On Monday this week, the online safety council and Mrs Smithson had a meeting and have many suggestions and ideas for helping to keep children in our school safe.

• Following a concern raised at last meeting about children using TikTok and not always making safe choices, a flyer about this has been sent to parents, it has been mentioned on the newsletter and discussed in class with Years 5 and 6.
• Suggestion from Year 3 child ~ we should have a slip that says ‘your child ___________ has been watching/ playing ___________ which is not suitable for their age’ to go home to parents when children are talking about inappropriate games, shows, films, etc. in school. We could keep a copy in school so we can see if lots of children are doing the same things. Mrs Smithson to make the slip and then share with teachers and see if this acceptable

• We can make a questionnaire to complete about how children are using technology and online safety ~ online safety councillors can have this and ask the children during break and lunchtime.

Suggested questions: Do you have a ….phone/ laptop/ console/ tablet?

What games do you play?

Have you ever spoken to someone you don’t know online?

Has someone you don’t know ever spoken to you?

What would you do if something worried you online?

• After we have done the survey, we can use the outcomes to help us plan an assembly

• What are the responsibilities for online safety council?

~ leading assemblies

~ teaching some lessons

~ reporting concerns

• How do we keep safe online?

~ don’t speak to strangers online

~ use secure websites beginning with ‘https’

~ don’t share personal information

• Do we have any concerns?

~ some children using TikTok and discussing this in the playground ~ concerned they have followers they don’t know/ talking to people online they don’t know

• Do you have any suggestions?

~ have clipboards and pencils and interview others at playtime about online safety and any concerns they have/ how they use technology

~ need to think about how to use ipads and laptops sensibly in school, including plugging them back in when finished

Online safety council

We met on the 26^th January to discuss ‘safer internet day’, which is happening on the 6^th February.

We discussed what we would like to talk about in our assembly:

• Not talking to people you don’t know
• Telling your parents stuff
• If a website has a padlock it’s safe, if it’s open it’s not safe
• Have a fake name, not a real one for accounts
• Report anything bad people say, on a console there is a button
• If someone is reported 3 times on a game console they are removed

We are going to meet next week to discuss who is going to say what during the assembly on ‘safer internet day’.

We met on the 17^th October to discuss online safety.

We spoke about how we can be safe online. Here’s what we came up with:

• Online using it to play games and complete homework
• Don’t give out personal information
• Be with a grown-up when using it
• Ask adults permission to download games
• Don’t text other people that you don’t know
• Don’t meet up with anyone you don’t know
• Don’t use your real name on accounts e.g. YouTube
• Make your passwords hard, so that no one can guess them
• Don’t friend request people who you don’t know

We are planning to do an assembly all about being safe online after half term.