As modern day technology is being used more frequently by children both at home and at school, we recognise the importance of educating children from a young age about the dangers of the Internet in the hope that they will remain safe on the Internet whilst they benefit from its many uses.

Here at Waltham Leas we take Online Safety very seriously.  We constantly deliver Online Safety based assemblies and lessons to our children to ensure that the rules are always at the forefront of their minds.  The Online Safety Rules that we promote are known as the SMART Rules.  Please help us to ensure that your child knows the following rules:

S is for safe.  Never give your personal information to people that you do not know.

M is for meet.  Never arrange to meet with strangers.

A is for Accepting.  Never accept emails or messages from people that you do not know as they might contain a virus.

R is for reliable.  Not everything that you read on the internet is true.

T is for tell.  If anything upsets you on the internet always tell a trusted adult.

Each year we celebrate Safer Internet Day, which takes place in February.  This day sees each class carry out an Online Safety based activity. 

We elect a new group of Online Safety Champions each year who help to promote Online Safety around school.

We would like to thank you for your continued support in helping us to promote Online Safety.  If you have any questions or queries please do not hesitate to contact us at school.

Internet Matters have produced their own app, which is designed to help parents learn together with their child about key online safety issues.  The app is available to download for android devices here and for iOS devices here.

Below are a series of links to a variety of sites that you can look at either on your own or with your child.  To access the sites, click on the links below. The titles indicate the content of each page.

TikTok app safety – What parents need to know

Instagram

Apex Legends: everything you need to know about the battle royale game

internetmatters.org

commonsensemedia.org

NSPCC Online safety

How to be SMART using the Internet

Dangers lurking on the Internet

How to be a SMART game player

How to search safely on the Internet

What are digital footprints?

Using mobile phones safely

SMART social networking

Think You Know - a comprehensive site

Learn how to spot dangers and stay safe online

A guide to social networks your child might use

Minecraft and e-Safety

A complete guide for parents

We will continue to post parent and carer guides from National Online Safety on our Class Dojo platform so keep checking your messages for these.

The following documents are guides to help you keep your child safe when using devices that connect to the Internet in the home.

 

	DISNEY +	[pdf 12MB]
	NETLFIX	[pdf 12MB]
	Hidden Photo Apps	[pdf 5MB]
	Call-Of-Duty-Modern-Warfare	[pdf 2MB]
	What parents need to know about Fortnite Chapter 2	[pdf 13MB]
	Do Video Games Actually Cause Violent Behaviour?	[pdf 2MB]
	Like-Online-Safety-Guide	[pdf 1MB]
	Tik Tok-privacy and safety-settings	[pdf 2MB]
	GTA-Jan-2019	[pdf 9MB]
	Fortnite factsheet	[pdf 102KB]
	Google Safe Search	[pdf 673KB]
	YouTube Parental Controls	[pdf 312KB]
	Instagram Guide	[pdf 608KB]
	Facebook	[pdf 347KB]
	A parents guide to being share aware	[pdf 1MB]
	Video Games Parental Controls and Online Safety	[pdf 3MB]
	Windows 7 Parental Controls	[pdf 494KB]
	Nintendo Wii, 3DS & DSi	[pdf 116KB]
	PlayStation Vita	[pdf 93KB]
	XBOX 360	[pdf 499KB]
	Advice for Parents on Cyberbullying	[pdf 185KB]
	Internet-Matters-Tips-Set-up-Safe-checklist	[pdf 73KB]