Keeping children safe online
Heartlands Academy recommends the following resources to support parents in keeping their children safe online. It is essential that parents/carers are monitoring their child’s use of the internet in order to keep them safe.
| Keeping Children Safe Online | |
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| Heartlands Academy safeguarding guidance for online teaching: | http://campus.lierfeng.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/04/Safeguarding-Guidance-for-Online-Teaching.pdf |
| To set up parental controls on your home computers and mobiles then please see this website for advice: | http://www.childnet.com/resources/parental-controls |
| For all the latest on new platforms that students are using such as snapchat, particularly on mobile devices, then please visit: | http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/2020 |
| If you are worried about online sexual abuse, then please contact both the academy and CEOP: | http://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/ |
| If you are concerned about any cyber-bullying then please contact the head of year, but as a precaution, here is how to take a screenshot: You can also make an anonymous referral via the academy’s TooToot system page: | http://www.take-a-screenshot.org/ |
| The UK Safer Internet Centre also has some useful information and can be accessed on: | http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/safer-internet-day-2019/education-packs/activities-parents-and-carers |
| O2 and the NSPCC have come together to offer some really helpful advice on internet safety: | http://www.o2.co.uk/help/nspcc |
| Some useful advice for parents/carers on internet safety: | http://www.internetmatters.org/schools-esafety/parent-online-support-pack-teachers/ |
| Further advice for parents/carers on internet safety: | http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/ |