E-safety is now an important part of our everyday lives. At Littledown, we place great emphasis of teaching the children to stay safe in both the real and virtual worlds which, for many of our children, are no longer separate worlds.

Littledown School are in the process of achieving their Online Safety Mark. They have committed to completing this an have recently received their commitment certificate.

A good place to start with keeping your child safe is to set effective parental controls on any devices they have access to, if you’re not sure how there are many good guides online, such as this one:

Parental Controls

If you have any E-safety concerns, a great place to start is Thinkuknow, which has a series of resources for parents, school staff and children of all ages.

Thinkuknow is the education program from NCA-CEOP, a UK organisation which protects children both online and offline.

Visit it here: /Thinkuknow Homepage

West Midlands Police offer a very comprehensive booklet which covers LOTS of different areas from online to shopping to how to use public WIFI safely:

We now subscribe to National Online Safety: this letter, sent on 8/1/20, has the details of how parents and carers can register for a wide range of resources to help you support your children to stay safe:

We are delighted Littledown School have shown our commitment to protecting our pupils online and have worked with National Online Safety to deliver an interactive online workshop for all our parents & carers.

The course can be taken at your own convenience and covers:

• Information about online dangers and the newest platforms
• What online risks to look out for and how to protect your child?

Please find below the URL you need to visit to register your account You will need to complete your details and select “I am a: Parent/Carer” from the drop down:

https://lms.nationalonlinesafety.com/school/Littledownschool

Once you have registered, you will be able to access the “Online Safety for Parents and Carers’ course and National Online Safety’s Resources (which includes 50+ online platform guides on the latest social media channels and games). This aims to help empower parents with the knowledge to protect their children from the dangers of the internet.

Short videos for parents and carers: delivering online safety at home (Think U Know)

Think U Know have created videos to support parents during Covid-19 and the closure of schools to many children.

You can find the videos here: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/presentations-for-parents/

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Government guidance for parents – online harms

The government has produced a useful webpage listing sources of advice and support for keeping their children safe. The guide includes information about:

• Protect children from domestic abuse
• Teenage relationship abuse
• Child sexual abuse and exploitation
• Sexual assault referral centres
• Crime, Criminal Exploitation and County Lines, violence and gangs
• Protect children from radicalisation
• Prevent
• Online child safety
• Mental health

You can find the information here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-keeping-children-safe-from-abuse-and-harm/advice-to-parents-and-carers-on-keeping-children-safe-from-abuse-and-harm

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We also put out lots of information on E safety via our school newsletter and through the school Facebook feed, which has a feed on the homepage.

Parents and carers are also welcome to contact the school for advice.