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Whitestone's Digital Safety Leaders Protocol for Video Meetings

Guidance for parents and carers: keeping children safe online during the government's response to coronavirus (COVID-19)

The DFE have updated their information for parents and carers to include a section on keeping children safe online. It provides links to online resources that will help support parents and carers in keeping their children safe online.

Full details can be found in section 6.3 of the guidance for parents and carers on the closure of educational settings:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers

An online safety story for your children to listen to.. Monkey Cow Youtube

Click on the following links to find some useful parental guides to the following social media:

If you would like to know more information on how to keep your child safe when they are using a smartphone here is a very useful and informative link

Top tips for keeping safe online whilst learning from home

Online-Safety Curriculum

We follow an extensive Online-Safety curriculum which ensures progression through the Foundation Stage and KS1. Online-Safety is mostly taught within Computing lessons as children are gaining hands on experience, as well as whole school assemblies, competitions and special days.

Online safety curriculum.docx

Online-Safety Policy

The Online-Safety policy is written along side the Safeguarding policy and is updated annually.

Parent Support

In school children are taught how to keep safe online and how to deal with unwanted messages and images. This can continue at home with the help of the following websites which offer advice and guidelines for parents.

Online Safety Survey

Click below to take part in the online safety survey for parents.

Safer Internet Day

Staying Safe Online Staying safe online, children enjoy using the internet to keep in touch with friends, catch up with the latest apps and online trends, and playing their favourite games. The team looks at how parents and carers can help and support them.

Parental Controls on Home Broadband and other mobile devices Protect your children by activating simple parental controls around your home.

CEOP For advice, help or to make a report visit our safety centre

Internet Matters Internet Matters is a not-for-profit organisation working with online safety experts to bring you all the information you need to keep your children safe online.

CBBC Stay Safe Test your internet safety knowledge with Hacker, listen to some Stay Safe songs with Helen Skelton, News Kids On the Block and Bobby Lockwood.