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Online Safety - Advice for Parents

If you or your child is worried and you need additional information regarding E-Safety issues, please click the icon below which will take you immediately to CEOP website:-

Click HERE to view the ‘The Good Gaming Guide’ which contains information for Parent’s regarding parental controls, understanding game ratings and playing advice.

Click HERE to access Digital Parenting guides which offer regular information regarding online issues and advice.

https://beinternetlegends.withgoogle.com/en_uk/parents – online safety activities for the whole family

https://parentzone.org.uk/our-services – parent online safety advice

https://beinternetlegends.withgoogle.com/en_uk – Be internet legends website

Please click on the links below to see some very useful information from Bedfordshire Police:-

Advice for parents and carers from Bedforshire Police about online safety – https://www.bedfordshire.police.uk/information-and-services/Crime/Cyber-crime-and-online-safety/Advice-for-parents-and-carers

Safer Internet Day 2020 resources for parents and carers – https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/safer-internet-day-2020/i-am-parent-or-carer

Safer Internet Day 2020 Top tips – https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/safer-internet-day-2020/safer-internet-day-2020-top-tips

Safer Internet Day 2020 Videos – https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/sid-films

Safer Internet Day 2020 Quiz – https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/safer-internet-day-2020/safer-internet-day-2020-quiz

KEEPING SAFE ONLINE

When children are researching for homework or looking something up online, it is good to use child friendly search engines. This decreases the chances of them seeing anything inappropriate. The safe search engines we use in school are – kidrex, kiddle and swiggle.

If your child enjoys watching youtube videos, why not encourage them to use ‘youtube kids’ rather than the original? This ensures they will only see videos suitable for children.

We know it is important to limit screen time for our children but did you know that android and google devices have a screen time limit feature? This means that no matter what tablet or phone you are using – you can limit their screen time.

If you are struggling to talk to your child about Internet Safety please click on the following link https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/

If you would like advice specific to the age of your child, click here … https://www.internetmatters.org/advice/

Activites for Children

EYFS / KS1

Remind yourself of the two stories suitable for your year group by clicking on this link – https://www.childnet.com/resources/smartie-the-penguin

After reading the story, have a look at the following activities and choose a couple of your favourites to complete …

Make a mask Make a Smartie the Penguin or Daddy and Mummy Penguin plate mask – www.activityvillage.co.uk/penguin-mask-craft You can also use this link to create other penguin crafts.
Colour in Smartie and write some helpful advice Have a go at our colouring pages for Smartie and his family and write some advice for him in the speech bubbles. – You could stick these up on the wall near your device. https://www.childnet.com/resources/smartie-the-penguin/smartie-the-penguin-colouring-
Write a song Write a new verse to accompany Mummy Penguin’s chorus, to help Smartie be safe on the internet.
Make a sock puppet Try making a penguin sock puppet to retell the story of Smartie the Penguin – www.birthdayinabox.com/pages/animal-crafts-penguin-socks-puppets This site has some simple instructions.
Cartoon storyboard Retell the story in a cartoon style story-board.
Tell your own story Come up with your own 3 scenarios which might happen to Smartie and talk about what he should do.
Have a penguin tea party Have a Smartie the Penguin tea party for your family to teach them about how to stay safe online. – uk.pinterest.com/explore/penguin-party/

KS2

To explore interland and play to become an internet legend, click here – https://beinternetlegends.withgoogle.com/en_uk

Download the ‘Own It’ app from BBC on to a tablet. This will help you to develop healthy online habits! Show your parents this link to show them what it’s all about – https://www.bbc.com/ownit/about-us/own-it-app-faqs

Play this game and earn your ‘digital passport’. It will teach you to use technology responsibly – https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-passport

Everyone

Visit the purple mash website and log in using your purple mash username and password found in your reading journal. From the home page click on ‘Computing’. Explore as many of the online safety activities that you can!

To see how much you know about online safety, take the online quiz! – https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/safer-internet-day-2020/safer-internet-day-2020-quiz

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