Online Safety

Online Safety @ St. Andrew's

At St. Andrew's, keeping our children safe—both in the real world and online—is one of our top priorities. The internet is an amazing place to learn, create, and connect, but it’s important that our pupils know how to use it responsibly and safely.

We work together with children, parents, and carers to help everyone understand how to stay safe online. Through lessons, assemblies, and ongoing conversations, we teach our pupils how to make smart choices, protect their personal information, and treat others with kindness and respect on the internet.

On this page, you’ll find helpful tips, guides, and resources to support online safety at home. Together, we can help our children become confident, caring, and responsible digital citizens.

What can you do @ home?

As a parent you'll know how important the internet is to children - they use it to learn, play, socialise and express themselves. It's a highly creative place of amazing opportunities. But the technology children use every day can seem a bit daunting and you might worry about the risks your child can face online - such as bullying, contact from strangers or the possibility of them seeing illegal or inappropriate content.

You can download a simple checklist here that may help you start to protect your children online and decrease the risks they face. Or you can engage with your children regarding their use of the internet while at home. Here are some conversation starter ideas from www.childnet.com

Ask your children to tell you about the sites they like to visit and what they enjoy doing online.
Ask them about how they stay safe online. What tips do they have for you, and where did they learn them? What is OK and not OK to share?
Ask them if they know where to go for help, where to find the safety advice, privacy settings and how to report or block on the services they use.
Encourage them to help. Perhaps they can show you how to do something better online or they might have a friend who would benefit from their help and support.
Think about how you use the internet as a family. What could you do to get more out of the internet together and further enjoy your lives online

There is also a lot of great advice for Internet Safety at home by clicking HERE

APPS

Apps for Primary School Children

Apps for Primary Schools | Educational App Store

Information about Government approved Literacy Apps

Early years apps approved to help families kick start learning at home - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Early Years App Guidance

Home learning environment early years apps: parent guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Herefordshire Computing Progression Apps

ipad-apps-for-computing-progression-2020.docx (live.com)

Online Learning Resources

Bug Club - https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/

All ages and all subjects - Home - BBC Bitesize

E-books for all ages - Free eBook library | Oxford Owl from Oxford University Press

Use the ‘Free Games’ - PhonicsPlay - Resources

Phonics through Read Write Inc - Parent guide to Read Write Inc. Phonics | Oxford Owl

Maths Games - Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)

Full of facts and interesting information - DK Find Out! | Fun Facts for Kids on Animals, Earth, History and more!

Practice your times tables, use your school login - Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com)

Catch up on age appropriate news stories - Home - CBBC Newsround

Mastery Maths information - For Parents & Carers | White Rose Maths

Learn how to save endangered animals - Support WWF Today | For A Future Where People & Nature Thrive

Kid safe search engine - Kiddle Facts for Kids

A fun quiz for every subject - Over 3,000 Enjoyable Quizzes for Revision of School Subjects (educationquizzes.com)

Scratch Coding - Scratch - Imagine, Program, Share (mit.edu)

Digital painting - PaintZ

Parental Controls

Click HERE for video guides to parental controls for gaming, social media sites and YouTube.

Each month, we issue an online safety newsletter. This is aimed at parents and will hopefully help guide you through some of the tricky stuff in an ever changing online world.