This policy applies to all members of school community (including staff, pupils, volunteers, parents / carers, visitors, community users) who have access to and are users of the ICT school’s systems, both in and out of Grappenhall Heys Primary School. What is online safety? Online safety covers safety issues connected to internet use, gaming, mobile technologies such as mobile phones and all other wireless technologies. It will include use of websites, social networking, email as well as digital media such as photographs and videos. At Grappenhall Heys we believe that appropriate use of these technologies can bring many educational benefits, enhancing and extending learning, but we acknowledge our duty to ensure safe use of all such technologies and media. Online safety is concerned with safeguarding young people (and indeed adults!) in the digital world. It is about learning to understand and use technology in a positive way. It is not about restricting children, but educating them about the risks as well as the benefits so they can feel confident and happy online. Online risks The main areas of risk for our school community can be summarised as follows: Content (child as recipient) Exposure to age-inappropriate material, including violent, hateful or pornographic content (ignoring age ratings in games) Adverts and spam Lifestyle websites, for example pro-anorexia / self-harm / suicide sites Hate sites Content validation: how to check authenticity and accuracy of online content Contact (child as participant) Meeting strangers / Grooming Cyber-bullying in all forms Identity theft (including hacking user profiles for social networking website) and sharing passwords Conduct (child as initiator) Privacy issues, including disclosure of personal information Bullying or harassing others Digital footprint and online reputation Health and well-being (amount of time spent online, both Internet or gaming) Sexting (sending and receiving of personally intimate images) also referred to as SGII (self-generated indecent images)
This policy applies to all members of school community (including staff, pupils, volunteers, parents / carers, visitors, community users) who have access to and are users of the school’s ICT systems, both in and out of Grappenhall Heys Primary School. What is online safety? Online safety covers safety issues connected to internet use, gaming, mobile technologies such as mobile phones and all other wireless technologies. It will include use of websites, social networking, email as well as digital media such as photographs and videos. At Grappenhall Heys we believe that appropriate use of these technologies can bring many educational benefits, enhancing and extending learning, but we acknowledge our duty to ensure safe use of all such technologies and media. Online safety is concerned with safeguarding young people (and indeed adults!) in the digital world. It is about learning to understand and use technology in a positive way. It is not about restricting children, but educating them about the risks as well as the benefits so they can feel confident and happy online. Online risks The main areas of risk for our school community can be summarised as follows: Content (child as recipient) Exposure to age-inappropriate material, including violent, hateful or pornographic content (ignoring age ratings in games) Adverts and spam Lifestyle websites, for example pro-anorexia / self-harm / suicide sites Hate sites Content validation: how to check authenticity and accuracy of online content Contact (child as participant) Meeting strangers / Grooming Cyber-bullying in all forms Identity theft (including hacking user profiles for social networking website) and sharing passwords Conduct (child as initiator) Privacy issues, including disclosure of personal information Bullying or harassing others Digital footprint and online reputation Health and well-being (amount of time spent online, both Internet or gaming) Sexting (sending and receiving of personally intimate images) also referred to as SGII (self-generated indecent images)
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