Online Safety
Useful Links to Guides for Parents:
Parents’ Ultimate Guide to TikTok (Commonsense Media)
TikTok app safety – What parents need to know (Internet Matters)
National Online Safety, Platform Guides
KS1 Users
I want to feel safe all the time.
I agree that I will:
- always keep my passwords a secret
- only open pages which my teacher has said are OK
- 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 mobile 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 onto the computer
- never agree to meet a stranger
- anything I do on the computer may be seen by someone else
KS2 Users
When I am using the computer or other technologies, I want to feel safe all the time.
I agree that I will:
- always keep my passwords a secret
- only visit sites which are appropriate to my work at the time
- work in collaboration only with friends and I will deny access to others
- tell a responsible adult straight away if anything makes me feel scared or uncomfortable online
- make sure all messages I send are respectful
- show a responsible adult if I get a nasty message or get sent anything that makes me feel uncomfortable
- not reply to any nasty message or anything which makes me feel uncomfortable
- not give my mobile phone number to anyone who is not a friend
- only email people I know or those approved by a responsible adult
- only use email which has been provided by school
- talk to a responsible adult before joining chat rooms or networking sites
- always keep my personal details private. (My name, family information, journey to school, my pets and hobbies are all examples of personal details)
- always check with a responsible adult and my parents before I show photographs of myself
- never meet an online friend without taking a responsible adult that I know with me
- I know that once I post a message or an item on the internet then it is completely out of my control.
- I know that anything I write or say or any website that I visit may be being viewed by a responsible adult.