Online Safety/E-safeguarding
At St Francis Xavier, we place great value on the use of new technologies in enhancing learning. The education of pupils in online safety is therefore an essential part of our school’s eSafeguarding provision. Children need the help and support of the school and their parents/carers to recognise and avoid online safety risks and to build their resilience.
Sophos, makers of our anti-virus software, have published a guide aimed at parents to help them keep their children and themselves safe from all kinds of online threats such as phishing and viruses.
This looks to be a useful guide and can help some of the questions we sometimes get asked by parents in school – the information in here is also of use for any adult who uses the internet in any way, particularly those who may be less internet savvy!
ThinkUKnow (CEOP) have written a comprehensive article for parents and carers regarding gaming including chatting, risks, tips etc. You can view the full article here:
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/articles/gaming
The safer internet site (click on image to left) shares a mass of information about how to keep young people safe online.
Net-aware.org.uk has a guide to the most recent apps and their uses. Each app is explained and judged according to its sign up, privacy and reporting systems.
healthychildren.org provides a tool to talk about appropriate screen time with your family.
BBC Internet Safety website Childnet.com
www.internetmatters.org Online Safety NSPCC
It is important that parents have appropriate protections in place via their broadband provider and the following links may be of use:
Please click on the images for more information about Instagram, Snapchat and Tiktok and safety tips for their use. Use is restricted/advised for 12+/13+.