Safeguarding Online Safety

We’re committed to helping families stay informed about the latest online safety challenges. Our Online Safety Hub provides practical advice, expert reviews, and guidance to protect children from new and emerging safeguarding risks and online harms. Via the hub, you’ll find detailed reviews of popular apps, games, and social media platforms, helping you understand potential risks and how to manage them. The hub also includes clear instructions for setting up and navigating parental controls, so you can confidently manage your child’s online activity.

Stay up to date with trends, tips, and resources designed to support your child’s digital wellbeing. Explore everything here: Online Safety Hub - Hamwic Education Trust.

E-safety

  • Awareness of bullying and peer on peer abuse
  • How to keep safe with adults children do not know - ‘Clever Never Goes’ programme
  • How to keep our body and minds healthy
  • How to keep safe in emergency situations such as when there is a fire
  • NSPCC PANTS (The Underwear Rule)

We teach these through many different ways in our curriculum: 

  • Assemblies
  • Direct teaching
  • Our RSHE curriculum through SCARF and Happy Minds
  • Healthy school days
  • Topics such as ‘People Who Help Us’, ‘Cyber Safety’- introducing the new Reception to ‘safe’ people in school
  • Local community representatives to support the curriculum such as Community Police, Fire Safety etc
  • Links with NSPCC

As a school, we work closely with parents so they can be supported to follow up messages given in school about keeping safe with their children. Below are some links to resources and information for parents:

Please use the links below to access guidance related to keeping your child safe whilst online and other helpful safeguarding information for parents/carers.

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