Category: eSafety

The Internet has become an integral part of children’s lives, enabling them to undertake research for school projects, talk to their friends and access information from around the world. Increasing provision of the Internet in and out of schools brings with it the need to ensure that children are safe.

Internet development is constantly evolving into ever more innovative areas with many websites enabling amazing creativity and interaction between peers. Unfortunately though, there are times when Internet use can have a negative effect on children. Schools and Parents need to be aware of the potential dangers and take measures to ensure safe usage by all.

At school we take several steps to ensure that children are kept safe while using the internet and electronic communication.

Some of the steps that we take are…

Parents can have a difficult job keeping up with their children on the fast changing technology available to them, let alone knowing the dangers they face. The issues of safety, privacy, on-line predators and cyber bullying are sometimes complex, both technically and psychologically and parents can struggle to keep up.

If you buy a new device for your child, look at the manual that came with it as these normally contain some information and a step by step guide on how to install parental...

Mobile devices can connect to the Internet in 3 different ways: 3G/4G: this provides access to the Internet when you’re on the go, and is often provided as part of your mobile phone contract....