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Parental Engagement

Joanne Bocko, Cyber Protect Officer Avon and Somerset Police

Presentations from Bristol Grammar School students

Questions?

• What do parents worry about?
• Why do they not attend parents evenings?
• What strategies have you tried to improve engagement? Did they work?

Why?

• How often is e-safety discussed in your school?

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• Teach/ engage with students to present key information to their parents

See this in practice!

Pupils from BGS speak about their presentations to parents

Benefits we have seen

• Increased attendance from parents
• Parents more engaged/ asking questions
• Parents more likely to receive a more balanced view from young

people- the internet isn’t just doom and gloom!

• Strategies proposed by young people themselves which gives

parents greater confidence that it will work for them

• An understand of why young people exhibit certain behaviours
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• Children WANT to talk to their parents about their online world

Other things to consider

• Make online safety tips/ news part of weekly conversation, not just

a ‘once yearly’ event

• Add a feature into the newsletter on a regular basis
• Update online safety websites and games onto your school

webpage

• Consider regular online safety assemblies/ circle time
• Put up posters around the school/ organisation
• Capitalise on current news and events- arrange school meetings

for the times that parents are most concerned

Stay in the loop!

Visit the BSCB website for newsletter updates from the e-safety working group https://bristolsafeguarding.org/children-home/professionals/online- safety/#Newsletters Sign up for monthly newsletters joanne.bocko@avonandsomerset.police.uk Download or order Vodafone Digital Parenting magazines https://www.vodafone.com/content/digital-parenting/parents-and-carers/digital- parenting-magazine.html Find posters for your school https://www.internetmatters.org/schools-esafety/parent-online-support-pack-teachers/