Keeping Your Child Safe on the Internet.
Our children’s safety is our prime concern, if children are happy and safe they will learn, and become more confident as they grow in many aspects of life. As you are aware many of our children are very computer literate. They are natural users of the latest technologies and the communications revolution has made it easier to stay in contact with friends and family from all over the world at any time of the day or night.
Children and young people use a huge range of devices in and out of school. Technologies include home PCs, lap-top computers and hand-held computers, mobile phones such as blackberries, and iphones (if not in your home, it could be at a friends home); all have the possibility of accessing the web. Specific technologies that are becoming more commonly used for communication by children outside of schools hours include email, instant messaging (MSN), chat rooms, camera phones, websites/blogs managed by children and social networking. The majority of use of these devices and web sites is safe and has the potential to greatly enrich the lives of children. It is important however to have an awareness of the risks and issues in order to help your child become more internet aware.
To keep your child safe the following basic rules will help;
We need to remember how to stay safe online.
Children, please remember....
DB primary is a web based Learning Platform that supports teaching and learning activities across the Internet.
It enables teachers to provide pupils with easy but controlled access to learning resources, from both inside and outside the school.
DB Primary provides true anytime anywhere access to a secure personal desktop which can be customised for each learner.
Each user has access to:-