INTERNET SAFETY
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It's the school holidays—let's work together to support off-device fun, limit screen time, and stay safe online!
Online Gaming Safety for Parents
Always supervise your children if gaming online, and ensure they are not in contact with unknown users.
Its important to follow legal age restrictions when your child accesses online platforms. Many games are designed for older audiences and may expose younger users to inappropriate content or interactions.
Make sure that your child is sleeping soundly and is not playing games well into the night. We strongly recommend that children are not given access to devices in their bedrooms.
Essential Information for Parents
The eSafety Commission offers a wealth of resources to help parents navigate online gaming safely.
We strongly recommend visiting:
🔗 eSafety Gaming Advice for Parents
Topics include:
What is online gaming?
How common is gaming among children?
How to create a safe gaming environment
How much gaming time is too much?
Understanding cyberbullying and grooming risks
Practical tips to keep your child safe online
Managing In-Game Purchases
Managing In-Game Purchases
Many games offer in-game purchases, such as:
Additional content
Special abilities or upgrades
Managing In-Game Purchases
Many games offer in-game purchases, such as:
Additional content
Special abilities or upgrades
In-game currency
Some games are free to download but may require payments to progress or access special features.
Tips for Parents:
🔹 Talk with your child about in-game purchases and the costs involved.
🔹 Help them understand how quickly small amounts can add up.
🔹 Set a spending limit for games and apps — weekly or monthly.
🔹 Use parental controls on mobile devices and consoles to:
Restrict in-game purchases
Require permission for downloads and spending
🔹 Consider keeping store passwords private or setting up Family Sharing to approve all purchases.
More advice:
Talk to a GP about support options
Contact Kids Helpline: 📞 1800 55 1800
Explore more here:
🔗 Understanding Gaming – Headspace
Free webinars for parents and carers
These live webinars give parents and carers the knowledge, skills and tools to support their children to have safe online experiences.
Supporting healthy tech use as your child transitions into high school
This 30-minute webinar explores the social pressures, peer influences, and technological challenges young people face as they transition into high school. It also offers practical strategies for navigating online friendships and connections to help minimise negative experiences.
It's suitable for parents and carers of children in upper primary school (ages 11 to 12) and Year 7.
2025: Term 1 dates (Australian Eastern Daylight Time)
12 February, 12.30pm
25 February, 3.30pm
FOLLOW THIS LINK TO REGISTER FOR THE NEXT WEBINAR https://register.gotowebinar.com/rt/5292449078565496666
Follow this link to access resources from https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/webinars
SAFER INTERNET DAY TUESDAY 11th FEBRUARY
Safer Internet Day (SID) is an annual event that raises awareness about online safety. It provides an opportunity for our students to learn how to be safe online and to learn about a positive online environment. This Tuesday our students can dress up as someone who helps them to celebrate the day.
Having a Trusted Adult
A key message of Safer Internet Day is having a trusted adult to turn to when faced with online problems. It is crucial for students to know who they can talk to if they feel unsafe or uncomfortable online.
The Helping Hand and Identifying Trusted Adults
The Helping Hand helps students identify trusted adults. In our class activities, students draw around their hand and list five trusted adults that they can turn to for help or advice.
Kids Helpline
The Kids Helpline (1800 55 1800) is a free, 24/7 counselling service for young people in Australia. Knowing about the Kids
Helpline gives children extra confidence that help is always available.
CYBER SAFETY WEBINARS FOR PARENTS
Use the link below to find out about cyber safety support for parents and register for free webinars
Term 3 dates (Australian Eastern Standard Time)
Tuesday, 13 August, 12.30 pm
Wednesday, 11 September, 12.30 pm
Cyber Safety Evening Wednesday 8th May
Congratulations to the Year 6 Leaders who planned and presented games and information at the Cyber Safety Evening. This event was well attended by Year 3 to 5 students and their parents. The main focus of the night was to share the importance of maintaining positive and supportive communication with your children about their online experiences and concerns. Recent student survey data shows that only 50% of our current Year 6 students will talk to someone about a serious problem. We need to encourage our students to seek help when the problem first occurs so that any harmful effects can be minimised.
The parents enjoyed the games of Kahoots and Bingo. The presentation was engaging and fun. The winners of the games won boxes of chocolates and there were some lovely door prizes.
The Year 6 Leaders we competent and confident. They enjoyed the evening meal at the Korean restaurant before the presentation.
Thank you Student Voice and Wellbeing Leaders.
YEAR 5 Cyber Safety Evening Wednesday May 8th -6.30pm
We invite parents to attend with their child to examine some of the issues that students face and how parents can help their child to be a safe, responsible and respectful digital citizen.
Cyber safety .movThis video was produced by some Year 5 students. How can we help our students develop as sense of trust and safety in their online world?
HOW CAN I SUPPORT MY CHILD TO BE A RESPONSIBLE USER OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY?
Join one of these free webinars for parents and carers.
These live webinars give parents and carers the knowledge, skills and tools to support their children to have safe online experiences.
Use the link provided to register for a webinar
Term-1-2024-parent-carer-webinar-flyer.pdfSAFER INTERNET DAY TUESDAY 6TH FEBRUARY 2024
Watch the presentation below to find out about internet safety.
Parent Resources
Raising Kids in the Digital World 2023
https://www.informandempower.com.au/parents
Wednesday March 15th, 2023
RAISING KIDS IN THE DIGITAL WORLD
https://www.informandempower.com.au/parent-presentation
PARENT MORNING SESSION
Session: Raising Kids in a Digital World 2023
(WITH TRANSLATOR TO BE SUPPLIED BY ST JOSEPH'S)
Presenters: Martin McGauran & Carley McGauran
Time: 9.00am
PARENT EVENING SESSION - (Child Minding available in the School Library)
Session: Raising Kids in a Digital World 2023
(TRANSLATOR WILL ONLY BE PROVIDED FOR THE MORNING SESSION)
Presenters: Martin McGauran & Carley McGauran
Time: 7.00pm
St Joseph's Primary School Wishes everyone a Happy Safer Internet Day
Who are the people you can ask to help you when you have a worry or problem?
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FEBRUARY 7th SAFER INTERNET DAY 2023
Students at St Joseph's Primary School are always learning about eSafety. This Year's theme is Connect, Reflect, Protect. Setting expectations, rules and safety procedures with your chidren will help them become responisble online users of digital technology.
Link to eSafety Parents Page
https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents
Link to Parent Webinars
Webinars for parents and carers
Join one of our free webinars for parents and carers.
These live webinars give parents and carers the knowledge, skills and tools to support their children to have safe online experiences.
Our 2023 webinars include a broad range of topics that will be delivered by our expert education and training team.
https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/webinars
Link to information about Safer Internet Day
SAFER INTERNET DAY (SID)
7th FEBRUARY 2023
Play it Safe and Fair Online
This Safer Internet Day, we are all encouraged to play it safe and fair online.
Join the global initiative that brings families, schools, organisations and governments from 170 countries together to raise awareness about online safety.
There is no place for online abuse. We can all help to make life online enjoyable by being kind and respectful to each other .
TUESDAY 7th FEBRUARY DRESS UP DAY.
As a way to place the importance of the day we would like students to come to school dressed as a person who helps the community. This could be a doctor, carpenter, priest, parent or grandparent. Please make sure your child is dressed suitably for the weather and has suitable footwear for outside play. We have planned some special activities related to this event and invite children to bring a GOLD COIN DONATION in a named envelope on Tuesday. This money will be sent to support Kids Helpline. This is an online service where students can talk to a trained adult about any problem.
School Promo Video.mp4Safer Internet Day 2023 Tuesday 7th February
Safer Internet Day (SID) is a day of international focus on the positve aspects of the Internet. It promotes digitial respect and responsibility and focuses on making the online space a better place. At St Joseph's we use this event to promote postive digital practices. What students do and view at home has a huge impact on their mental wellbeing, their real life relationships and how they function and connect with classmates at school. This is an area where home and school must work together to support the child. If you need any support or have problems please talk firstly to the classroom teacher and then discuss the situation with school leadership so the situation can be resolved.
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Parent Resourceshttps://www.esafety.gov.au/parents
Help in languages other than English https://www.esafety.gov.au/diverse-groups/cultural-linguistic/translations
WEBENARS FOR PARENTS https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/webinars
2022 dates (Australian Eastern Daylight Time)
Tuesday 8 February 12.30 to 1.30 pm
Thursday 10 February 12.30 to 1.30 pm
Wednesday 23 February 7.30 to 8.30 pm
The WEBENAR presentation is designed for parents and carers of young people aged 5 to 12 years old.
It will cover:
how to talk to young people about online risks on different social media platforms and games
how to help young people develop skills to protect themselves when they are online
where to go for help if things go wrong and how to access mental health support and information through eSafety.
INTERNET SAFETY FOR PARENTS
Parent Resources (English) https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/resources
A video version of "Raising Kids in a Digital World 2021" is available for you to share with your school community: https://youtu.be/Xq-ukCS31dM
In addition, the link to all the slides and resources is found at:
www.informandempower.com.au/parents
Password: informempower
Cyber Safety Parent Seminar
Supporting your children to be smart, safe and responsible online is challenging for any parent.
Thank you to the parents who attended one of the two cyber safety sessions we provided on Wednesday 28th April.
SAFER INTERNET DAY FEBRUARY 9th 2021
On Safer Internet Day the world comes together with a shared vision of making online experiences better for everyone.
To mark Safer Internet Day on Tuesday 9 February 2021 eSafety Australia are releasing new research, Digital Lives of Aussie Teens. They are also launching two new resources for young children, the Swoosh, Glide and Rule Number 5 picture book and My Family Rules song by Lah-Lah.
eSafety Australia provide a new Virtual Classroom webinar for primary schools, Be an eSafe kid: Fake news, real harms and a new webinar for parents and careers, Cyberbullying and online drama.
HOW WILL ST JOSEPH'S PRIMARY CELEBRATE THE SAFER INTERNET DAY?
The school will:
Teach the students how to be safe, smart and responsible users of digital technology
Make the students aware of Kids Helpline and the services it provides
Show and discuss videos and resources related to internet safety and responsibilities
Provide students with a support structure so that they know what to do if they have a problem, are bullied or view something that makes them feel uncomfortable (Helping Hand-Trusted Adults)
Understand why we have students and parents sign our School Internet User Agreement
So join the global campaign, supported by millions of people in 170 countries across the world.
• Visit esafety.gov.au/SID to find out how to start the chat at work, at home and in your community.
• Sign up for the Safer Internet Day webinar for parents and carers, eSafety’s guide to cyberbullying and online drama.
Help us make every day a Safer Internet Day!
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Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
Explore online safety advice and resources in Vietnamese.
These resources will support caregivers in opening up a range of conversations with their families about safe, smart, responsible digital citizenship.
https://www.esafety.gov.au/diverse-groups/cultural-linguistic/translations/vietnamese
Internet Safety 2022
RESOURCES AND INFORMATION / COPING WITH LOCKDOWN
eSAFETY
https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-issues/covid-19
KIDS'S HELPLINE
BLACKDOG INSTITUTE
HEADSPACE
https://headspace.org.au/covid-19/
https://headspace.org.au/young-people/how-to-cope-with-stress-related-to-covid-19/
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