Online Safety - Children and parents
Fun and Games
The following sites all provide hours of fun as well as important safety lessons
| Traffic Club - A fab road safety website for Foundation Stage | Disney Online - activities for all ages |
| Child Line - Play the sky's the limit (instead of blues busters) | Crucial Crew- Watch out for hazards with the crucial crew! |
| Belfast City - Family Learning Fire safety games |
McGruff - Tons more safety games |
| Welephant - Help Welephant put out the fires! | Streetwise – How streetwise are you |
| Have Fun Stay Safe - links for different places | Home Safety – Can you spot the dangers? |
| Hants.Gov - Road safety games | BBC - Videos to help you understand bullying |
Online Safety - Teaching the Grown Ups
Please also above to find out more about how we're teaching the children to keep themselves safe. There are photos below for you to look at and fun websites for you to play on together too!Internet Matters
| Please visit Internet Matters for excellent information and resources to help keep your children safe online. |
| New Parenting in the Digital Age website Click here for advice and support on keeping your children safe. |
E-safety links for the grown ups
| Disney Online Don't be in the dark... |
| Think U Know Are you a switched on mum or digital dad?! - take the parent test! |
| Child Net A fab introduction to keeping up with your children on the internet! |
| Child Net BSL As above - IN BSL |
| Child Net Languages Scroll down to see the above in a variety of languages. |
| Kidsmart Keep ahead of your kids! |
| Direct Gov Need support becoming secure online? |
| BBC Webwise Need support using the internet? |
| Safety Internet Guide to popular online devices |
Sources of Further Support
Supporting parents: parental controls offered by your home internet provider
As a parent or carer you play a key role in helping your child to stay safe online. You don’t need to be an expert on the internet to help keep your child stay safe online. Our advice and resources are here to support you as you support your child to use the internet safely, responsibility and positively. The 4 big internet providers in the UK - BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media - provide their customers with free parental controls which can be activated at any time. They have come together to produce these helpful video guides to help you to download and set-up the controls offered by your provider. www.saferinternet.org.uk |
| O2 and NSPCC Online Safety helpline O2 and the NSPCC have launched a new free helpline to help you keep your children safe online. Call them on 0808 800 5002. You can get advice from experts on anything you’re not sure about, including:
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| Net Aware A guide to social networks your children may use - minimum age, what they involve and safety settings. |
| Safe Network Help your child stay safe |
| Child Safety Week Child Safety Week Parents' Section |
| NSPCC Advice on all aspects of keeping your children safe |
| Safe Kids - A wealth of fascinating articles |
At Herrick we are taught how to stay safe throughout the curriculum - whether it is when exploring the outdoors, using exciting outdoor play equipment, using safety in cooking/DT/PE or enjoying the outdoors.
Click to see our 'Staying Safe' photo albumBefore doing activities where we need to manage risks, we complete risk assessments with our teachers so we understand what we need to do keep ourselves safe and why. We also have lots of special visitors including our local community police officers, fire fighters and PE Specialists.  |
