Dear Parents/Carers,
On Tuesday 8th February we will be joining schools and youth organisations across the UK in celebrating Safer Internet Day 2022. Safer Internet Day is a global campaign to promote the safe and responsible use of technology, which calls on young people, parents, carers, teachers, social workers, law enforcement, companies, policymakers and more, to join together in helping to create a better internet.
Using the internet safely and positively is a key message that we promote in school and celebrating Safer Internet Day is a great opportunity for us to re-emphasise the online safety messages we deliver throughout the year. Some of the activities we’ll be participating in on the day include:
Writing instructions on how to maintain healthy online relationships
Writing and performing poems/raps about online safety
Drama activities and role play advising people how to deal with upsetting online messages
Create ‘Kinder Internet’ spells
Create Emoji fans to describe how characters might be feeling in different online situations
We would be delighted if you could join us in celebrating the day by continuing the conversation at home. To help you with this, you may be interested in downloading the free Safer Internet Day Resources for Parents and Carers which is available at: saferinternet.org.uk/sid-parents.
There are top tips, quizzes, and films which you can use at home with your child.
Some other resources which you may find helpful in supporting your child online are:
- Tips, advice and guides for parents and carers from the UK Safer Internet Centre
(saferinternet.org.uk/parents)
- Advice for parents and carers from Childnet (com/parents-and-carers)
- Reviews and information about games, apps, TV shows and websites from
Common Sense Media (commonsense.org)
- Help on using parental controls and privacy settings from Internet Matters
(internetmatters.org./controls)
Online safety is an important issue which as a school we’re committed to teaching our pupils about.
If you have any concerns or questions about keeping your child safe online, please do get in touch with your child’s class teacher/myself or Mrs N Miller, our Designated Safeguarding Lead.
Kind regards,
Mrs J Cameron
Digital Lead
