WVPS Online Safety Monthly Newsletters

July 2025 

This month's featured newsletter: Nintendo Switch 2 / Online Challenges and more...

Please Note: Previous month's newsletters and Online Safety articles can be found by scrolling down to the bottom of this page.

• Online Safety Newsletter - June 2025 - Online Privacy / VR / Instagram and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - May 2025 - Cyberbullying / Roblox / Ask Silver and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - April 2025 - Social Media Concerns / Group Chats / Screentime and more... 

• Online Safety Newsletter - March 2025 - AI / TikTok / The impact of smartphones and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - February 2025 - Squid Game / Snapchat and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - January 2025 - Fortnite Battle Royale / Get to know age ratings and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - November 2024 - WhatsApp / YouTube / Does your child want to be a YouTuber? / Among Us and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - October 2024 - Mobile Phones - Do you know the risks? / Instagram - Teen account features and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - September 2024 - Social Media Algorithms; Snapchat and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - July 2024 - CapCut / Chat roulette apps / Being unkind online / Y6 transition and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - May 2024 - Being online and children's mental health; Whatsapp Groups; Digital Addiction and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - March 2024 - Fortnight Battle Royale / Instagram / Managing Screen Time and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - February 2024 - Playstation parent conrols / Snapchat / YouTube Shorts and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - January 2024 - New Devices / Youtube / Lego Fortnite and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - December 2023 - Age Ratings / Snapchat / Cyberbullying and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - November 2023 - Roblox / Tiktok and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - September 2023 -  Back to school photos / Threads / Roblox update and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - June 2023 -  Social Media Influencers / Omegle / Rec Room and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - May 2023 -  Fortnite / Minecraft Legends / Rocket Leauge and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - April 2023 -  Being kind online (article) / Be Real (app) and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - March 2023 -  TikTok / Roblox and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - February 2023 -  PUBG / HiPal / Fallguys / New Instagram features and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - January 2023 -  Minecraft / Whatsapp / Setting up broadband / Whizz and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - December 2022 -  Game Console Parent Controls / Instagram / Be kind online / Reporting harmful content and more....

• Online Safety Newsletter - November 2022 -   Roblox / Discord / Yubo / Online under 5s and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - October 2022 -  Snapchat Update / Be Real and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - June 2022 -  Minecraft / GTA / Call of Duty (CoD) and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - May 2022 -  Social media and your child / Pop Ups and Adverts / Online Sexual Harassment and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - April 2022 -  Being a YouTuber / Parental controls for games consoles / What's in the news? - and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - March 2022 -  Smartwatches and fitness trackers / Snapchat / Supporting children with SEND and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - February 2022 -  Yubo, Discord, Being Kind Online and more...

• Online Safety Bulletin- February 2022 -  Safer Internet Day 2022

• Online Safety Newsletter - January 2022 -  TikTok, Fortnite,  Smart TVs, Lego build and talk...and more!

• Online Safety Newsletter - December 2021 - Parental controls for games, tablets, phones and consoles / Online games with chat / Advice for children's first phone... and much more!

• Online Safety Newsletter - November 2021 - Squid Game / Grand Theft Auto (GTA) / Age ratings of films and games / Inappropriate content and what to do... and more!

• Online Safety Newsletter - October 2021 - Roblox / YouTube / YouTube Kids / Gacha Life / WhatsApp: View once / Ian Wright's Tips for Responsible Gaming

• Online Safety Newsletter - September 2021 -  Ages for using social media apps / Snapchat / Monkey

Booklet on setting up the parental controls on a variety of different devices (xbox / playstation / home internet etc.) Really helpful information!

• Online Safety Newsletter - July 2021 - WhatsApp: Group chats / Discord / Instagram update / Games/apps for the Summer... and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - June 2021 - Omegle / Youtube - Supervised / Digital Footprints / Screentime Addiction / and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - May 2021 - Nintendo Switch / Snapchat / Houseparty / Roblox

• Online Safety Newsletter - April 2021 - TicTok - new tools / Hoaxes and online challenges / Hollie Guard App / and more...

• Online Safety Newsletter - March 2021 - Omegle / Instagram / Call of Duty / Fortnite

• Online Safety Newsletter - February 2021 - Safer Internet Day

• Online Safety Newsletter - January 2021 - Playstation/Xbox parent's guides / What is Dubsmash?

• Online Safety Newsletter - December 2020- Among Us / Twitch / Tik Tok

• Online Safety Newsletter - November 2020 - Fortnite / Video games age ratings / Cyberbullying and chatting online

• Online Safety Newsletter - September 2020 - Discord / YouTube

• Online Safety Newsletter - May 2020 - Online Bullying (Cyberbullying)

• NCCcybersafe - 2020 - A parent's guide to online safety within the home

• NCCcybersafe - 2020 - A parent's guide to social media and Online Gaming

• Knowsley CLCs - June 2020 - A parent's guide setting up parental controls on devices in the home

• NCC - Online Safety and Wellbeing Teaching Resources for teacher and parents

• NCC - A parent and child Online Safety Agreement form