Online Safety

Miss C Lyttle is the lead for Online Safety at St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School.

Useful Websites

BBC Own It – a place to help you boss your life online.
Childnet International – for primary children.
Childnet International – for teachers and professionals.
Internet Matters – a guide to help you through the many issues children can experience when using the internet.
Internet Matters: Advice 6 to 10 – online safety advice for children aged 6 to 10 years.
Internet Matters: Family Digital Toolkit – personalised online safety advice that keeps up with your child’s digital needs.
Internet Matters: Instagram – a safety how-to guide for parents.
Internet Matters: Snapchat – a safety how-to guide for parents.
Internet Matters: YouTube – tips to keep your children entertained and safe.
Internet Watch Foundation – the UK Hotline for reporting criminal online content.
Meta (Facebook) Safety Centre – guides to Facebook settings.
NSPCC: Keeping Children Safe Online – support for parents and carers from the NSPCC.
ParentZone: Parent Guides – a growing number of guides explaining things like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, WhatsApp and many other online apps, services and games.
Report Online Terrorist Material (gov.uk) – report illegal terrorist information, pictures or videos you’ve found on the internet. Your report will be treated anonymously.
ThinkUKnow – learning resource for children.
UK Safer Internet Centre: Parental Controls – how to set up parental controls offered by your home ISP.