Online Safety at Buckland Newton Primary
E-Safety-and-Acceptable-Use-Policy 2025/27In our modern world there is no escaping technology, and there are lots of ways in which the computer chip has improved our lives. From its simple beginnings the computer chip is now used to control robots in factories, to help fly planes, to operate your mobile phone and even these days to operate your toothbrush!
However, the abundance of technology is not without its problems. Large organisations have had their websites attacked, people have received emails asking them for their bank details and people have used technology to send unkind messages to other people.
At Buckland Newton Primary School, we are always thinking about the best ways of keeping ourselves safe when using computers, games consoles or even mobile phones. We have had visits from the SSCT who have talked about some of the latest apps and games that are good to use and also ones that we might want to avoid.
If you would like to know more about how to keep yourself or your family safer, then please take a look at the latest newsletters from the Safer Internet organisation, by clicking on the links below. Visiting the Stop Think and Think U Know websites are both worth a look at too, as they have information about simple steps you can take to improve the safety of all users of modern technology
Resources for home
If you would like to speak to someone about using the internet at home with your children, then please contact Mr Sales or the school office. Childnet provides some excellent resources to use at home with your children. They have produced an Online Safety Agreement to use at home.
Online Safety Agreement to use at homeThere are also some other resources below to support you at home and to provide you with the information you need to keep your children safe online.
Online Safety Handout for Parents Protecting Young People Online PresentationThink U Know – containing internet safety advice for those aged from 5 to 16, along with parents and teachers, this site is produced by CEOP (the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre).Kidsmart – An award-winning internet safety programme for children.
Know IT All – lots of useful advice for keeping yourselves and your children safe on the Internet.
https://www.getsafeonline.org/
https://www.cybersmile.org/
http://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/
http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/
Reporting Concerns
If you have been a victim of a cyber-crime please report it online here. Alternatively if you wish to speak with someone call 101 or contact Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040, www.actionfraud.police.uk.
If you have any concerns that a child you know may be a victim of Child Sexual Exploitation report it to Dorset Police on 101 or if you believe a child is in immediate danger, call 999.