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Year 7 Parents Information Evening

Keeping your child safe on the internet

• At secondary school we will build on the work done in primary school and encourage your

son/daughter to become independent learners

• As part of this, at times we will may them to research and find out about a certain topic.

No doubt many students will use the internet to do this

• They will almost all have access via mobile phones or other devices
• Many children will also have their first mobile phone now they have moved up to

secondary school

Whilst the internet is an amazing resource, there are potential issues with it and it’s important that we all work together to make sure our children are safe. There are 4 main categories of risk to be aware of:

• 1. Conduct: children may be at risk because of their
• wn behaviour, for example, by sharing too much

information or by sexting

• 2. Content: age-inappropriate or unreliable content can be

available to children

• 3. Contact: children can be contacted by bullies, people

who groom or seek to abuse them, or extremist groups

• 4. Commercialism: young people can be unaware of hidden

costs and advertising in apps, games and websites ‘Matt thought he knew’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48YLbMdsYY8

How can you keep your child safe?

As parents with children at The Arthur Terry School you have free access to the Safer Schools app which gives vast amounts of information on all the social networking sites, how to set up parental controls, and news updates about what to be looking out for to keep your child safe.

Your child can also download the app and see age appropriate content using the following code Parent instructions

Monitoring online safety in school

• School has a new and improved internet monitoring system. This is a

reminder to all students that internet usage is very carefully monitored by sophisticated software that identifies concerns or inappropriate use and alerts the relevant staff.

• Students who use the internet or school IT equipment inappropriately

will be sanctioned appropriately in line with the school’s Praise and Behaviour Policy and parents will be contacted.

• 9 PAW, CD9, PIR, PAL, POS/MOS
• GNOC
• ADIDAS
• LMIRL
• F2F
• 99 PANLW
• 182
• GLG
• WTTP
• KFY
• CWYL
• KMS
• PAP

All of these mean mom/dad/parents are watching

Get naked on camera All day I dream about sex Let’s meet in real life Face to face Parent no longer watching I hate you Good looking girl Want to trade pictures Kiss for you Chat with you later Kill myself Post a picture

Further guidance and advice:

• www.internetmatters.org
• https://net-aware.org.uk/news/?
• https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-

abuse/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/ If an incident occurs, you can contact us and we will help. Alternatively:

• https://www.ceop.police. uk/safety-centre/
• https://www.iwf.org.uk/
• NSPCC helpline-- 08088005002
• Contact the police directly

Why might you need educating as a parent? Do you know all of these…

• Monitor usage– be vigilant
• Check history and favourites
• Always supervise their use of the internet
• Keep tablet/PC/laptop in the lounge or dining

room rather than their bedroom

• Talk to your son/daughter
• Play games with them
• Show an interest in what they are doing
• Check out sites you are not sure of
• Check the age guidelines
• Download the Safer Schools app
• Keep your own knowledge up to date and learn

with them!

Remember… they are growing up and we need to embrace that. However, they still need support with keeping safe

• We can help if you are worried or concerned (tutor is the first point of contact)
• If really concerned, the CEOP button allows you to report it now
• You can also contact the police