PARENTS INFO
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Online Safety – Virtual Reality
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Online Safety – Supporting children to deal with upsetting content
www.nationalonlinesafety.com
It has come to our attention that lots of children have been talking about a concerning character on the internet. We have recently received this information from the National Online Safety and we will talk to the children about it in school. Can you please talk to your children about this and what they should do if the character should appear on anything they are watching or doing on the internet. The advice is to report and block that site. Please see link below for flyer.
MOMO-Online-Safety-Guide-for-Parents-FEB-2019
Essex Police Letter to Parents 2019
Safety Advice
We will regularly be sending home advice and guidance for parents on various e-safety issues.
Please see below website addresses to access various links to recognised organisations.
All of our staff receive regular e-safety training. If you wish to know more or have any worries or conerns please ask to speak to a member of staff.
CEOP
Below is an checklist from CEOP (Child Exploitation Online Protection) to help you keep your child safe online
Hector’s World Safety Button
Hector’s World is a unique cybersafety initiative aimed at children aged 2-9. It is simple to install or uninstall on the majority of computers.
When a child sees something online that upsets or worries them, they can click on Hector’s safety button (a blue dolphin who sits in the corner of the screen). This will cover the whole screen with a beautiful underwater scene and gives the child a positive written message, while encouraging them to get adult help. We have taught all of the children how to use Hector’s button in school should the need arise.
If you would like to download Hector’s Safety Button on your computers at home please click on the link below which will take you to the website.
http://hectorsworld.netsafe.org.nz/parents/
Online Safety links
We have received the following message from The National Online Safety Team which may be of interest to you:
As part of our #WakeUpWednesday campaign, we’ve created a free online safety guide for parents and carers about Kik Messenger; a free messaging app aimed at users aged thirteen and over. Used by more than 300 million people worldwide, Kik lets users exchange messages, photos, videos, GIFs and web pages with friends, family, chatbots and even strangers.
Unlike WhatsApp, Kik doesn’t require a user to sign up with a phone number. Instead, friends can be added via their username, making it easier for users to receive unwanted contact from strangers. Police in the UK issued a safety warning earlier in the year, claiming that Kik has featured in ‘more than 1,100 child sexual abuse cases in the last five years’ and that ‘children are at risk’ on the app. (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45568276).
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/natonlinesafety/status/1072800442025984000
WEBSITE: https://nationalonlinesafety.com/resources/platform-guides/kik-online-safety-guide-for-parents/