E Safety

The internet is a fantastic place overflowing with knowledge, games and communities of people, and  just like pupils across the country, the pupils here at St. Joseph’s spend a great deal of time using the internet within school and at home. This is why it is important pupils learn how to be safe when browsing online and becoming members of online communities.

One way to make browsing the internet safer at home is to use a ‘safe search’ search engine.

Safe searching 

Below are links to search engines designed for children to use on the internet. 

www.kidsclick.org

www.childnet.com

And below is a link to the education version of YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/education

We also encourage parents to set up filtering on their home internet. To learn how to do this for the major providers of internet please click the text below.

Setting up internet filtering and parental controls

We also suggest parents visit the website link below for up to date information on Facebook privacy settings, as whilst we know that no children under the age of 13 should be on Facebook, if they are then they should be educated as to how to ensure they are safe.

www.internet-safety.yoursphere.com

In school, children learn about E-Safety through a scheme of lessons along with assemblies. We also encourage parents/carers to talk to their children about how to behave safety when online, to ensure pupils remain safe when browsing at home.