Safer Internet Day 2024
On Tuesday 6th February 2024, we will be joining schools and youth organisations across the UK in celebrating Safer Internet Day 2024. Safer Internet Day is a global campaign to promote the safe and responsible use of technology, which calls on young people, parents, carers, teachers, social workers, law enforcement, companies, policymakers and more, to join together in helping to create a better internet.
Using the internet safely and positively is a key message that we promote at Prospect Hill Infant and Nursery School, and celebrating Safer Internet Day is a great opportunity for us to re-emphasise the online safety messages we deliver throughout the year.
The theme for this years’ Safer Internet Day is ‘’Inspiring change? Making a difference, managing influence and navigating change online’
Here at Prospect Hill Infant and Nursery School we will be getting involved with activities aimed at helping us to understand how to keep safe online and how to make the internet better.
We would be delighted if you could join us in celebrating the day by continuing the conversation at home. To help you with this, you may be interested in downloading the free Safer Internet Day Education Pack for Parents and Carers which is available at:
Safer Internet Day 2024: Free Advice for Parents and Carers - UK Safer Internet Centre
In school we have adopted “Smartie the Penguin” as our Internet Safety Mascot. He helps us remember our internet safety rules:
Take a look at the Smartie the penguin PowerPoint
https://www.childnet.com/resources/smartie-the-penguin
To help us remember how inportant internet safety is, we have been designing posters with Smartie the Penguin on them, displaying his important message. Take a look at some of these fantastic posters.
Below are some resources which you may find helpful in supporting your child online are:
- Advice for parents and carers from Childnet
- Tips, advice and guides for parents and carers from the UK Safer Internet Centre
- Guides on popular apps and games from NetAware
- Reviews and information about games, apps, TV shows and websites from Common Sense Media
- Help on using parental controls and privacy settings from Internet Matters
- Information and reporting of online grooming or abuse from CEOP
Online safety is an important issue which as a school we’re committed to teaching our children about.