Longwell Green Primary School

“Inspiring Learning”

Headteacher: Mr. Darren Brown

 01454 866460

Online Safety

We work hard at Longwell Green Primary School to educate children about the benefits and dangers of the digital world.

Across each year we teach e-safety through age appropriate stand alone units of work and lessons woven through the year as well as making use of events such as our annual e-safety week to raise the profile of how to safely navigate the electronic world. We also use specialist providers such as the NSPCC to provide specialist workshops and assemblies.

The Internet and its effective use is an essential life skill, which is an important part of learning across the curriculum and in everyday life. At Longwell Green we understand the huge benefits that the electronic world brings, but we also recognise that unmediated internet access brings with it the possibility of placing pupils in embarrassing, inappropriate and even dangerous situations.

It is important to recognise that e-safety is a whole school community safeguarding responsibility and we are committed to helping parents/carers in supporting their children use the internet in a safe and rewarding way.

E-safety at Home

It is advised that parents/carers talk to their children about how they can use the internet in a safe manner at home. Please see the further information section below for advice and guidance on how to do this.

Information and Links

Here are some tips and useful links to help you to keep your children safe online:

  • Explore e-safety sites– There are lots of links to useful e-safety sites for children at the bottom of this page. Why not browse through them with your children.
  • Keep your computer in a shared area– Talk to your child about what they are doing online and, if possible, set up your computer in a shared area at home so that you can all share in the wonderful sites that are available online.
  • Regularly checking their phone/tablet – Regularly checking your child’s phone or tablet helps monitor their activities on devices that are often kept private.

Navigating the digital world together

If you walk down our corridors on any day, you will hear the lovely hum of children discovering, creating, learning and being lovely. We do know that increasingly so much of their world now happens online, offering our children incredible opportunities to play and grow!

Our approach to online safety is all about balance. Rather than just focusing on the “don’ts,” we teach our children how to explore the digital world smartly, safely, and joyfully.

Helpful guides for home

We know keeping up with every new app and online knowledge can feel like a full time job! To help, see the posters linked at the bottom of this page; they are packed with quick, practical advice and great conversation starters for the dinner table.

Thank you for working alongside us to keep our amazing children safe, happy, and thriving online!

Apps and Games parents and carers need to know about…

Online advice parents and carers need to know about…

​Some links to more information:

Internet Matters http://www.internetmatters.orgis an online portal designed for parents to access simple, easy and practical advice about online safety for their children, right through from pre-school to teens. It provides tips on protecting children from online grooming, cyberbullying, privacy and identity theft and inappropriate content.

SEND UK Safer Internet Centre

A great resource from Safer Internet aimed at helping Neurodiverse children manage online.  The tips here would be useful for all children.  The site also discusses other areas of support such as; “Challenging Rigid Thinking”, “Why might your (neurodiverse) child find online life challenging?”, “What strategies may help your child online?” and more.  SEND – UK Safer Internet Centre

Specifically parents only

KS1 Guidance

KS2 Guidance

Safer Internet Day

In the last week of term, following on from national safer internet day,  the children were set the challenge of creating their own online safety mascot. All of the children’s entries were fantastic but we have finally decided upon four winners.  They are  Isabella in Hedgehogs, Oliver in Ember, Jasper in Andes and Frankie in Nile. Thank you to all those children who entered the competition. The winners will find their mascots proudly displayed around school and below!