The school teaches children how to stay safe on line as part of the curriculum and during focus weeks or other events.
However your child will spend more time online at home and out-and-about than they do at school. Once you give your child a smart phone you are giving them unsupervised access to the internet.
The websites below offer parents and carers good advice to keep your child safe online:
A great resource to get children thinking about online safety.
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/
Information tips and advice for parents from a nationally recognised charity.
http://www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers/hot-topics/keeping-young-children-safe-online
A really easy to use site at childnet offering some good advice on a very readable website.
Parent guides to the issues and dangers of using some of the online apps and online gaming devices can be found below:
