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Online Safety
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It has never been more important for parents/carers to understand how their children use the internet and related technology. The internet is an exciting and fun place for children to use and explore educationally and socially. The challenge for parents/carers and teachers, is to make sure that children are aware and understand how to be safe when using the internet and related technologies.
It is important that both parents and school talk about privacy and safety with their children, starting from a very young age. There are many resources available to enable this so that they can help to manage the potential risks that exist and reinforce the important online safety messages that we should all be promoting.
We know that one of the hardest things about internet use is restricting it. We would strongly advise that you set rules and agree boundaries. These will depend on your child's age and what you feel is right for them, but you might want to consider:
• The amount of time they can spend online and when
• The websites they can visit and activities they can take part in
• Rules for sharing images and videos
• How to relate to people online - not to post anything they wouldn't say face-to-face
• Information that they are allowed to share
We hope that the range of useful resources and links to advice below will help you to keep your child safe online
