Safer Internet Week

We had some interesting discussions in the Primary school last week about how we stay safe online. Safer Internet Day is celebrated globally on the first Tuesday of February and this year we focused on listening to how children use the Internet and their ideas for a better online world.

The classes took part in various activities for the whole week, read stories and role-played different situations that children might find themselves in online; practising asking for help was the key objective. Children in Key Stage 2 looked at issues faced by children online and rated them in different ways, such as which issues are most commonplace in their lives, which ones worry them the most or which issues are in more need of adult support and guidance.

One of the stories the children read online was about Hanni, a little girl with a magic window, which our students quickly realised was a metaphor for the online world. It is about speaking up and getting help. Children in Year 3 designed their own magic windows and talked about what they would do and say if they were Hanni, the character in the story. The story can be read by families at home here :https://www.childnet.com/resources/hanni-and-the-magic-window/

Louise Russell

PSHE coordinator and Year 5 Teacher