Children at Stokes Wood use the Internet as an integral part of their learning. In school, we have regular Online Safety activities to remind children of the importance of keeping themselves safe online.

In our changing world, children are ever more exposed to a variety of different media and information. Increasing provision of the Internet both in and out of school brings with it the need to ensure our learners are safe!

Tips Tricks and Links to help keep safe online

• Make sure your child understands they should keep new online friends strictly online. If someone asks to meet them in the real world they must tell you about it. If someone they don’t know asks to be their online friend they must ask you first.
• The UK Safer Internet Centre provides tips, advice and resources to help keep children safe online. – Safer Internet Advice Centre
• Know how to use the CEOP Button and how to report to the CEOP Centre if you are concerned about someone’s online behaviour towards your child. Parents and children can both report at CEOP
• Visit https://www.ceopeducation.co.uk/parents/home-activity-worksheets/  or https://www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers/
• Visit the age-appropriate related sites: 5-7 years, 8-10 years
• Useful video resources can be found at www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/topics/stay-safe
• Visit https://www.flipsnack.com/FA7569CC5A8/digital-parenting-by-vodafone-2021-edition/full-view.html

If you have an Online Safety concern, please contact the school via this email – office@stokeswood.leicester.sch.uk  using the subject ‘Online Safety Concern’ Alternatively, use the CEOP reporting tool to raise your concern.

Great Websites for Pupils

Stay Safe Online

• Doug’s Safe Surfing - A guide to safe ‘surfing’ from Disney.
• Gridclub Cybercafe - Learn how to use the Internet safely using this fantastic site.

Practise Your Typing

• Senselang – A simple site which can really help to speed up your typing.
• Dance Mat Typing >– Learn to type more quickly using this fantastic site.

Safe Searching

• Kiddle - limits the results to sites which are child friendly, it also displays them in an order and style that’s easy for children to understand.
• Kidzsearch - this child safe search engine uses Google’s “strict” filtering technology every time, on every device.
• Swiggle - a child friendly search engine designed to help young people with their first steps on the internet