E-Safety
At St Helen’s we promote an understanding of e-safety for children, staff, governors, parents and carers with the aim that our pupils know what it means to use the online world safety and effectively.
Our school has recently been awarded the 360 degree safe accreditation.
Our Scheme of Work for E-safety covers three main themes:
Contact: Do you know who you're communicating with? How do you know this for sure?
Content: Is what I'm seeing appropriate? What do I do if it isn't? Who is my trusted adult?
Conduct: Am I behaving in an appropriate, respectful manner? Would others be upset by how I behave online?
We follow a scheme set out by Purplemash, which follows the national curicullum. Where/ when we feel it is necessary we provide additional lessons to ensure our children are safe online.
Further information:
To help ensure your child is safe online, we are subscribed to Senso, which is a school e-safety software.
Our internet is provided by School's Broadband (as of September 2023), which provdes our school's filters.
Below are helpful documents and website listed for your information.
E-safety letters and updates
Websites
www.thegrid.org.uk/eservices/safety/parents.shtml – Hertfordshire local education authority’s safety information pages
www.childnet-int.org – A non-profit making organisation working directly with children, parents and teachers to ensure that the issues of online child protection and children’s safe and positive use of the internet are addressed. Childnet International produce an online CD guide specifically for parents KnowITAll – > www.childnet-int.org/kia/
www.thinkuknow.co.uk – The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre has set up its own educational website which has been designed and written specifically for children, young people, teachers, parents and carers.
www.getsafeonline.org/ – A beginners guide to using the Internet safety, including a quiz and some video tutorials about how to ‘stay safe’ on-line.
www.kidsmart.org.uk/ – Kidsmart is an award winning internet safety website for parents and those working with children. It has been developed by the children’s internet charity Childnet International and has excellent information on many of the technologies used by children, with guidance on how to ‘stay safe’ online.
http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/2011/10/advice-for-parents/ – Managing your Media – Good Ofcom online safety video and guide for parents/carers
www.internetmatters.org/ – Internet Matters is a not-for-profit organisation working with online safety experts to bring you all the information you need to keep your children safe when using devices at home.
http://parents.vodafone.com/ – Vodafone have developed this website in conjunction with mumsnet. It is very accessible and provides information and guidance for parents in helping them to understand their child’s digital world and to become more involved.
