Solihull online safety toolkit
Online Safety
for Parents and Carers
Streetsbrook Infant and Early
Years Academy
23 January 2017
David Butt, Louise Dorow and Zara Smith
Aims
 Understand what online safety is and why it is so important
 Reflect on the potential risks of internet use for children
 Understand how online safety is taught within school
 Reflect on the issues for online safety outside of school
 Understand how you can support in educating and
protecting your child whilst online
 Know what to do if your child encounters problems online
What is online safety?
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The term ‘online safety’ reflects a widening
range of issues associated with technology and
a user’s access to content, contact with
others and behavioural issues.
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Online safety is not just about technology
It is about safeguarding
It is about behaviour
The world is changing
What is changing for children?
One in four children under
eight owns a tablet
23% of children are
seen on the internet
before they’re born
74% of eight- to
11-year-olds has
access to a tablet at
home
63% of children
have a
smartphone
before they start
secondary
school
One in 10 children has a
mobile phone before
they’re five
What is changing for children?
Health Related Behaviour
Questionnaire
Spring 2016
Year 2 only
Background
 Survey completed in spring 2016
 33 boys and 25 girls took part
 Results were compared with other year 2 classes in
Solihull and nationally
 Questions were asked about activities the day before
the survey
Staying Safe
 88% of children who have been told how to stay safe
whilst chatting online (Solihull was 74%)
 60% of children responded that they go on the
internet when their parents are not in the room
(Solihull was 38%)
 48% of children said that their parents/carers have
rules about what they are allowed to do online
(Solihull was 62%)
 26% of children said that they use the internet for
Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp (Solihull was
16%)
Actions
 Regular reminders about online safety whilst at
school
 Communication with yourselves as parents and
carers regarding online safety at home
 Working in cooperation with Mrs Smith to deliver an
effective Safer Internet Day 2017
Benefits and risks
learn together
viruses, hacking and security
inappropriate websites
find support
losing control over
pictures/information uploaded
cyberbullying
connect
sexting
discover
grooming
create
Online safety in school
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Safeguarding
Safeguarding action may be needed to protect children and learners from:
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neglect

teenage relationship abuse
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physical abuse
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substance misuse
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sexual abuse
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emotional abuse
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bullying, including online bullying and
prejudice-based bullying
issues that may be specific to a local
area or population, for example gang
activity and youth violence
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domestic violence
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racist, disability and homophobic or
transphobic abuse
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female genital mutilation
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forced marriage

fabricated or induced illness
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poor parenting, particularly in relation to
babies and young children
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other issues not listed here but that
pose a risk to children, young people
and vulnerable adults.
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gender-based violence/violence against
women and girls
radicalisation and/or extremist
behaviour
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child sexual exploitation and trafficking

the impact of new technologies on
sexual behaviour, for example sexting
Effectiveness of safeguarding arrangements
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Children and learners are protected and feel safe.
Staff and other adults working within the setting are clear about
procedures where they are concerned about the safety of a
child or learner. There is a named and designated lead who is
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enabled to play an effective role in pursuing concerns and
protecting children and learners.
Acceptable use policy
Streetsbrook Infant School and Nursery
Acceptable Use Policy for Children
This Acceptable Use Policy is intended to ensure that:
• our children will be responsible users and stay safe while using the internet and other
communications technologies for educational, personal and recreational use.
• school ICT systems and users are protected from accidental or deliberate misuse that could
put the security of the systems and users at risk.
At Streetsbrook we ensure that our children have good access to ICT to enhance their learning
and we, in return, expect the children to agree to be responsible users.
Acceptable Use Policy Agreement (Key Stage 1):
I want to feel safe all the time.
When using the Internet, I agree that I will:
 always keep my passwords a secret
 only open pages which my teacher has said are okay
 only work with people I know in real life
 tell my teacher if anything makes me feel scared or uncomfortable
 make sure all messages I send are polite
 show my teacher if I get a nasty message
 not reply to any nasty message or anything which makes me feel uncomfortable
 not give my phone number to anyone who is not a friend in real life
 only email people I know or if my teacher agrees
 only use my school email
 talk to my teacher before using anything on the internet
 not tell people about myself online (I will not tell them my name, anything about my home
and family and pets)
 not load photographs of myself on to the computer without my teacher knowing
 never agree to meet a stranger
I know that anything I do on the computer may be seen by someone else.
Name of Child:…………………………………… Class:…………………………..
Signed:…………………………………….
Date:……………………………
SMART rules
Safe – to remain safe by protecting personal information
Meeting – never meet somebody you have only been in touch
with online without a parent or guardian
Accepting – do not accept email, files or messages from people
you don’t know
Reliable – not all information on the Internet is true, including the
identity of others
Tell – it is never to late to tell a parent, carer or responsible adult
if someone or something makes you feel afraid online
Planned activities
 Circle-time sessions – books that address key issues
 Safer Internet Day – Tuesday 7 February 2017
Be the change: Unite for a better internet
encourage children and adults to reflect on how we
can unite on actions to provide a better internet for
all.
Effectiveness of safeguarding arrangements

Pupils

Staff and governors

Parents and carers

Wider school community
Support and advice
Online safety outside school
What are the issues outside school?
gaming
tablets
social networking
mobile phones
content
contact
Gaming - PEGI
Gaming - online
Make it age-appropriate
Find out how you can
report problems
Don’t share
information
Consider age-locks
if possible
Take care with
headsets
Consider ‘real’
friends only
Use a nickname
Tablets
Think about setting up
controls
Think about video calls
and privacy
Find out how you can
report problems
Think about
restricting purchases
– especially in-app
purchases
Think about wi-fi
issues and privacy
Tablets
Parental controls (iPad as an example)
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/online-safety
Think about boundaries and rules
Think about
your own
behaviour
Think about time
restrictions
Think about
Think about sharing ‘manners’
rules with other Think about
parents
buying ‘rules’
What to do if (when?) something goes wrong
The worst things happen very rarely
Other (less bad) things happen more frequently
Before it happens
 Make sure your child trusts you and knows to tell you
 Make sure you child knows to leave it
 Never threaten ‘no more internet’
What to do if (when?) something goes wrong
When it happens
 Reassure your child
 Listen to them about what they’ve seen
 Look at what they’ve seen
 Think about nature of incident – was it an accident?
Or was it deliberate?
 Think about who you might talk to 
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School
Service provider
NSPCC or other support
Police/CEOP (101 or 999)
Useful websites
https://www.internetmatters.org/
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-childrensafe/online-safety/
https://www.saferinternetday.org/web/sid/home
http://www.childnet.com/resources/parental-controls
http://www.netsmartz.org/InternetSafety
Online free books
The Adventures of Smartie the Penguin
http://www.kidsmart.org.uk/teachers/KS1/s
ources/projet/The-Adventures-of-Smartiethe-Penguin.pdf
Digiduck’s Big Decision:
http://www.kidsmart.org.uk/teachers/ks1/s
ourcesDuck/projet/DigiDuck-eBook.pdf
Questions
• Please can you also spare a few moments to complete
the evaluation form.