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Online Safety

At The Avenue we want to celebrate the benefits of technology and educate the children to be safe in its use.  Online safety is a vital element of safeguarding children and young people. It also emphasises the importance and use of new technologies in a positive way as well as encouraging young people to develop safer online behaviours.

Online safety is addressed throughout the year through our Computing and PSHE curriculum and whenever technology is used in our learning.  We teach the children the questions they need to ask themselves to keep themselves safe online.  We also have special Internet safety weeks to promote working safely in a digital world. It is about protecting children in the digital world and ensuring they feel safe when accessing new technology.  It is a vital life skill and one we take very seriously so the children grow up using technology appropriately and safely.

Internet safety is addressed throughout the year through our Computing and PSHE curriculum and whenever technology is used in our learning.  We teach the children the questions they need to ask themselves to keep themselves safe online.  We also have special Internet safety weeks to promote working safely in a digital world.

E-safety means electronic safety. It is about protecting children in the digital world and ensuring they feel safe when accessing new technology.  It is a vital life skill and one we take very seriously so the children grow up using technology appropriately and safely.

How do we teach pupils about staying safe online & how do we keep pupils safe online in school?

We think it is very important to share with you our procedures and school curriculum activities that take place in school around online safety. Firstly, the school use a filtering and monitoring system for all pupil and staff devices when accessing any online material in school. Any restricted content is blocked from all devices and a report is sent daily to the online safety lead. We constantly review the websites added to the restricting list and update our protocols as and when required. In regards to our curriculum we intertwine online safety throughout many subjects and also teach it in discreet sessions. Pupils have many opportunities to explore being safe online through our:

  • PSHE curriculum offer through our SCARF scheme
  • Computing curriculum offer through our PurpleMash scheme
  • Safety assemblies that run throughout each term
  • Yearly whole school events such as online safety day
  • Researching for subjects such as History or Geography and how we safely search using for example: Kiddle, Kiddle.co, Wacky Safe and KidRex.
  • Online safety posters throughout the school environment – SMART
  • Online safety focused stories times
  • Other links throughout the curriculum