Why is Safer Internet Day Important Safer Internet

Why is Safer Internet Day Important? • Safer Internet Day is a fantastic opportunity to have a conversation with your child about using the internet safely, responsibly and positively. • Whether you are a parent, grandparent, foster carer, aunt, uncle or older sibling – we can all play a role in empowering children to enjoy their time safely online! • This year in the UK, Safer Internet Day will encourage young people to explore how they manage their online identity , and how the internet shapes how they think of themselves and others. • We want Safer Internet Day 2020 to celebrate difference and help us work towards creating a truly inclusive internet.

Importance of E-safety - Statistics • Children aged between 5 15 spending around 24 hours each week online • Even pre schoolers, aged 3 4, are spending 12+ hours a week online. • 9 in 10 children under the age of 10 go online daily. • 86% of children 7 11 yrs old communicate online in some form. • 1 in 4 children between the ages of 8 11 have a social media account. • 1 in 3 10 15 year olds have experienced cyberbullying. • 1 in 2 who are deemed ‘vulnerable’ are abused online. • 12, 000 online grooming cases in 2018 30% increase from 2016. • Only 9% of children are concerned about their privacy online.

What does that look like at Varna? • • Only 2% of our children do not have access to the internet at home. 68% of the children go online using a console (Play. Station or Xbox). 45% own their own phone. 44% have spoken to a stranger online, and 10% were unsure if they were a stranger. 51% said they have never spoken to their parents about online safety. Only 30% asked permission to download a game. 60% have a You. Tube (13+) account, 38% have a Tiktok account (13+) and 34% have use Whats. App (16+). • 42% said that someone online had said something hurtful. • 25% admitted to saying something hurtful to another user online. • 72% said they knew how to block somebody online.

E-safety at Varna • Early Years: Children find out about, and use, a range of everyday technology. They select appropriate applications that support the need identified need. For example; they know the best way to record a special event in their lives. • Key Stage 1: Use technology safely and respectfully, keeping personal information private; identify where to go for help and support when they have concerns about content or contact on the internet or other online technologies. • Key Stage 2: Use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly; recognise acceptable/unacceptable behaviour; identify a range of ways to report concerns about content and contact. • Each year group has a ‘My Online Life’ topic which aims to ensure meets the requirements of the UKCIS Education for Connected World Framework.

Conversation starters Start the conversation on a positive note: • What do you like most about the internet and why? • What’s your favourite game/app/site? • How does going online make you feel? • How does the internet/technology make your life better? • What could you do if being online is making you feel worse rather than better? • What is different about talking online to someone compared to talking face to face? Is there anything that is the same? • Can people say/do whatever they want online? Why/why not?

Talk about sharing online: • What types of things can we share online? (Pictures, comments, personal information, opinions, etc. ) • What is okay/not okay to share online? Why? • What should we do before sharing things online? • What do we do if someone shares something about us that we don’t like? • How do you feel about your parents/carers sharing things about you online and vice versa?

Talk about identity online: • What makes you…you? • How would you describe your identity? • How do you share your identity online? And where can you share it? (Profiles, pictures, comments, behaviour, etc. ) • How are we able to make it different from our offline identity? • Why might someone want to experiment with their identity online? • What might stop someone from being themselves online?

Talk about looking after yourself and supporting others online • How do you stay safe online? What tips do you have and where did you learn them? • Do you know where to go for help, and where to find the safety tools on your favourite apps and games? • What could you do if someone was unkind to you online about the things you’ve shared? • What could you do if you saw a friend online needed some help or support? • How do you keep yourself safe online? Can you show me how I could use the internet in a better/ safer way?

Family internet safety plan

What are the risks? 4 C’s Contentrisks: The child or young person is exposed to harmful material. Contact risks: The child or young person participates in adult initiated online activity. Conduct risks: The child or young person is a perpetrator or victim in peer to peer exchange. Commercial risks: The child or young person is exposed to inappropriate commercial advertising (incl extremist content), marketing schemes or hidden costs.

Contact: Who do our children need to be aware ? of Stranger danger: Not everyone online is who they say they are. Cyber bullying in all forms Identity theft (including ‘frape’ (hacking Facebook profiles)) and sharing passwords Content: What do our children need to be aware ? of Exposure to inappropriate content. Ignoring age ratings in games (exposure to violence, offensive language). Conduct: What do our children need to be aware of? Privacy issues, including disclosure of personal information. Digital footprint and online reputation Screen time Being share aware Commercial : What do our children need to be aware of? Issues of advertisements on body image. Gambling Extremism and radicalisation Spam, pop – ups

Parental Controls Parental controls help you manage and restrict what your children can see and do online – from sites they can view to the apps they can download and purchases they can make. Controls can be especially useful for keeping younger children safer (and from preventing them innocently spending money on games and more) while also teaching them the skills they need to navigate the online world themselves once they’re given the freedom to do so. • Mobile and Tablet https: //support. apple. com/en gb/HT 201304 • Web Browser (Google Chrome) https: //safety. google/families/ • Games https: //pegi. info/

You. Tube • Contact: Who do create our children need be aware You. Tube lets you watch, and comment on to videos. You can create your own You. Tube account, create a music playlist, and even create your own channel, which means you’ll have a public profile. You. Tube allows live streaming.

Whats. App is an instant messaging app which lets you send messages, images and videos in one to one and group chats with your contacts. You can choose to share your live location for up to eight hours with one contact or a group.

Tik. Tok • Tik. Tok (formerly called Musical. ly) is a social media platform that lets you create, share and discover 15 second videos. You can use music and effects to enhance your videos and you can also browse other people’s videos and interact with them.

Other Apps

Useful Sites www. nspcc. org. uk www. net-aware. org. uk www. internetmatters. org/ TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT ONLINE SAFETY Whether you want to set up parental controls, adjust privacy settings or get advice on social networks, experts from the free O 2 & NSPCC helpline are here to help. 0808 800 5002 For face to face advice and support, you can arrange a free in store appointment with a O 2 (even if you're not on O 2).

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