Current Online Safety Advice
Introducing our 2025 Digital Leaders:
Welcome aboard Brock, Caleb, Harrison, Oliver, Jonathan, Leo T!
They are eager to get involved in all things digital over the next year. Watch this space for updates!
Back to School and Social Media
The link below has some great advice for parents and children about returning to school and social media.
#WakeUpWednesday - Safety on Social Media.
With social media’s ever-growing popularity among children and young people, it’s important for adults to keep themselves apprised of the associated risks and help youngsters to navigate these platforms in a safe, responsible manner.
However, it can be difficult to know exactly how to protect children and young people while they use these apps. This guide offers you expert tips on supporting youngsters to enjoy the features of social media while avoiding the risks.
#WakeUpWednesday - Mental Health and Wellbeing apps.
According to findings from the NHS, 1 in 5 children in England suffer from a probable mental health issue, with 420,000 treated for such problems every month. With such high numbers of young people in need of mental health support, it’s perhaps unsurprising that plenty of them have turned to using apps intended to help them through these kinds of challenges. This week’s guide provides expert advice on how to do exactly that, while also breaking down the specific safety concerns of mental health and wellbeing apps.
#WakeUpWednesday - Updated advice on SnapChat
As one of the most popular messaging apps available, Snapchat sees an enormous amount of usage across the globe – with a significant number of those utilising the platform being under 18. For that reason, it’s important to understand the potential risks to younger users when spending time on this app.
Of course, it can be difficult to identify every hazard associated with the platform, let alone what can be done to mitigate these concerns. This guide lays out the key online safety risks of Snapchat, as well as how to safeguard young people while they use the app.
Previous #WakeupWednesday advice
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| Check in with your friends.pdf | Download |
| Fortnite advice.pdf | Download |
| Horror games.pdf | Download |
| Kindness online.pdf | Download |
| Live Streaming.pdf | Download |
| looking-after-your-wellbeing-online.pdf | Download |
| manage-device-stress-and-anxiety.pdf | Download |
| Netflix safety.pdf | Download |
| Omegle.pdf | Download |
| open-discussions-about-digital-lives.pdf | Download |
Safer Internet Day 2023
The children will be taking part in activities starting Tuesday 7th February. The theme for this year is 'Want to Talk About it?'
This year we are hoping to answer the following questions:
- What issues really matter to children and young people?
- What changes do they want to see?
- How can we all work together to advocate for them moving forward
Advice and more information about how parents and carers can get involved can be found by clicking the link below:
https://saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/safer-internet-day-2023/parents-and-carers
Bacup Holy Trinity have recently been awarded a certified status in online safety from nationalonlinesafety.com
As a school we are committed in ensuring the children are kept safe and educated about the responsibilities and challenges when accessing online services.
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| bacup-holy-trinity-stacksteads-c-of-e-primary-school-certified-school-certificate-2022.pdf | Download |
Parents and Carers
As part of our commitment, we have enrolled the school in the National Online Safety Program. This allows us to deliver personalised guidance on any online safety matter. Please read the letter below and register with us on the online safety hub.
The link for joining the school's hub is:
https://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/bacup-holy-trinity-stacksteads-c-of-e-primary-school
To download the app, please either scan the QR code on the leaflet below or click on the following links:
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/national-online-safety/id1530342372
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.nationaleducationgroup.nos
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| National Online Safety - Parents & Carers Communication Holy Trinity.pdf | Download |
What we are doing to stay safe online...
Summer 1
Year 1
We have shown some interest in TikTok outside of school so we are discussing what is suitable for our age and looking at sharing kindness online.
Year 1/2
Like year 1, we are sharing kindness online and looking at top tips for staying safe.
Year 2
Following on from year 1/2, we are looking at more online safety tips
Year 3
Our Computing topic is all about using search engines. Our online safety will look into how to search safely.
Year 4
We are looking at how we can be kind online.
Year 5
Our computing unit is all about websites. We are looking at some of the social media platforms we access and how to stay safe using them.
Year 6
We are creating a digital yearbook. We are investigating copyright and how to use images we find online.