Safeguarding support for children and families

Children, need help? You can ask Childline for help. You can call, chat or email. There's a video you can watch about what happens when you contact Childline: https://www.childline.org.uk/get-support/

Parents:

The internet is a fantastic place overflowing with knowledge, games and communities of people, and, just like pupils across the country, the pupils here at Balshaw Lane CP School spend a great deal of time using the internet within school and at home.  This is why it is important pupils learn how to be safe when browsing online and becoming members of online communities.

We use the SWGfL 360 tool for evaluating and improving our online provision. We have gained our 'committed to Safety Online' certificate.

We have planned our Computing curriculum to ensure that we teach the children about Online Safety. We support this teaching with discussion, assemblies and visual reminders around school. As technology moves on, we review our teaching accordingly. For example, we teach children about the dangers of new apps as these develop.

During Anti-Bullying Week in November, we teach the children about how bullying or dangers can happen online. In particular, we remind them to tell an adult if they receive a direct message, image or request for an image from a stranger. Increasingly, children are seeing these as 'normal', like junk mail , so we need to highlight their dangers. Additionally, children need to know not to send unfriendly or rude messages to each other which may cause friendship issues or embarrass others. 

We encourage parents not to allow their children to access social media until they are at least 13, as recommended. We remind parents about the dangers of allowing their children to play online games beyond their age and about posting on YouTube. 

Parents play a key part in keeping the children safe. The links below provide a lot of support for parents and carers:

NSPCC https://www.nspcc.org.uk/what-is-child-abuse/

Childline https://www.childline.org.uk/?gclsrc=aw.ds&&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIm8rT7-nT-wIVyNPtCh3CsAB6EAAYASAAEgJ9nvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Childnet resources.  http://www.childnet.com/resources

Safer Internet Centre https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/

Lancashire Children's Safeguarding Assurance Partnership (CSAP) https://www.safeguardingpartnership.org.uk/

LSCB Online Safeguarding http://www.lancashiresafeguarding.org.uk/online-safeguarding.aspx

A guide from Google to show parents how they can protect your family online.
http://www.google.co.uk/safetycenter/families/start/

Children's online safety test

https://www.virginmedia.com/blog/online-safety/childrens-internet-safety-test/

YouTube Safety Centre - http://www.youtube.com/yt/policyandsafety/safety.html

The Cybersmile Foundation website (The Cyberbullying Charity) http://www.cybersmile.org/

The BBC website has help & support for children re online safety.
https://www.bbc.com/ownit/curations/staying-safe

'The Parents' and Carers' Guide to the Internet', has been created by CEOP to provide a light hearted and realistic look at what it takes to be a better online parent.
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/parentsguide/

Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre (CEOP): report a concern https://www.ceop.police.uk/Safety-Centre/

"The Parents Guide to Technology from the UK Safer Internet Centre has been created to answer these questions and introduce some of the most popular devices, highlighting the safety tools available and empowering parents with the knowledge they need to support their children to use these technologies safely and responsibly".
http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-and-resources/parents-and-carers/parents-guide-to-technology

How to set up the parental controls offered by your internet provider (UK Safer Internet Centre) http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-and-resources/parents-and-carers/parental-controls

Protecting your child against extremism online http://familiesmatter.org.uk/extremism-online-protecting-your-children/