This includes:
Keeping Personal Information Private: Don’t share your full name, address, phone number, or school with strangers.
Using Strong Passwords: Create passwords that are hard for others to guess and don’t share them with anyone.
Being Kind and Respectful: Treat others the way you want to be treated. Don’t say hurtful things online.
Talking to Adults: If something makes you feel uncomfortable or scared while using the internet, tell a trusted adult.
By following these rules, you can enjoy everything the internet has to offer while staying safe!
As part of our Computing Curriculum, we use a comprehensive scheme of work to teach aspects of Online Safety explicitly throughout the year. Project Evolve is an online based scheme of work, which is constantly ‘evolving’ to ensure the online safety messages that children and young people are being taught are delivered in a way that is more appropriate; more meaningful; that encourages reflection; that generates positive outcomes and are updating regularly to reflect the changing world.
At Waddington All Saints, our digital leaders play an important role in promoting safe and responsible use of technology. They actively promote the SMART rules—Safe, Meeting, Accepting, Reliable, and Tell someone—helping their peers understand how to navigate the online world safely.
Digital leaders also deliver engaging online safety assemblies to educate students about the importance of staying safe on the internet. They ensure that devices used throughout the school are fit for purpose by regularly checking their functionality and readiness for use.
At the end of each day, digital leaders check that devices such as ipads are to switched off and plugged in, ensuring they are ready for the next day. Additionally, they support younger pupils by helping them develop their digital literacy skills, guiding them through the basics of using technology confidently and responsibly.
Digi-Duck
In Early Years and KS1, children begin to understand online safety with Digi-Duck. Digi- Duck is a collection of five stories that are created to help parents and teachers educate children aged 3–7 about online safety, with accompanying teaching activities.
SMART rules
In KS2, children learn how to be smart online using the SMART rules.
Keep your personal information safe. When chatting or posting online don’t give away things like your full name, password or home address. Remember personal information can be seen in images and videos you share too. Keep them safe to keep yourself safe.
Meeting up with someone you only know online, even a friend of a friend, can be dangerous as this person is still a stranger. If someone you only know online ever asks you to meet up, for personal information or for photos/videos of you then tell an adult straight away and report them together on www.thinkuknow.co.uk
Think carefully before you click on or open something online (e.g. links, adverts, friend requests, photos) as you never know where they may lead to or they may contain viruses. Do not accept something if you are unsure of who the person is or what they’ve sent you.
You cannot trust everything you see online as some things can be out of date, inaccurate or not entirely true. To find reliable information compare at least three different websites, check in books and talk to someone about what you have found.
Tell a trusted adult if something or someone ever makes you feel upset, worried or confused. This could be if you or someone you know is being bullied online. There are lots of people who will be able to help you like your teachers, parents, carers or contact Childline – 0800 11 11 or www.childline.org.uk . A useful parent’s ‘Bookmark‘ created by O2 with NSPCC can be found HERE.
