Childnet - making the internet a great and safe place
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We are an online safety charity and it is our mission to make the internet a great and safe place for all children and young people. We create free resources to be used with 3-18 year olds tackling online issues.
We are an online safety charity and it is our mission to make the internet a great and safe place for all children and young people. We create free resources to be used with 3-18 year olds tackling online issues.
Safer Internet Day 2017 focused upon the power of images explores the power and influence of images and videos in young people’s lives. The day highlighted the positives and potential risks as well as identifying the key skills young people needed.
This pack contains:
quick activities
whole school/community activities
one fully supported lesson plan
assembly presentation with script
Safer Internet Day 2018 focused upon the theme ‘Create, connect and share respect: A better internet starts with you’. This was a chance to look at how relationships and the way people interact online can be different and encouraging young people to think about their digital wellbeing too.
Childnet, as part of the UK Safer Internet Centre, coordinates Safer Internet Day in the UK and has created this resource pack to start discussions and promote Safer Internet Day. This pack provides lots of great ideas to help schools, youth groups, libraries and other organisations get involved in Safer Internet Day 2018.
This pack contains:
- a fully supported lesson plan
- quick activities
- whole school/community activities
- assembly presentation with script
We would like to thank Oath for their kind support in the development of the Education Packs and the Welsh Government for supporting the translation.
Safer Internet Day 2018 focused upon the theme ‘Create, connect and share respect: A better internet starts with you’. This was a chance to look at how relationships and the way people interact online can be different and encouraging young people to think about their digital wellbeing too.
Childnet, as part of the UK Safer Internet Centre, coordinates Safer Internet Day in the UK and has created this resource pack to start discussions and promote Safer Internet Day. This pack provides lots of great ideas that your school, youth group, library or other organisation can share with local parents/carers to encourage their families to get involved in Safer Internet Day 2018.
This pack is intended for parents/carers to use with their children and includes:
• Factsheet
• Conversation starters
• Family pledge card
• Fun things to do
• Quick activities
We would like to thank Oath for their kind support in the development of the Education Packs and the Welsh Government for supporting the translation.
Safer Internet Day 2018 focused upon the theme ‘Create, connect and share respect: A better internet starts with you’. This was a chance to look at how relationships and the way people interact online can be different and encouraging young people to think about their digital wellbeing too.
Childnet, as part of the UK Safer Internet Centre, coordinates Safer Internet Day in the UK and has created this resource pack to start discussions and promote Safer Internet Day. This pack provides lots of great ideas to help schools, youth groups, libraries and other organisations get involved in Safer Internet Day 2018.
This pack contains:
- a fully supported lesson plan
- links on how to make a campaign film
- quick activities
- whole school/community activities
- assembly presentation with script
We would like to thank Oath for their kind support in the development of the Education Packs and the Welsh Government for supporting the translation.
A set of A3 posters covering some of the issues young people face online. We think these posters will mainly be suitable for young people aged 11 and over but they can be used with younger children.
Safer Internet Day 2017 focused upon the power of images explores the power and influence of images and videos in young people’s lives. The day highlighted the positives and potential risks as well as identifying the key skills young people needed.
This pack contains:
- quick activities
- whole school/community activities
- one fully supported lesson plan
- assembly presentation with script
- a play script
Safer Internet Day 2024 will take place on the 6th of February 2024, with celebrations and learning based around the theme ‘Inspiring change? Making a difference, managing influence and navigating change online’.
Safer Internet Day is the UK’s biggest celebration of online safety. Each year we cover an online issue or theme that speaks to the things young people are seeing and experiencing online. Created in consultation with young people across the UK, this year Safer Internet Day will be focusing on change online, this includes covering:
Young people’s perspective on new and emerging technology
Using the internet to make change for the better
The changes young people want to see online
The things that can influence and change the way young people think, feel and act online and offline
Coordinated in the UK by the UK Safer Internet Centre, the celebration sees thousands of organisations get involved to promote the safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.
Teaching resources including video on healthy relationships online for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities aged 11-17 years old.
A resource for 10-12 year olds, helping young people with the online aspects of moving to secondary school.
A lot of work goes into helping young people make a smooth transition from primary to secondary education. We have created these videos and accompanying resources to help with the online aspects of this move.
The videos cover issues like wanting a first phone, group chats, and handling friend and follower requests.
Social media and under 13s
This resource focuses on helping young people aged 10-13 when moving from primary to secondary education, in the UK this usually happens at the age of 11. This is also a time when many young people will receive their first phone and start to use apps, including social media, to keep in touch with old friends and make new ones, even when they do not meet the age requirements. Most social media and messaging apps have a minimum user age of 13, and we recommend to parents, carers and young people that they wait until they reach this age.
Whilst we do encourage young people to wait, we are aware that there will be learners who are already active on these platforms, and this is why they are discussed in this resource. For those learners who are not using social media yet, the activities will be helpful if they choose to do so later.
Teachers and educators, if you believe that some of your learners are using social media before they are 13, you should follow the procedures of your school or setting in this situation.
PSHE/PSE lesson plans, quick activities, a quiz and teaching guide designed to explore problematic online sexual behaviour with 9-12 year olds.
This toolkit explores problematic online sexual behaviour, with a focus on online sexual harassment e.g. bullying or harmful behaviour online based on gender or sexual orientation stereotypes, body-shaming, nudity and sexually explicit content.
This toolkit for 9-12 year olds follows on from the creation of the ‘Step Up, Speak Up!’ toolkit for 13-17 year olds.
What does this toolkit include?
Three lesson plans
Quick activities
An interactive quiz
Teaching Guide
What are the learning objectives?
To support educators in delivering high quality PSHE/PSE and relationships education lessons.
To give children a safe space to discuss, explore and challenge peer to peer online sexual harassment e.g. bullying or harmful behaviour online based on gender or sexual orientation stereotypes, body-shaming, nudity and sexually explicit content.
To discuss with children how they can be good friends online.
To raise awareness of this issue to prevent it from becoming normalised.
To give children the confidence to report unacceptable online behaviour.
A printable version of our SMART rules for primary aged children, containing useful safety websites and advice to help keep you and your friends safe when using the internet and mobile devices.