Lower Wortley Primary School
Online Safety
New technologies open up many exciting benefits and opportunities for children and young people but they can also present some risks. Technology is becoming all pervasive, touching all areas of society, with children and young people having increasing access to personal technology such as web-enabled phones.
We must ensure, therefore, that a framework is in place to help children and young people stay safe when using new technology, and to ensure that where problems do occur, children and young people (and their parents and carers) have support in dealing with them effectively.
It is through a combined school and home partnership that we can keep children safe. The following links aim to support parents and carers in understanding how to be safer online and using technology. Parents and carers may also like to view our links for children, please click here.
Internet matters website - information for parents
Think U Know website - parent pages
Childnet website - parental information
NSPCC website - keeping children safe online
Parent Zone - information about how parents can keep children safe online and when using technology
Parents and carers might also like to download this printable information guide about safe use of the internet. Click here to open the document.
Our school policy on online safety can be downloaded and read online on our policy page here.
We also ask all parents/carers to read, sign and return our Safe Internet Usage agreement. These forms can be read here.
The National College has prodcued a range of guides for parents about online safety and APPs or games that are most commonly used by children. Use the links below to access these guides. Additional information can also be found on their website: https://nationalcollege.com/parents
10 Top Tips for parents/carers about keeping children safe online
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Below are links to guides on setting parental/family controls on a range of different game consoles. Parents and carers may find these helpful when trying to ensure that their children are safe using online gaming.
Nintendo Switch - parental guide