Throughout
the week the school has embarked on embracing and delivering the message for safer internet day which this year was about getting permission. From nursery right up to Year 6,
the message about online etiquette has been shared with different ideas been talked about and role play scenarios been acted out. Here are a few examples of the range of
activities that the children have been doing.
Nursery
- We watched a story with Buddy the dog about keeping safe online and talked about how the children should always ask for help if
they see something strange if they are playing on a phone or a tablet.
Class CH – The children heard the story of Buddy
the dog. It was perfectly pitched at the children’s level and instigated lots
of discussion and responses from the children. They seemed to really understand
the importance and relevance to their own experiences and seemed to grasp the
fact that they should always ask a grown-up for help. There will be
an ongoing discussion and
reminders for them.
Class JC – We talked about checking with
parents before saying yes to buying things.
We learnt that 'accept' means yes and 'deny' means no. We discussed how you could pretend to be
someone else on the computer because nobody can see you.
Class LH – we watched a video about Zap and
Zoom and about buying things online in games.
We discussed what to do if a stranger or someone we don’t know tries to
join in a game we are playing online. We
then role played this scenario about asking an adult for help.
Class RH - Class RH have done posters after
watching some informative clips on internet safety.
Class SC - We have discussed giving
permission, as is the theme of SID this year.
We also had a class discussion and are creating some posters.
Class
PASB – shared a factual
informative powerpoint and had a very detailed and involved discussion about
online safety and addressed some of the myths that surround online activity.
Parents session
In addition
to this, Mrs Hall ran an online safety awareness session for the parents. There was a lot of discussion shared amongst
the videos and quizzes which questioned a variety of aspects of social media,
staying safe online and addressed the importance that as a school, we instil
into the children the correct way to behave online and that it is the
responsibility of parents to support the school in this message.
Online
safety is taken very seriously here at school and we do share, remind and talk
to the children throughout the year, not just on Internet Safety Day, on how to
stay safe online.
