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Internet Safety

Dear Parents/Students
Tuesday 7th February is Safer Internet Day.


The theme for the day is “Discover the digital World together…safely!”
Take some time to watch a selection of videos by CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center) over the half term break at home with your son/daughter and use the content to help you discuss your use digital technology in your home.


The link to these videos is also on the parent’s page of the academy website.
www.youtube.com/ceop
We recommend these two videos:  “Keeping up with the Joneses” and “Exposed”
Ms Beckles
Director of Community
sonia.beckles@lambeth-academy.org 

 

 

General Guidelines:
Know what your children are doing online and who they are talking to. Ask them to teach you to use any applications you have never used. Keeping the computer in a family room means that you can share your child’s online experience – and that they are less likely to act inappropriately (i.e. via webcam).

Help your children to understand that they should never give out personal details to online friends — personal information includes their messenger ID, email address, mobile number and any pictures of themselves, their family or friends. If your child publishes a picture or video online, anyone can change it or share it. Remind them that anyone may be looking at their images and one day a future employer could!

If your child receives spam/junk email & texts, remind them never to believe them, reply to them or use them. It’s not a good idea for your child to open files that are from people they don’t know. They won’t know what they contain — it could be a virus, or worse — an inappropriate image or film. Help your child to understand that some people lie online and therefore it’s better to keep online mates online. They should never meet up with any strangers without an adult they trust.

Always keep communication open for a child to know that it’s never too late to tell someone if something makes them feel uncomfortable. Teach young people how to block someone online and how to report them if they feel
uncomfortable.

Websites:
www.ceop.gov.uk
www.thinkuknow.co.uk
www.getnetwise.org