Online Safety

Banstead Infant School ensures that all children are safeguarded when using the internet through appropriate technical systems which are regularly tested and reviewed. Moreover, children are taught how to keep themselves safe whilst online in citizenship and the wider curriculum.

Further advice and support for parents is offered throughout the year in the monthly newsletter. This information is informed through NSPCC and CEOP guidance. The CEOP telephone number is: 0870 000 3344

For further help and advice on keeping children safe on the internet please click on the link to the NSPCC website.

For more information on how to keep children safe whilst online, see this link for the latest government guidance:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-keeping-children-safe-online/coronavirus-covid-19-support-for-parents-and-carers-to-keep-children-safe-online

Below are some helpful discussion points about staying safe online:

• Strangers – you would not talk to them on the street or invite them into your house, the internet is the same!
• Never give out personal information to anyone on the internet. Always ask an adult before you share any personal details.
• Never send pictures of yourself or family/friends to strangers and never upload these to public sites.
• Keep all passwords safe and do not share these.
• If a conversation makes you feel cold and prickly – alert a parent or guardian, or an adult at school. 

It is important to remember that there is a minimum age in which children can access social media websites and apps.

Below are some useful links that parents/guardians can share with their child to help relay messages around being safe online:

EYFS/KS1 Smartie the Penguin 

UK Safer Internet

The iNEQE Safeguarding Group have produced one-page “safety cards” which is straightforward information about privacy, blocking and reporting. Each one relates to a specific popular App such as Tiktok, Roblox and Youtube. Please see the link for more information: https://oursafetycentre.co.uk/safetycards

Click here to view our Online Safety Policy

Please see below useful safety card guides which you may find useful for the social media, gaming and virtual messaging and meeting sites that your child may have access to.