At Huntington Primary Academy internet safety is interwoven throughout the computing curriculum. We use the National Centre for Computing Excellence’s Teach Computing curriculum throughout the school. This progressive curriculum has e-safety running through its core and is taught both discreetly and overtly. Additionally, our school building blocks feature the SMART rules which are referred to at the beginning of each lesson.

As part of the national Internet Safety Day, we run an annual e-safety week. During this week we run special assemblies and lessons across the school focused on online safety. This event uses age appropriate activities such as: stories, creating presentations and open discussion to equip pupils with the knowledge and skills to stay safe online and also what to do, and who to speak to, if they encounter anything on the internet that causes them worry or alarm.

S = SAFE
Keep safe by being careful not to give out personal information – such as your name, email, phone number, home address, school name to people who you don’t know or trust online.

M = MEETING
Meeting someone you have only just been in touch with online can be dangerous. Only do so with your parent’s or carer’s permission and even then only when they can be present.

A = ACCEPTING
Accepting emails, IM messages, or opening files, pictures or texts from people you don’t know or trust can lead to problems – they may contain nasty messages or viruses.

R = RELIABLE
Someone online might be lying about who they are, and information you find on the internet might not be correct.

T = TELL
Tell you parent, carer or a trusted adult if someone or something makes you feel uncomfortable while using the internet

Click on the button to go to a page with web links that will take you to helpful guides on setting parental controls for the most popular devices, apps and games consoles.