Schools need to ensure that they embed online safety
throughout the curriculum, with regular sessions aimed at educating pupils of all ages on the dangers posed whilst at the same time ensuring they also understand the huge benefits from technology. Asking questions of pupils such as ‘How many of your online friends have you actually met in person?’, ‘How many of your online friends have your parents met in person?’ etc can highlight to them that they do not really know very much at all about many of these so-called ‘friends’. Involve the children themselves in the development of
policies and agreed behaviours around use of technology and online safety – if they help to put together an acceptable use policy, they are more likely to adhere to it.
Mike Beverley: Very much so. Whether children view e-safety at the same level of danger and peril as we do, I don’t know. I don’t think the concern is as great amongst the student body, because they have more faith in digital relationships and technology, as it’s always been part of their communications mix.
Daley Robinson: Children are the most aware stakeholders in the school environment, although they may not be the most ‘willing’ to follow the rules and make the right decisions. Young people understand the importance of safety online both inside and outside school.
Is it important to involve students in the development of any new e-safety policies? How can we do this?
Carmel Glassbrook: Participation equals ownership. If the pupils at your school are involved in the creation of the policies we believe they will have greater respect for the policies in place and are more likely to support them. This will then hopefully give them a good understanding of how to conduct themselves online in and out of school. This could be initiated in whole class discussion/ mind mapping session and written up as a literacy project. We also provide templates for these policies that can help you create the policy that is right for your setting.
Will Gardner: We think it’s essential to include young people in shaping all aspects of your school’s e-safety provision. Not only are Ofsted looking out for this to identify outstanding practice in schools, it means that schools will develop policies that are meaningful, alive and evolving – rather than collecting dust in a filing cabinet somewhere!
Tony Anscombe: When developing any kind of policy, it’s always important to involve those directly affected. In this case, schools should be taking the time to talk to students about how they use the internet and what
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