E-safety
The online world is a fantastic place, it gives us all an amazing link to others worldwide. It enables students to do schoolwork, to take part in remote learning, to play games and to communicate with friends and family near and far. Students are accessing the online world more and more each day and that is why we need to ensure we are all educated in how to use it safely.
We are proud to deliver online safety advice on a weekly basis during personal tutor time, with additional coverage in computing and ethics lessons.
Please click here to visit the Internet Matters website, where you can get useful tips to help children use smartphones and mobile devices safely. Explore each guide for simple steps to set up parental controls, manage privacy, block content, and more.
Digital Leaders
Online safety is very important to us all at Chatham Grammar and we are proud to have our team of Digital Leaders. We currently have 10 digital leaders with all key stages being represented within the team. The students work together to produce a range of activities for other students, such as quizzes, competitions, weekly tips, assemblies, and they offer advice through drop-in sessions or short video clips.
If you are a student interested in becoming a digital leader, please contact Mrs Sanger, our E-Safety lead via email, we are always looking for new online safety enthusiasts: sanger@ukat.org
If you are a parent and are interested in learning more about how to keep safe online, we are offering free access to the Online Safety Alliance platform, where you can complete online courses on digital safety. Please click here.
Log in with your google account, click on available courses and chose a course of your choice for the relevant key stage. The enrolment keys can be found in letters sent home or from emailing Mrs Sanger on sanger@ukat.org.
Here are guides for the most commonly used platforms by our students at CG.
Here are guides to help young people in how to stay safe online, including when using group chats.
Our advice to our students - How to Stay Safe Online
Never give out personal details to online friends you do not know offline. Personal details include your email address, mobile phone number, school name, any clubs you go to, arrangements for meeting up with friends and any pictures or videos of yourself, family, or friends. Small pieces of information can easily be pieced together to form a comprehensive insight into your life and daily activities.
Think carefully about the information and pictures you post on your profile; once published online, anyone can change or share these images of you. Do not to post any pictures, videos or information on your profile, or in chat rooms, that you would not want a parent or carer to see.
If you receive spam or junk e-mail and texts, never believe their contents, reply to them or use them.
Do not open files that are from people you don't know. They could contain a virus or an inappropriate image or film.
Some people lie online and therefore it's better to keep online mates online.
Never meet up with any strangers without being in the company of an adult you trust.
Always tell a trusted adult (your parent/carer/teacher/family friend etc.) about something which makes you feel uncomfortable.
Useful links for more information
Sites to visit for advice/help:
www.thinkuknow.co.uk the main UK Government website with advice on how to keep safe online.
www.ceop.police.uk the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) is the Government body dedicated to eradicating abuse of children. Concerns about inappropriate contacts between a child and an adult, including online, can be reported directly to CEOP. There is usually an option available to "report abuse to CEOPS ", on most social networking sites, like Facebook - simply click the "button".
www.childline.org.uk Childline is a service provided by the NSPCC, operated by trained volunteer counsellors. It is the UK's free, 24-hour helpline if you are distressed or in danger. You can call the free helpline for support: 0800 11 11.
If you need to report a concern to the Academy, you can email: refernow@ukat.org
Or you can speak to your Personal Tutor, Mrs Sanger (E-Safety lead) or Ms Rogers, Ms Kadejoh, Ms Knight and Mrs Rose (our Student Support Team).