Online Safety for Children

Online safety is a priority at Borrow Wood. The internet is not going to go away so teaching the children about how to use it safely and properly is a key responsibility for us. It is therefore important that we work together as a school community to ensure that our children are kept safe. As a starting point we have sourced the activities on this page for the children to learn about online safety in a child-friendly way. Please spend some time 'playing and learning' together.

Advice for children and parents!

If you come across anything on the internet that makes you feel unhappy, upset or uncomfortable you need to tell a trusted adult at home or at school. You can click on the sign below to go to a website called CEOP and find some more activities and report any concerns you have.

The link to the UK Safer Internet Centre below will take you to lots of online activities and games for children aged 3 - 11.

Grid Club The cybercafé within Gridclub is a safe online community where you can make choices without getting hurt. You can join in the fun at the cybercafé by playing the game. If your school isn’t teaching the Internet Proficiency scheme through Gridclub, why not speak to your teachers about it and tell them how exciting it is!

Kidsmart Kidsmart gives you lots of advice on how to stay safe online. There’s a section for kids under 11 years old and a separate section for those over 11 years old. 4 great games will test your online safety knowledge.

Net Smartz Kids Be totally cool and show your friends how much you know about Internet safety by watching the video clips on here. There are also loads of activities and games that will test your knowledge!

Safe Kids Quiz The Online Safety Quiz is your chance to show that you know how to be a safe Internet surfer. Answer each question and, when you get it right, you'll go to the next question.

Think You Know The “Thinkuknow” website is brought to you by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) centre. You may have seen some of their video clips on National TV recently. There’s a lot of information here for both children and adults – parents even have their own area of the site! Teachers have the chance to train from the professionals and then deliver suitable training in schools.