What Is The Internet?
The Internet is a huge network of computers making a worldwide community.
It is a way of connecting computers together so that people using them can:
- Talk to each other and have fun
- Send and receive messages
- Obtain information and resources
- Publish information
- Buy and sell things
Why Do We Use The Internet In School?
The Internet is a unique and exciting resource.
It brings the world into the classroom.
It has many educational benefits:
- It gives children opportunities to find up to date information that might otherwise be unavailable in school
- It provides fast and efficient communication
- It encourages independent learning and children enjoy using it
- Use of the Internet is an essential skill for children as they grow up in the modern world
What Are The Dangers For My Child Using The Internet?
The Internet is available to all. This can bring young people into contact with unsuitable persons.
Children should be taught:
- People they encounter on the Internet are not always who they say they are
- That they should never give personal details to a stranger on the Internet
- That they should never meet alone anyone contacted via the Internet
What Can We Do In School?
In our school we do everything we can to protect children using the Internet:
- All access to the Internet is provided through a filtered service
- Internet use is supervised by an adult
- Children discuss and investigate Internet Safety issues as part of their PDMU programme.
- Children are taught Internet Safety Rules
Please find these websites useful and informative if you have any more concerns;
Think you know: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
CEOP: https://www.ceop.police.uk/Safety-Centre/
Safer Internet Centre: https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-centre/parents-and-carers
NSPCC: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/