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E-Safety

At Chilwell Croft the safety of our pupils online is paramount.

The children are taught the importance of online safety through the PSHE Curriculum, specific for their year group, every year, which addresses how to use the computers safely, what to do if something upsets them online and how to be a good digital citizen.

Every year, the children take part in ‘Safer Internet Day’ with other schools across the country to ensure that their knowledge is up to date with the latest goings-on in the world of E-safety.

There are regular Online Safety parental workshops led by our Pastoral Team and PSHE Lead, which highlight the age restrictions for social media platforms, gaming and parental controls.

Online Safety advice is regularly sent out to our families, and the weekly newsletter highlights online safety.  We take online safety seriously at Chilwell and ask for your parental support that children, accessing these apps, are supervised adequately and that security settings are in place.

The following organisations provide resources:

  • Internet Matters – a not-for-profit organisation set up to empower parents and
    Carers to keep children safe in the digital world. Their support for parents includes a range of downloadable guides covering subjects such as transition to secondary school, Vlogging & livestreaming, online gaming, and cyberbullying.
  • NSPCC – includes a range of resources to help parents keep children safe when they’re using the internet, social networks, apps, games and more.
  • Parent Info – from CEOP and Parent Zone, Parent Info is a website for parents covering all of the issues amplified by the internet. It is a free service which helps schools engage parents with expert safety advice, endorsed by the National Crime Agency’s CEOP command. This website provides expert information across a range of online harms.
  • Parent Zone – offers a range of resources for families to help them meet the challenges of the digital age, including parent guides on the latest digital trends and platforms.
  • UK Safer Internet Centre - a partnership of three leading organisations: Childnet International, Internet Watch Foundation and SWGfL, with one mission - to promote the safe and responsible use of technology for young people.

Filtering and monitoring are maintained with regular updates received from Smoothwall Monitor to senior leaders.  Smoothwall webinars are also attended by the PSHE Lead/DHT.

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