E-Safety
What is E-safety?
Safer Internet Day 2012 - NEW Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs Film !
E-safety is about keeping safe online by being careful what information you share with people you don't know, understanding privacy settings on social networking sites and knowing how to report bullying or inappropriate conversations.
Technology today offers us many different ways to communicate and socialise with people we know and don't know in this country and all over the world. 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year we can access the Internet from laptops, games consoles and mobile phones. We can share our thoughts online through twitter and blogs, upload our films and photos on to You Tube and social networking sites, comment on other people's photos, films and blogs and meet, play games and chat with people we will never get to know in the real world.
This is now part of everyday life, especially for young people. It opens up possibilities not even dreamed about 10 years ago, it carries great benefits and is revolutionising the way we communicate with friends, at school and at work. But it also carries risks such as abuse, bullying, fraud and identity theft.
More information for young people
More information for professionals
I need help now!
Concerned about something that happens whilst online?
If you are in immediate danger or want urgent help call 999 or contact your local police. Otherwise clicking on the CEOP Report Button above will take you to a number of ways to receive help and advice as well as the option to report any instance of sexual contact or harmful material to the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre.
Safer Internet Day 2012
The theme for Safer Internet Day was Connecting Generations with the slogan “Discovering the digital world together safely”.
Lots of resources were developed to help promote e-safety during Safer Internet Day and the week around it:
MSCB
Pupils from Newall Green High School, Manchester have been working with MSCB on a brand new cybertale adaption of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to raise awareness about e-safety and the pitfalls of the online world.
Safer Internet Centre
The Safer Internet Centre has a number of resources now available, including a new set of classroom resources for primary and secondary schools. On Safer Internet Day, the centre will be broadcasting a radio show with different topics on a hourly basis.
CEOP (ThinkUKnow)
CEOP have released an educational pack for use in schools (registration with site needed).
The parents' area of the site has been updated and on Safer Internet Day itself, there will be a live parents' session including a streamed TV style show on the website and a Twitter feed.