12 December 2016
By Rebecca Avery
Online Safety at Christmas Time and Beyond - Template Letter to share with Parents
Please note the 2017 version can be found here. As Christmas draws near, many children may be looking forward to receiving new electronic devices or games under the tree. Educational settings may find this to be an appropriate time to highlight some simple online safety tips to help parents/carers make safer choices when buying new devices. It may also serve as a timely reminder to consider how parents/carers can help to keep their children safer online during the festive period and beyond. To help support educational settings with this, the e-Safety Development Officer has created a template letter that Designated Safeguarding Leads, Headteachers or Managers may wish to adapt and share with their communities. The letter is based around four top tips:
- Make informed choices
- Setting boundaries
- Filters and Parental Controls
- Talk to your children
- Childnet - Tech Gifts this Christmas
- UK Safer Internet Centre - Buying Technology this Christmas?
- Parent Zone - Choosing the right console game for Christmas
- Parent Zone - DigiDog’s tech-mas tail
- '12 Shares of Christmas': Tips to stop over-sharing online
