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E-Safety Advice for Parents and Carers - Click here to download leaflet
The use of online social networking sites is increasing, it is vital to remember that while the internet is a great resource, it is unfortunately open to abuse. As technology moves forward so do the criminals and risks can appear where they have not been before.
Here at Hedingham School and Sixth Form we are doing all that we can to educate and protect our students in their use of ICT and the internet. We aim to constantly reinforce the responsibilities that our students have when surfing the web. We do this through ICT lessons, PSHE lessons and assemblies.
In 2010 the School will provide opportunities for Parents to become better aware of the dangers through presentations within the school during parents’ evenings.
Within school, filtered internet usage is regularly monitored.
Obviously, we can only provide these safeguards within school – it is equally important that students are encouraged to use the internet safely and responsibly outside school.
For further information and practical advice on staying safe on-line, please take the time to visit the following websites.
For parents / carers:-
BBC Parenting – Your Kids – Keeping them safe
Parents centre – Using computers and the internet
CEOP - Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre
Virtual Global task Force - Making the internet a safer place
Child Net - Know IT all for Parents
For students & parents / carers:-
CBBC – Stay Safe
CBBC Newsround - Safe Surfing
NCH – Net Smart rules!
Chatdanger – How to keep safe while chatting online
TUK? – Thinkuknow
You may also find it useful to view the BBC Panorama programme on internet safety entitled One Click from Danger and the follow up programme One click from capture
Reporting abuse
The symbol on the 'Report Abuse' button below, which looks a bit like an eye on legs, represents the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), a group of law enforcement agencies who work together to fight online abuse relating to children. If you click on the button you will be reporting a problem directly to someone at CEOP (the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Agency) You are then likely to be contacted by a social worker or a police officer, to talk through your report in more detail. They need to do this to make sure you are safe. It is also a good idea to talk to your parents about your report to CEOP, although if your report concerns a family member, CEOP will not make contact with them until an investigation has been completed.
If you do not want to make a report by pressing the button but are still worried about something online, then please talk to a member of Student Support Centre at school, or to an adult you can trust.
Mr M Bouckley
E-Safety Officer
Director of Maths and Computing College |
