At Five Elms Internet Safety is taken extremely seriously. Every year group participates in lessons on e-safety and children understand how to stay safe when using technology.
You may find the following links useful to help your child stay safe online at home:
| Understanding social networking sites and how to keep your children safe. | Common sense media |
| Great advice to help keep your children safe online. | Think U Know |
| Safety information for the whole family. | Microsoft Protect |
| Report any illegal content on the internet. | Internet Watch |
| Keep up to date with any e-safety issues. | ChildNet |
| Safety information for parents. | Safer Internet |
| Information on gaming safely with resources for parents and children. | Get Game Smart |
| Understand and share the world of social networking websites with your children. | Make it Secure |
| 2Simple guide to help support you in enabling your child to grow into a responsible digital citizens. | Parenting in a DIGITAL WORLD |
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A video which teaches children about things which they should not do when using a device. |
Undressed (lgfl.net) |
In this ever changing world of online apps and games, do you know what to look out for to keep your children safe? We have included some factsheets and information guides below and will be regularly adding to them. Click on the links for more information.
WhatsApp - Important information for parents
9 tips to get smart about smart children's devices
ROBLOX - top tips for parents
TikTok - what parents need to know
Parenting In a Digital World - a guide for parents that covers key areas of online safety for primary-aged children
Screen Addiction - help your child find the right screen time balance.
FIFA - a parent's guide
YouTube - what parents need to know
Kik - online safety guide for parents
Fortnite - a parent' guides need to know
E-safety Tips - for parents of primary school children
Minecraft - top tips for parents
Online Bullying - what children need to know
Stay Safe at Home - a Christmas online safety song for parents. If you have digital gifts under your tree, watch this.
From Skype to Snapchat, Parent Zone examine parental and privacy controls, and how easy it is for kids to access the services. To see the guides click here.
Parent guides to the issues and dangers of using some of the online apps and online gaming devices can be found below: