Information for Parents
The school celebrates the contribution that the internet and technology are making to our lives. We encourage children to make the most of this. To support them it is best for you to encourage them to talk about their use of apps and social networking sites and share a conversation. Details of the safety features of a range of popular social networking sites can be found below along with the safer Internet Centre’s safety checklists:
Safer Internet checklist for social networking
News
Check here for recent news on how to keep children safe.
| PokemonGo! – What is it? |
Click on the link below to read the article from the UK Safer Internet Harm Reduction Officer, this explains a bit more about the app, the risks and what parents can do to avoid them.
http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/news/pokemon-go-gaming-gone-mobile
Safer controls for microsoft windows:
Microsoft Safer Families
Windows 7 Parental Controls
YouTube Guidance
Many of our children tells they enjoy watching and posting videos on Youtube so here is a link to help set parental controls.
Social Networking App Guidance
WhatsApp: a guide for parents and carers
Snapchat Privacy Settings
Safe Searching
Safe Searching and Parental Controls
Google Safe Search
Broadband Controls