Online Safety

If you have a concern about your child and online safety (or any issue), it is useful to keep a diary of what your child says and the reasons you have concerns. This helps to build up a history if there is ever a need to take your concerns further.

Online Policy

To view our Online Safety Webinar run by Karl Hopwood please click here and click watch on web instead. It is a recording of a previous live event. Once clicked, press join anonymously and it will load the recorded video.

This covers

 What are children and young people really doing when they go online, as opposed to what they might tell their parents and carers that they are doing?

 What are the real risks our children face online, with focus on the current trends found during COVID.

 Technical and practical solutions that parents can do so that their children can benefit from all of the opportunities that exist online but in a safe and secure way.

Below are some links to help keep your children safe online

Gaming: What you need to know	Home activity packs : 15 minute activities to support online safety at home.
SWGfL and Internet Matters: Inclusive Digital Safety Hub
Keeping your under 5 safe online	Sharing pictures of your children online
All you need to know about Fortnite	Using Parental Controls
South West Grid for Learning (SWGfL)	Online and Mobile Safety: Childline
Online Safety: NSPCC	Childnet International
Supporting Young People Online	How to Protect Your Children on Their Smartphone
Common Sense Media	Help and advice for families in a digital world
Our Pact: Parental Control App	Netaware: NSPCC
Parentzone	Think U Know
DfE Advice on Cyberbullying	Setting up Youtube channels safely
Learning Disabilities, Autism and Internet Safety	Devon & Cornwall Police: Your Internet Safety
Govt. advice: Sexting	Sexting
Childnet info: Sexting	Devon & Cornwall Police: Sexting advice