eSafety
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What we have in place
- Our schools' broadband connection link to many educational resources and services
without actually going out onto the internet.
- Our pupils' email system (in the DigitalBrain VLE) is secured so that they can only
send emails to and receive emails from other people within their school.
- We have a URL Filtering Platform to help protect pupils from accessing inappropriate
websites.
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Quick Links to other eSafety pages
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Newham's E-Safety Strategy sets out 6 strategic priorities
Raise awareness and understanding of eSafety issues amongst children and
young people
Raise awareness and understanding of eSafety issues amongst children and
young people
Raise awareness and understanding of eSafety issues amongst all
stakeholders
Enable all stakeholders to respond to the risks posed to children and young
people by their increased use of new and developing technologies
Improve safe access to the internet for children and young people
Improve safe access to the internet for children and young people
Click here to download the full strategy
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Ofcom has today launched a
campaign to help keep children safe online during the summer holidays.
The internet offers a range of opportunities for fun, learning and development
at the click of a mouse, but it’s important that parents, carers and children
have the right skills and information to help keep them safe online.
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Two-thirds of 5-7 year olds now
use the internet at home, rising to over three-quarters of 8-11 year olds and
over four-fifths of 12-15s.
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Of
these, one fifth of 5-7 year olds use the internet without an adult present, as
do almost half of 8-11 year olds and two-thirds of 12-15s.
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12-15 year olds say they spend
an average of nearly 14 hours a week online.
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Over a third of 12-15 year olds
say they mostly access the internet in their bedroom.
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During this time they could encounter inappropriate or even potentially harmful content.
Find out what you can do to help children enjoy the internet safely this summer
by watching or reading Ofcom’s guide to show parents and carers how to use
parental controls and filters to manage their children’s access to digital TV
and internet content.
The guide also encourages parents and carers to talk to their children about
what they do on the internet and how to use it safely.
The video and guide can be found here:
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/advice/guides/media/
Click here to find out more about
Byron Review
The Byron review, published 27th March 2008, urges Government, Industry and Parents
to work together to help make children safer in the digital world.
Click HERE to read and download the Full
Report, Executive Summary and the Summary for Children and Young People. There is
also a link to the Byron Review website where additional information is available.
School self-evaluation: a response to the Byron Review
Ofsted conducted a small-scale study of 100 self-evaluation forms of schools
that were being inspected in the summer term 2008. The study found considerable
variation in how schools monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of their
e-safety policies. A considerable proportion of schools do not indicate how they
know whether their policies are effective or not in ensuring learners’ e-safety.
Please
click here to download the full report School self-evaluation: a response to the
Byron Review.
Are you reviewing your eSafety Policy Documents?
All documents on the LGfL eSafety website have now been updated and we recommend
to schools that you use these as templates when reviewing your own eSafety documents.
Click HERE to be redirected
to the LGfL eSafety Website.
If you would like support from the ITASS Curriculum Team in developing your eSafety
Policies, running staff training or Parent information sessions, please don’t hesitate
to contact
us.
eSafety Conference
This year the 3rd ITASS Annual ICT Conference focussed on the very current issue
of eSafety.
Click here to visit the ITASS eSafety
Conference page and to view downloadable versions
of the presentations and resources from the day.
eSafety : A whole community issue
The Think_U_Know website offers a wealth of resources and links that can be used when working with
Primary
and Secondary schools as well
as resources that can be used when
supporting
parents and carers.
Click here for details of future eSafety events.
Web links
Click here to view a list of websites that were mentioned at the
ITASS eSafety Conference.
General Resources
Click on the links below to download resources or link to additional
pages.
Cyberbullying
Guidance
Cyberbullying Guidance Summary
eSafety training materials
eSafety Scenarios
eSafety Awareness training activities
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