Online Safety

Apex Legends: Everything a parent needs to know

The use of technology has become a significant component of many safeguarding issues. An effective approach to online safety empowers us to protect and educate our children in their use of technology and establishes mechanisms to identify, intervene in, and escalate any incident where appropriate.

On entry to our school, every parent and child signs an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP).

Our IT curriculum ensures that the 3 key areas of risk online (Content, Contact, Conduct) are addressed thoroughly. In addition, we work alongside the Met Police in our delivery of online safety objectives.

We have also signed up to the NSPCC’s ‘online newsletter’ and will share bulletins with parents via this website, so parents can partner with us in keeping children safe online.

The following websites offer resources and advice for children and parents:

NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children)

CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection)

Safety Net Kids

Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media has been at the forefront when it comes to understanding media's potential to shape cultural values, expand access to learning, and tackle tricky topics for kids and families. Their growing catalog of ratings and reviews continues to evolve to meet this changing landscape, and to cover new dimensions that today's parents and caregivers are seeking.

Today their library features more than 40,000 reviews across movies, TV shows, games, books, apps, and podcasts as well as ratings and curations of movies with authentic and diverse characters.

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/articles/big-kids

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/articles/tweens