Safer Schools NI
The Department of Education Northern Ireland (DENI), has partnered with INEQE Safeguarding Group to provide an award-winning Safer Schools App to support all school staff, parents and carers to keep children in their care safer online. At St. Peter's, we currently use this app to highlight areas of safeguarding with pupils through themed lessons, and take advantage of its free library of resources to support parents and carers who wish to be proactive in helping their children be safer online.
BENEFITS OF THE DENI SAFER SCHOOLS APP
The Safer Schools App contains contextual safeguarding information, advice and guidance tailored to meet the needs of its users. All roles, whether pupil, parent or teacher, have access to the Safety Centre, which explains safety settings, privacy settings and reporting/blocking functions for social media, apps, games and other platforms.
Search for ‘Safer Schools’ in the iOS App Store or on the Google Play Store. (You can download it on more than one device!)
Open the App and scan one of the QR codes below to log in.
Once downloaded, parents and Key Stage 2 children can build their level of confidence by completing Digital Proficiency tests* in the App.
*See the Parent/Pupil Entry Codes for access
Click to find out more: https://saferschoolsni.co.uk/parent-carer/
SSNI-ofcom.pdfOFCOM ROUND UP 2022
Ofcom has released its latest Media Use and Attitudes Report 2022 looking at the recent online trends and attitudes of children and parents across the UK.
In this edition, you can read about Online Safety Practice, the changing landscape of Social Media as well as children's attitudes towards gaming, use of multi-screening and how they report accessing digital mental health support.
To keep up to date with online threats, trends and risks as well as practical advice on making children and young people safer online, download the Safer Schools App today!