E-Safety for Pupils
5 WAYS TO BEING SAFE ON THE INTERNET
- Keep safe by being careful not to give out personal information when you’re chatting or posting online. Personal information includes your email address, phone number and password.
- Meeting someone you have only been in touch with online can be dangerous. Only do so with your parents’ or carers’ permission and even then only when they can be present. Remember online friends are still strangers even if you have been talking to them for a long time.
- Accepting emails, IM messages, or opening files, pictures or texts from people you don’t know or trust can lead to problems – they may contain viruses or nasty messages!
- Someone online might lie about who they are and information on the internet may not be true. Always check information with other websites, books or someone who knows. If you like chatting online it’s best to only chat to your real world friends and family
- Tell your parent, carer or a trusted adult if someone or something makes you feel uncomfortable or worried, or if you or someone you know is being bullied online.
TOP 10 TIPS FOR STAYING SAFE ONLINE
- Don’t post any personal information online – like your address, email address or mobile number.
- Think carefully before posting pictures or videos of yourself. Once you’ve put a picture of yourself online most people can see it and may be able to download it, it’s not just yours anymore.
- Keep your privacy settings as high as possible
- Never give out your passwords
- Don’t befriend people you don’t know
- Don’t meet up with people you’ve met online. Speak to your parent or carer about people suggesting you do
- Remember that not everyone online is who they say they are
- Think carefully about what you say before you post something online
- Respect other people’s views, even if you don’t agree with someone else’s views doesn’t mean you need to be rude
- If you see something online that makes you feel uncomfortable, unsafe or worried: leave the website, turn off your computer if you want to and tell a trusted adult immediately.
Do you know how to use the internet safely?
Would you know who to talk to or get help from if you were worried or uncomfortable?
What is cyberbullying?
Where can cyberbullying happen?
Do you know the smart rules?
Below are some links to help get you started on finding answers to these questions and many more.
Do you have any good ideas that could help other children understand being safe on the internet? Post your suggestions and lets talk about it?
http://www.childnet.com/kia/primary/smartadventure/default.aspx
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/8_10/
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/5_7/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/topics/stay-safe
http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/
TOP TIPS FOR MOBILE PHONE SAFETY
- Remember if you are being bullied it isn’t your fault and there is nothing so awful that you can’t speak to someone about it. Talk to a trusted adult at home or at school.
- Don’t reply to any nasty messages you receive.
- Don’t reply to a text from someone you don’t know.
- Keep the messages you have been sent so you can show them to a trusted adult and make a note of the time and date of the messages or calls you receive.
- Don’t answer calls from withheld numbers or numbers you don’t recognise, let it go to voicemail.
- Block numbers from people who are sending you nasty messages.
- If you are bullied repeatedly, you can change your number.
- Don’t give your mobile number to someone you don’t know.
- Don’t send pictures to someone you don’t know.
- If the problem is serious you can report it to the police, cyber mentors, or childline.
- Use a passcode on your phone. This can help protect your data. Nobody should be able to access your passcode so don’t set it to something other people may know eg. birthday.
- Keep your phone with you. Store your phone in a safe pocket so that it is hidden from sight. Be careful when you take it out in public places and don’t let other people use it unless you know and trust them.
- Check what data your apps can use. Lots of apps will ask permission to use your data when you install them. They might want to view things like your location, contacts, photos and even messages. Be careful what you agree to and check what permissions your apps have in the ‘settings’ menu on your phone.
- Add an ICE (In Case of Emergency) contact to your phone. If you lose your phone or something happens, it can be hard for someone to contact you. Add the phone number of someone you trust, like your parent or carer to your lock screen or on the back of your phone with a sticker.
http://www.childline.org.uk/talk/Pages/Talk.aspx
Top 10 Tips If You Are Being Cyberbullied
- Tell an adult you trust if you are being cyberbullied
- Don’t respond or retaliate to bullying messages – it could make things worse
- Block users who send you nasty messages
- Save abusive emails or messages (or texts) you receive
- Make a note of dates and times you receive bullying messages, as well as details you have of the user’s ID and the url.
- Don’t pass on any cyberbullying videos or messages – this is cyberbullying
- If you are bullied repeatedly change your user ID, or profile, and use a name that doesn’t give any information away about you
- Visit CyberMentors https://cybermentors.org.uk/ – you can report any cyberbullying you see to cybermentors even if it isn’t targeted at you.
- You can talk to someone at Child Line or get online safety advice at http://www.childline.org.uk/talk/Pages/Talk.aspx
- http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/ is another very useful website for children and young people staying safe online