Online Safety
INTRODUCTION
Internet Safety for children has never been so important. At Langney Primary Academy, we constantly review and evolve our internet safety procedures to ensure our pupils are not only protected from the dangers of the Internet and World Wide Web but are also fully informed and educated on how best to deal with online threats and concerns.
Being educated about Internet Safety is an essential life skill. Providing children with the knowledge to protect themselves and their personal information is a key focus throughout our pupils’ digital learning.
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THE SAFE ENVIRONMENT
At Langney Primary Academy, we have utilised the safety benefits of Google Apps by providing all our pupils with their own enhanced educational Google account. Pupils are provided with secure passwords that allow them access to online learning platforms in and out of school. To reduce barriers to learning, our KS1 pupils can also use a QR code login system, meaning they can access digital work quickly and efficiently.
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A COMMUNITY APPROACH
At Langney Primary Academy, we understand that internet safety concerns differ depending on the standpoint of the individual. We conduct termly meetings with our pupil Digital Leaders. Our Digital Leaders assist us in ensuring our school community has the latest information to help them stay safe online.
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Our dedication to internet safety extends beyond just our pupils. Supporting our pupils’ parents in adapting to the fast-changing digital world is an important aspect of our whole-community internet safety development. With our pupils rapidly gaining a wealth of knowledge and experience of cloud storage, personal accounts, and web-based applications, we understand parents can feel daunted by the ever-evolving digital world their children are growing up in. We provide termly Online Safety handouts to parents and carers, delivered straight to their inboxes.
INTERNET SAFETY IN THE CURRICULUM
To ensure purposeful teaching and learning, our Computing Curriculum dedicates a whole term to internet safety, differentiated to the needs of the child. Pupils are encouraged to discuss their own concerns and an ‘Internet Safety Box,’ located in our Computing Suite, is available and used to promote child led, child centred teaching and learning. Additionally, to maintain the high profile and importance of internet safety, the International ‘Safer Internet Day’ is embraced and celebrated, along with whole school assemblies. Every term also begins with a bite-sized, internet safety theme.
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SAFEGUARDING
Learning from experiences can help mould and improve development. If and when incidents involving internet safety occur, a record is made. Lessons are learnt and improvements are made. This is incredibly valuable for enabling purposeful progress and improvement in our school’s continual desire to advance not only internet safety but also digital excellence.
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