Online Safety

We recommend some simple rules to keep younger children safe online:

Ask permission before using the Internet
Only use websites you have chosen together or a child-friendly search engine
Only email people they know (why not consider setting up an address book?)
Ask permission before opening an email sent by someone they don’t know
Do not use Internet chat rooms
Do not use their real names when using games on the Internet (create a nickname)
Never give out their home address, phone or mobile number
Never tell someone they don’t know where they go to school
Never arrange to meet someone they have ‘met’ on the Internet
Only use a webcam with people they know
Tell you immediately if they see anything they are unhappy with.

Go through these rules with your child and pin them up near to the computer. It is also a good idea to regularly check the internet sites your child is visiting by clicking on History and Favourites.

Please re-assure your child that you want to keep them safe rather than take internet access away from them.

For further information please click on the links below:

Childnet

Internet Matters

Uk Safer Internet Centre

Common Sense

NSPCC

Child Exploitation and Online Protection

Think U Know

National Online Safety

The following link offers advice for how to set up parental controls for children's use of the internet:

NSPCC - Parental Controls