There’s a wealth of resources available online. This list (though not exhaustive) should point you in the right direction…
If you need help right away please visit
Professionals Helpline from Safer Internet
Email helpline@saferinternet.org.uk Or call 0344 381 4772. Open 10am – 4pm Monday to Friday
If a young person needs help now?
They can text Shout to 85258 for text support 24/7 from Shout for support in a crisis. Find out more from https://www.giveusashout.org/
Or they can chat online to a trained counsellor from Kooth (https://www.kooth.com/) The service is available online Monday – Friday 12pm – 10pm and Saturday – Sunday 6pm – 10pm.
National Reports and Advice (England)
Teaching Online Safety In School (2019) DfE – report available as a PDF from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teaching-online-safety-in-schools
Keeping Children Safe in Education (2023) – PDF report from DfE replacing the 2019 document https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64f0a68ea78c5f000dc6f3b2/Keeping_children_safe_in_education_2023.pdf
Main sources of help and advice
UK Safer Internet Centre – http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/ lead Safer internet day (2nd day, 2nd week of 2nd month).
360 Degree Safe – https://360safe.org.uk/ FREE to use matrix to compare your school to others and to help you develop an action plan.
CEOP – http://www.ceop.police.uk/
Think-U-Know – https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/ – sign up for a FREE teacher’s account to access the free CEOP resources and to help you keep up to date.
Childnet – http://www.childnet.com/
New SMART Rules videos from Childnet – https://www.childnet.com/resources/video-lessons
Resources to use with Children
Little Bird’s Internet Security Adventure – PDF http://aa-download.avg.com/filedir/fas/family-safety_little-bird.pdf
DigiDuck’s stories – link to 5 stories – https://www.childnet.com/resources/digiduck-stories/
Pacific North West Tree Octopus – http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ – can your pupils spot the lie?
Net Smartz Kids – https://www.netsmartzkids.org/
Jessie and Friends –
New resources from CEOP for Key Stage 1 pupils (replacing Lee and Kim). Login at think-u-know to access the new resources (1GB download!!!)
Be Internet Awesome from Google
Find out more at https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_uk/ or https://www.legendaryteacher.parentzone.org.uk/
Rules
SMART Rules Posters etc – https://www.childnet.com/?s=smart%20rules
Childnet Videos to Introduce the Smart Rules in Year 3 – http://www.childnet.com/resources/the-adventures-of-kara-winston-and-the-smart-crew
Other Sites
Common Sense Media – https://www.commonsensemedia.org/
Digizen – http://www.digizen.org
Family Lives (bullying) – https://www.familylives.org.uk/
BBC Own It – Tips for staying safe – https://www.bbc.com/ownit
Carnegie Cyber Academy – http://www.carnegiecyberacademy.com/
Internet Matters – http://www.internetmatters.org/
Useful Resources
Get Safe Online – https://www.getsafeonline.org/
SWGfL – Online Safety – https://swgfl.org.uk/online-safety/
Kent E-Safety Strategy Group – http://www.kelsi.org.uk/support-for-children-and-young-people/child-protection-and-safeguarding/e-safety
NSPCC – Keeping Children Safe – http://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/share-aware/
Parent Info – from CEOP and Parentzone
Get up to date information to share with your parents from https://parentinfo.org/ It is a website offering help and advice for families in a digital world! Get news and helpful articles to share with your families.
Local Information (*Oxfordshire)
OCC Report – http://schools.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/content/internet-safety-and-cyberbullying
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