Online Safety
At Bridgewater we are committed to developing your children as responsible online citizens. This means not only educating them in how to stay safe online whilst in school, but how to act responsibly when at home and when using technology without adult supervision.
Your children will receive ‘ Online Safety’ lessons as part of our whole curriculum with a specific focus during their Computing and PSHE lessons on a termly basis. Online Safety issues will also be reinforced during assemblies and through Safer Internet Day.
Unfortunately not all content online is appropriate or legal and with increased internet usage, it is possible you or your children may come across harmful content online.
Due to this increased risk, we have added a 'Report Harmful Content' button to accompany the wealth of online safety information on our parent and child online safety pages.
Children under 13 years of age are encouraged to tell an adult that they trust about what has happened and to ask for their help in reporting this going through the 'How we can help' link below:
https://reportharmfulcontent.com/assets/documents/flow-chart-english.pdf
NSPCC - SEND Online Safety Hub
The NSPCC have made available a brand new online resource which will be useful for parents. Quote - Net Aware has partnered with Ambitious About Autism to bring online safety tips, advice and activities specifically for parents and carers of children with SEND.You can find the online safety hub HERE. https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/#SEND
To read any of our school policies relating to Online Safety, please follow the link to website page below:
https://www.bridgewaterprimary.net/parents-information/policies
In order to support your children, we have provided links to the following resources and documents. These can be found on the side of this page.
Online Safety Newsletters
Please see below links for our most recent Online Safety Newsletters. The newsletters have helpful information about parental controls and privacy settings to support children to remain safe when online. If you need any additional support please speak to your child's teacher or contact Mrs Nicola Redden our online safety lead.