E-Safety
At St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, we are committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of our pupils and this encompasses safety on-line.
Since the majority of children have computers or ipads at home and statistically they spend an average 2 hours on the internet, we need to protect them from inappropriate images and find ways to prevent them going on websites with inappropriate content. Due to the potential danger that is out there, prevention plays a very important role in shielding our children. Therefore, we need to teach them how to deal with questionable situations when they occur.
- Keep an eye on your child’s internet use including email and social media (Facebook, Snapchat, etc)
- Check the history folder of your internet browser to check what sites have been accessed.
- Consider purchasing filter software or see if your ISP (BT, Sky, Talk Talk, etc) provide their own.
- Protect your computer with firewall/antivirus software.
- All staff have been trained on how to report safeguarding and technical concerns, such as if:
- They witness or suspect unsuitable material has been accessed
- They are able to access unsuitable material
- They are teaching topics that could create unusual activity on the filtering logs
- There is a failure in the software or an abuse of the system
- There are perceived unreasonable restrictions that affect teaching and learning or administrative tasks
- They notice abbreviations or misspellings that allow access to restricted material
- Never post your personal information, such as a mobile phone number, home address, or the name of your school
- Be aware that information you give out through social networking sites, instant messages, emails and blogs could put you at risk of bullying or harassment
- Never meet in person with anyone you first “met” online. Some people may not be who they say they are
- Remember that posting information about your friends could put them at risk
- Never respond to harassing or rude texts, messages and emails. Delete any unwanted messages or friends who continuously leave inappropriate comments
- Never give out your password to anyone other than your parent or carer
- If you would not say something to another person’s face, do not post it online!
- Only add people as friends to your site if you know them in real life
- Think before posting your photos. DO NOT post or send semi-nude or nude pictures of yourself or anyone else. Personal photos should not have revealing information such as school names or location
- Use the privacy settings of the social networking sites
NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children): nspcc.org.uk
Childline: childline.org.uk Contact: 0800 1111
They witness or suspect unsuitable material has been accessed
They are able to access unsuitable material
They are teaching topics that could create unusual activity on the filtering logs
There is a failure in the software or an abuse of the system
There are perceived unreasonable restrictions that affect teaching and learning or administrative tasks
They notice abbreviations or misspellings that allow access to restricted material
If you want to find out more, please visit the CEOP- Child Exploitation and Online Protection- website, where you can find a wealth of information regarding E-safety. It is a division of the Police which deals with this area specifically. Should you or your child have any concerns regarding E-safety at home, please visit the CEOP website. https://ceop.police.uk/
In addition, if you wish to find out more about how we include E-safety to our children at St Joseph’s as part of our Computing curriculum, please read our Computing and E-Safety policy in the documents section.
