1. E-Safety Coffee Morning
Welcome!

2. Things to watch out for:
People can write whatever they like in the comments
You can see content that’s inappropriate
There are a lot of adverts that are not always age appropriate
The negative attitudes of some YouTubers
Positives:
Following your favourite YouTubers
Listening to music
Educational videos
Ways to stay safe:
Have open discussions with your child about what they are watching
Younger YouTube users should be in the same room as yourself
If using a device to view Videos consider YouTube Kids
Share sandra F**** scrambled eggs story
Autoplay

4. Things to watch out for:
Receiving friend requests or messages from people they
don’t know, not all people on Facebook are genuine
Safety filters do not block inappropriate content on
Facebook
Seeing inappropriate or upsetting posts or pages that are
shared
Positives:
You can use it to communicate with friends and family around the world.
It helps you to keep up to date with what’s going on with friends and in the news.
It’s entertaining as there are lots of funny videos and memes that are shared.
Ways to stay safe:
Share passwords with children
Regularly check privacy settings –
especially following updates
Report any inappropriate users or
posts to Facebook admin.

5. Take an interest in games your child is playing
Talk to them about who they are playing with online and the type of language that is being used
Use the age ratings as a guide to what may be included in the game
Gaming can be addictive – agree a time limit or set up a screen time block
Talk to your child about sharing personal information online

6. Things to watch out for:
There are in-app purchases
You might play with people you don’t know and they can message mean things
There is some violence which might be upsetting to younger players
Positives:
You can be creative and build your own world
If you don’t join a server then you can just play it with people you know
The chat is moderated
Ways to stay safe:
Turn off any chat features through the app – this can be accessed in settings
In app purchases can be blocked in settings of the device you are using
Whilst Minecraft is often played by younger users please do not assume that it is completely safe – monitor as thoroughly as other Social Media platforms

7. General Safety Tips:
Mobile Devices e.g. Ipad
In the settings section click on the ‘screen time’ option.
From here you can set downtime for screens to go off, time limits for certain apps, content restrictions, in app purchases can be blocked.
Disable location services for some apps as these can show other users where you are.
If you have multiple devices you can also set up family Screen time which will allow you to monitor the apps your child is using.
Parental controls via internet provider
Update your filter settings on your desktop computer through your internet provider – different providers will have different methods of doing this. Follow this link to get advice for your provider 

9. What is happening in school?
Sensitive data only accessed on school devices
Strict filtering monitored by Gateshead Council – further filtering on student accounts
No unsupervised internet use – often computer connected to main projector
Lots of opportunities to use ICT and discussions around keeping safe online
Safer Internet Day held every year
Opportunities to communicate with other schools using safe platform – E-Twinning
E-Twinning is an extremely safe platform for your child to be able to use the internet as a communication tool.

11. Useful Websites….