Online Safety
Here at Huntington Community Primary School, e-Safety is one of our top priorities when keeping your children safe.
Click on the picture for tips on how to set parental controls on different platforms/devices 
The Internet is used by millions of people every day. It is a vast open channel that provides an enormous amount of useful information and research but also includes a wide range of content unsuitable for children and young people. We pride ourselves on the ability to educate our pupils on the benefits and risks when it comes to using the Internet by having online safety rules that we must follow. These rules are divided into Key Stage One and Key Stage Two.
Our Online Safety Rules
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With these rules, we help our pupils to develop the important skills needed to evaluate online activity and material so they can learn about the dangers of publishing and sharing personal information that could affect their security and the security of others. Schools are required to ensure all pupils can use online systems safely and understand what is appropriate and inappropriate.
It is important to recognise that e-Safety is not only relevant to computer users but also applies to the use of mobile phones and games consoles. We support children in understanding and learning about the benefits of new technologies. The focus is less on restriction and more about establishing the risks of not using the Internet safely along with how we can use it in a positive way.
Ensuring the e-Safety message is consistent is a successful way of keeping children safe, that is why ask that parents and carers promote the same online safety rules at home as we use in school.
Where can I go to get support to help keep my child safe online?
There is a lot of support available to keep your child safe online. Below are some useful links to help parents and carers:
- Thinkyouknow (advice from the National Crime Agency to stay safe online)
- Internet matters (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
- Parent info (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
- LGfL (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
- Net-aware (support for parents and careers from the NSPCC)
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| Keeping Children Safe Online Advice and tools from O2 and the NSPCC |
Net Aware (O2 & NSPCC) Guide to the social networks children use. |
National Online Safety Parent Guides to online platforms (Youtube, Fortnite, FIFA) |
Digital Parenting Magazine Access electronic copies, including back issues. |
Key questions to think about at home:
Is my child's computer/console somewhere where I can monitor online activity?
Does my child's device have parental controls activated on it?
Does my child use a headset? If so, are the settings such that I can hear the conversation?
Do you/your child know all of their online gaming friends personally?
Are all of their online contacts of an appropriate age?
Does your PC/Console have a camera attached for video chat? If so, how do you monitor its use?
Online Safety in School
Poster Competition
Our digital leaders created a poster competition to promote online safety. Entries are proudly on display in our computer room.
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Police visit to KS1
Detective Constable Kevan from Cheshire Poice came to visit KS1. The children met Cyber Sid and learned what to do if something makes us feel 'funny in your tummy' when online. The children enjoyed learning a song to help them remember what to do.
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IT Security
Huntington CP School was delighted to welcome Bank of America to meet with our Year 6’s. Bank of America delivered an intriguing and informative interactive presentation on IT Security to the children. Thank you to the BoA staff – Online Safety is such an important part of the curriculum, and you showed us some fantastic real world examples. We appreciate your time and the children were inspired by your demonstration.
