At Sageston CP School, we believe it is essential to educate our pupils about online safety in a 21st Century school.  Our pupils often participate in lessons where online security issues are highlighted, so that they can make independent decisions about keeping themselves safe whilst in the digital and real world.  A Police Liaison Officer will also visit the school to support the learning within the classroom, and to ensure that the appropriate safeguarding messages are shared with the children and staff through the School Beat programme. 

Please take the opportunity to visit the links below to find information and complete activities, which will promote a wider awareness of e-Safety issues.

Supporting Your Child Online

The following videos from Internet Matters provide practical guidance and advice for parents and carers of pupils throughout the primary school age-range.

Supporting Preschoolers Online (0-5 Years)

Supporting Primary Schoolers Online (6 - 10 Years)

Supporting Pre-Teens Online (11 -13 Years)

Social Media 

If you are unsure about whether your child/ren should be accessing social media websites/apps, the Internet Matters website provides guidance on what the age restrictions are for all social media platforms.  Please note that, as made clear on this website, the minimum age for any social media platforms is 13 years old. 

Who do I Contact for Help, Guidance or Support? 

CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection) command aims to keep children safe from sexual abuse and grooming online and provides victims, their families or trusted adults with an online reporting system.  CEOP is part of the National Crime Agency. 

Childline provides confidential support for children who have concerns about any aspect of their lives, including anything which has happened online.

Common Sense Media provides parents/carers with a source of age-related reviews of all types of media including apps, websites and video/computer games. 

National Online Safety (NOS) produce regular free guidance documents for parents and carers.  These 'What parents and carers need to know about...' online safety guides provide lots of information about specific apps/platforms/devices.  We have provided some of these guides here.  If there are aspects of your child's Internet usage you would like further guidance on, please contact us and we will see if NOS have any guidance documents which we can share with you.  We will also endeavour to provide you with school support as well.