The Internet Things change fast! Who thinks we can keep up?

What is E-Safety?

Safe Practice in anything Digital Mobile phones Cameras Computers Games Consoles Tablets

Statistics 93% of children go online 75% of teenagers have a Mobile Phone An average teenager sends 1500 texts a month 1 in 3 teenagers have experienced some sort of cyber bullying There are over 2.7 billion searches on Google each month The number of text messages sent every day exceeds the total population of the planet

More statistics 97% of all teenagers play games either online or on a console. 73% of teenagers have profiles on social networking sites 47% of teenagers have uploaded photographs of themselves We could go on and on…

What are the risks? Cyberbullying Grooming Inappropriate websites Hacking Losing information/Passwords Sexting Predators Chat rooms Addiction Lack of social skills

What we do at Boldmere Filtered accounts for the children Filtered web searches E-safety built into our assessment Celebrate E-Safety Day E-Safety built into our Curriculum through PSHE E-Safety Web page Regular reminders to the children when searching the Internet

What else would you like us to do?

What you can do as a Parent Talk to your children about what to do if they do come across something unpleasant Use child-friendly search engines or set a search filter Encourage them to use browser tools–Bookmarks & History Install filtering,but don’t rely on it Find appropriate sites to visit and try not to overreact – lots of inappropriate content viewed accidentally Limit time on computers/game consoles Age appropriate games Find out what sites they go on Ask who they are gaming with

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