E-Safety
We are committed to promoting online safety for the whole school community at St. Matthew's.
For our children:
We teach e-safety throughout each half term using Project Evolve and throughout our HeartSmart PSHE lessons. Our Digital Leaders provide child-to-child learning, collaborate with the Online Safety Group, and much more. We carry out a range of surveys, as well as hosting whole school and key stage assemblies. We host competitions and work with other organisations, such as Childnet. We have our rules for online safety on display throughout the school. Every child signs an Acceptable Use Agreement, at the beginning of the academic year.
For our staff:
We provide regular training, collaborate with others and we carry out surveys. All governors, staff and volunteers read and sign our Acceptable Use Agreements annually.
For the rest of our school community:
We tweet (on our school Twitter page) posters with lots of information about various online topics/ issues. We share information weekly in our newsletter. We host workshops to create a greater awareness of current issues. We carry out surveys and we provide training opportunities. We encourage all families to read and acknowledge our Acceptable Use Agreement and to create their own rules for internet safety, at home. We report annually an overview of e-safety issues that have arisen within our school. We offer families to anonymously report internet safety. E-safety and linked policies are available on the school website.
The 8 core areas of e-safety are:
- Self-image and identity
- Online relationships
- Online reputation
- Online bullying
- Managing online information
- Health, well-being and lifestyle
- Privacy and security
- Copyright and ownership
Our progression statements have been developed from the following document:
Progression statements
The following website links have lots of information to help parents and carers. These will be updated regularly so please keep checking this page.