “Swimming pools can be dangerous for children. To protect them, one can install locks, put up fences and deploy pool alarms. All of these measures are helpful, but by far the most important thing that one can do for one’s children is teach them to swim.” Youth, Pornography and the Internet National Research Council USA 2002

online citizenship = online safety We teach our children to swim not just to prevent them from drowning but also for the pleasure they may get from it and the benefits it brings to their health. Brent LSCB believes that we must teach children to ‘swim’ in the online world not only to ensure their safety but also to enable them to improve their emotional health and their enjoyment of the world. We must therefore encourage children and young people to develop as responsible online citizens.

What can schools do? Where do you fit in?

Contact… Anna Janes London Borough of Brent Chesterfield House 9 Park Lane Wembley HA9 7RH T+44 (0)