Parents had an informative session this morning,
learning about staying safe online.
The key messages involved guiding
parents about online apps including ooVoo, music.ly and snapchat amongst
others. They were also instructed on how the use of a hashtag can override
privacy settings. PEGI ratings were reviewed and home security/privacy
settings were discussed. Parents watched two eye-opening videos to set
the scene about how easily strangers online can entice youngsters through
pretending to be people they are not. Both had quite an
impact and generated a lot of conversation.
The ThinkUKnow parent guide page: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/How-to-guides/
has links to help.
We will also be sending out on a separate Parentmail,
details of parent guides and websites available to help parents. We urge
you to share these with grandparents, carers and childminders who are
looking after your child to help them keep YOUR child stay safe online.
Thank you to those parents who came and we hope that you can
continue working together in the journey of keeping your child safe online.
