Online Safety

At Beacon Rise Primary School, Online Safety is an important part of our curriculum. We believe that teaching children about the benefits of their digital world is as important as the dangers. Promoting Online Safety in this way enables us to engage the children in their learning, with a mutual understanding that there are many positive aspects to their online lives. We aim to complement the children’s learning with additional lessons and provision, where necessary and appropriate.

Useful websites and information for parents to promote online safety at home

• BBC Own It – A really useful, child-friendly site for a range of purposes, including online safety. 
• ChildNeT  – Top Tips on Gaming. 
• Internet Matters – apps guide for parents   
• NSPCC Online Safety – lots of useful advice for keeping children safe when they are using the internet, social networks, apps and games.  
• Children’s Online Safety Test – a useful website for getting up to speed with how your children use the internet.
• Childline – if you need someone to talk to or want some advice, childline are always here to help you.

Useful websites for children to encourage online safety at home

• Google Be Internet Awesome (Interland) – very engaging and interactive resource to promote various aspects of life online.  
• Think U Know – containing internet safety advice for those aged from 5 to 16, along with parents and teachers, this site is produced by CEOP (the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre). 
• BBC Own It – A really useful, child-friendly site for a range of purposes, including online safety.