Latest e-safety advice and guidance

• Online Safety This guide features what children do online, the threat of online strangers and how to ensure a healthy balance between Internet use, your children's online privacy and digital security

Four key messages for Parents and Carers

1. Use this as an opportunity to talk to your child about their use of the internet

With children and parents spending more time at home, now is a great time to continue to chat with your child about how they are using online technology and what it means to them. Their use of apps and games may have changed since the outbreak, so now is a good time to check in!

2. Explore Thinkuknow resources using the #OnlineSafetyAtHome activity packs

Every fortnight Thinkuknow will release a new set of #OnlineSafetyAtHome activity packs to share with children between the ages of 3 and 16. Use these to help you keep up a positive, supportive conversation about safety online in your home

3. Tell your children to report anything that worries them

It’s important that children and young people always know where to go if they come across something that worries them or makes them feel uncomfortable online. Remind them regularly that you’re there to help.

4. Use parental controls

Setting parental controls can be a quick and effective tool to help protect your children online, and should be installed on all devices that children use.

Remember if something has happened online that to your child that has made them feel unsafe, scared or worried, you can report directly to CEOP following the link below. If you are worried that a child is in immediate danger, please call 999.

• https://www.ceop.police.uk/Safety-Centre/
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If you are a parent or carer we hope you will find the links below useful.

• Changes Free Mental Health Support for Children, Young People and Adults in Stoke, Newcastle and Staffordshire Moorlands
• Anna Freud - National Centre for Children and Families
• Place2Be - Improving children's mental health
• Young Minds
• The Mix - Essential support for under 25s
• Every Mind Matters

• Ofsted Parent View You can share your views with Ofsted at any time using the link below
• CEOP News and articles surrounding internet safety.
• Internet matters For support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online
• Net-aware For support for parents and careers from the NSPCC
• Educate against hate
• Think You Know Great advice to keep children safe whilst using the internet.
• Parent Information Expert information to help children and young people stay safe online.
• UK Safer Internet Centre E-safety tips, advice and resources.
• NSPCC SafetyOnline Helpful advice and tools you can use to help keep your child safe whenever and wherever they go online.
• NSPCC - Online safety for children: what parents need to know
• NSPCC and O2 Call the helpline, visit an O2 Guru or explore the online safety advice for everything you need to keep children safe online.
• Action for Children Action for Children supports and speaks for the UK's most vulnerable and neglected children and young people.
• Childnet International Parents and Carers information to keep your child safe online.
• BBC Bitesize Fun activities to help children at learn more key subjects.
• Department for Education Articles and advice for children and young people.
• Talking to children when things go wrong. Guidance on how to approach difficulult talking points such as terror attacks.
• Keeping Children Safe Online Guidance for parents
• Keeping Children Safe in Education - September 2019
• Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018
• Welcome to GOV UK Link
• ACE Education
• BBC Education News
• Stoke-on-Trent City Council Link