Blackmoor Park Infant School
& Kindergarten
Part of The Three Saints Academy Trust
Online Safety at Blackmoor Park Infant School
Online-Safety is an important part of keeping children safe at Blackmoor Park Infant School and Kindergarten. We have security measures in place in school provided by the Agilisys (The Three Saints Academy Trust) which are monitored both internally and externally, to help safeguard pupils from potential dangers or unsuitable material. Any Online-Safety incidents are recorded and managed in accordance with our Online-Safety Policy. Online-Safety is taught to all pupils through age appropriate activities explaining and demonstrating how to stay safe and behave appropriately online through the computing and PSHCE curriculum.
We can only be successful in keeping children safe online if we work with parents to ensure the Online-Safety message is consistent. It is important that parents speak to their children about how they can keep safe and behave appropriately online.
It’s essential to be realistic - banning the internet or technology will not work and it often makes a child less likely to report a problem. Education around safe use is essential.
eSafety
This page contains information about how you can safeguard your child online. If you wish to find out more about safeguarding, please visit our Safeguarding and Wellbeing page under Key Information.
Below are a number of guides about current high-profile safeguarding matters.
Information for Parents and Carers
Finding games for children which are appropriate for their age, which work on the devices the children use and the children will actually enjoy playing can be a minefield, particularly when parents are being bombarded with the 'but everyone else is playing this game' guilt trip. Game Finder is a service available from Taming Gaming which walks parents through various aspects, such as how old is your child? What devices do they have? What types of games do they like to play? And then gives a list of recommendations of suitable games.
You can find Game Finder by clicking this link
Social Media Privacy
If your child is using social networking sites to chat to friends and family or share their latest selfie, take a look at internetmatters.org's list of social media guides to get you up to speed on the most popular platforms and help them set the right privacy settings.
Please find below some useful Social Media guides. Social Media, Gaming, Photo, and Video APPs Explained
Blackmoor Park Safeguarding Curriculum
We are pleased to announce that eSafety will be a key component of our whole-school safeguarding curriculum. As part of our ongoing commitment to children's safety and well-being, we will be delivering lessons focused on staying safe online. These lessons will address important topics such as responsible technology use, online bullying, privacy, and how to navigate digital spaces securely. Our aim is to equip children with the essential knowledge and skills to make safe and informed choices when using the internet, both at school and at home. We encourage parents and carers to support these efforts by discussing eSafety at home and promoting responsible online behaviour.
Please note that no search engine is ever 100% safe but below provides some links to some “safer” search engines:
Research searching:
Google offers a safer search option for children searching on the Internet. Click here to read more.
Image searching:
Gaming:
When children are accessing games via Xbox LIVE, privacy settings can be set up. To read more, click here.