E-safety at St Ethelbert’s

At St Ethelbert’s, children use the Internet on a regular basis as part of their learning. Technology enhances learning, and at our school we want to ensure pupils get the most from it, by encouraging responsible online behaviour.

In school, we use a filtering system to prevent children accessing inappropriate sites. We also have regular ‘e-safety’ activities to remind children of the importance of keeping themselves safe online using the SMART Rules framework.

St Ethelbert’s Catholic Primary School and Nursery has a commitment to safeguarding, and the welfare and well-being of children.

We know that children also have access to the Internet when they are out of school however we would like to remind parents/carers that most sites have a minimum age limit of 13 years old and therefore our pupils should not be using them. Site for this include Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Whatsapp and TikTok.

Here are some tips and useful links to help you to keep your children safe online and to talk to your child about what they are doing online.

Resources for Families

Net Aware- www.net-aware.org.uk from the NSPCC and O2 has lots of clear information generated by parents and children about safety ratings from social media, games and aps. (from Apex Legends to Zoom). As well as an overall safety and minimum age rating, it It rates 4 areas and how to use their safety features.

• Safety Features,
• Privacy & Location,
• Ease of Reporting & Blocking
• Content