E-safety

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A survey found that the average 6-14 year old communicates with more than 1,100 people online a year.

Over a 1/4 don't tell their parents how they spend time online.

The research showed that it's important to have a member of staff with a lead role focusing on e-safety who is IT literate + has enough time to oversee everything.

Schools need to be aware that e-safety policies need to be update regularly due to how fast technology changes.

The schools involve parents due to it affecting children both at school and at home.

The Acceptable Use Policies should be update annually to allow for new digital changes to be addressed.

The Acceptable Use Policies in the case study schools included rules and advice for children around:

• turning off the screen and informing an adult if they find anything unpleasant or disturbing online;

• touching files that are not their own;

• being respectful to other people online; •

sending abusive or inappropriate text messages;

• giving out personal details that might identify them or their location;

• placing photos of themselves online;

• denying access to unknown individuals;

• blocking unwanted communications;

• privacy settings, security and passwords.

Managed Learning Environments (MLE) allow students to report anything they were disturbed by while on the school's network.

Schools need to educate the staff so that they can help to educate the pupils about e-safety.

After watching a video, children made changes to their social media accounts.