ICT and E-Safety
Laithes Primary is committed to safeguarding all members of the school community. The internet and other digital and information technologies are greatly beneficial tools to children’s learning, but children need to be aware of how to use these tools appropriately and safely.
Laithes Primary educates children, parents and staff about the benefits, risks and responsibilities of using information technology.
"Think you know" website
This website is led by CEOP (the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre), which works with child protection partners across the UK and overseas to identify the main threats to children and coordinates activity against these threats to bring offenders to account.
Their job is to protect children from harm online and offline, directly through NCA led operations and in partnership with local and international agencies. Through the Think You Know website, both children and parents can report any online abuse and get advice and help. Here's a link to the website.
Also, below is our Report Harmful Content button.
The RHC button is an asset of SWGfL, a charity working internationally to ensure all benefit from technology, free from harm.
The button has been developed to offer anyone living in the UK a simple and convenient mechanism for gaining access to reporting routes for commonly used social networking sites, gaming platforms, apps and streaming services alongside trusted online safety advice, help and support. It also provides access to an online mechanism for reporting online harm to the RHC service for those over the age of 13 where an intial report has been made to industry but no action has been taken. RHC will review content in line with a sites' community standards and act in a mediatory capacity where content goes against these.
Children under 13 years of age are encouraged to tell an adult that they trust about what has happened and to ask for their help in reporting this going through our how we can help resource together.
RHC also have advice and links to reporting routes for other online harms people may come across or face, such as impersonation, privacy violations and intimate image abuse.
The RHC button provides a gateway to the RHC reporting pages, an area of the RHC website offering:
Reports can be made to RHC by anyone over the age of 13. SWGfL operates 3 helplines and to be sure you're getting the right support take a look at the Helpline flowchart to find out who can best support you.
Laithes Primary educates children, parents and staff about the benefits, risks and responsibilities of using information technology.
"Think you know" website
This website is led by CEOP (the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre), which works with child protection partners across the UK and overseas to identify the main threats to children and coordinates activity against these threats to bring offenders to account.
Their job is to protect children from harm online and offline, directly through NCA led operations and in partnership with local and international agencies. Through the Think You Know website, both children and parents can report any online abuse and get advice and help. Here's a link to the website.
Also, below is our Report Harmful Content button.
The RHC button is an asset of SWGfL, a charity working internationally to ensure all benefit from technology, free from harm.
The button has been developed to offer anyone living in the UK a simple and convenient mechanism for gaining access to reporting routes for commonly used social networking sites, gaming platforms, apps and streaming services alongside trusted online safety advice, help and support. It also provides access to an online mechanism for reporting online harm to the RHC service for those over the age of 13 where an intial report has been made to industry but no action has been taken. RHC will review content in line with a sites' community standards and act in a mediatory capacity where content goes against these.
Children under 13 years of age are encouraged to tell an adult that they trust about what has happened and to ask for their help in reporting this going through our how we can help resource together.
RHC also have advice and links to reporting routes for other online harms people may come across or face, such as impersonation, privacy violations and intimate image abuse.
The RHC button provides a gateway to the RHC reporting pages, an area of the RHC website offering:
- links to reporting routes on commonly used sites for 8 types of online harm
- help, advice and support on what to do if experiencing or witnessing harm online
- signposting to industry partners reporting forms and the ability to reportlegal but harmful content directly to RHC for further investigation
Reports can be made to RHC by anyone over the age of 13. SWGfL operates 3 helplines and to be sure you're getting the right support take a look at the Helpline flowchart to find out who can best support you.
If you have an interest, talent or curiosity in gaming or coding then there are a range of helpful online activities available to ethically test, challenge and develop your cyber skills. So why not give it a go?
Code Academy
Interested in learning to code? This is a great place to start.
codecademy.com
Free Code Camp
Thousands of free videos, articles, and interactive coding lessons.
freecodecamp.org
Why not give them a try?
BBC Own it App
Code Academy
Interested in learning to code? This is a great place to start.
codecademy.com
Free Code Camp
Thousands of free videos, articles, and interactive coding lessons.
freecodecamp.org
Why not give them a try?
BBC Own it App
The BBC Own It keyboard and app can help kids enjoy the internet and connect with friends much more safely.
Guidance and support during online chat - the special keyboard can be used like any other keyboard, but it also offers advice to children as they type and intervenes to support children with tips and advice. The information and guidance can help your child with their fears and emotions around a wide variety of subjects. The keyboard works on all messaging/social platforms.
Wellbeing – writing down how you feel has proven benefits. The app has an easy to use diary feature and mood tracker that helps kids express themselves in a fun way and manage their emotions.
Connecting with others - The keyboard is packed full of gifs, emojis and conversation suggestions to help young people express themselves or even to swerve the conversation.
Entertainment – there’s loads of other fun stuff for kids to enjoy including quizzes and videos – which will also help them make the best decisions in their online life.
Privacy - Everything that your child types is kept completely private, and never leaves the Own It app.
The BBC Own It keyboard and app is free to download from the Apple and Google Play app stores. It’s ad-free and there are no in-app purchases.
Guidance and support during online chat - the special keyboard can be used like any other keyboard, but it also offers advice to children as they type and intervenes to support children with tips and advice. The information and guidance can help your child with their fears and emotions around a wide variety of subjects. The keyboard works on all messaging/social platforms.
Wellbeing – writing down how you feel has proven benefits. The app has an easy to use diary feature and mood tracker that helps kids express themselves in a fun way and manage their emotions.
Connecting with others - The keyboard is packed full of gifs, emojis and conversation suggestions to help young people express themselves or even to swerve the conversation.
Entertainment – there’s loads of other fun stuff for kids to enjoy including quizzes and videos – which will also help them make the best decisions in their online life.
Privacy - Everything that your child types is kept completely private, and never leaves the Own It app.
The BBC Own It keyboard and app is free to download from the Apple and Google Play app stores. It’s ad-free and there are no in-app purchases.