A collection of quick activities for use with 7-11 year olds to help explore the concept of screen time. These activities are designed to: Be quick to run and easy to adapt. Be used with young people aged 7-11 years old (but adaptable for other ages). Help young people recognise the signs they may experience when they’ve been online too long. Help young people recognise the importance of balancing online and offline activities.

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.

Learning activities to generate discussion about livestreaming and related online safety messages. Livestreaming is becoming a very popular way for people to broadcast themselves on apps and sites such as Instagram, TikTok, Twitch and YouTube. Young people might use these services to broadcast live video footage to others, such as their friends, a certain group of people or the general public. This resource has been produced to support teachers and other professionals working with young people and it includes the following: An introduction for staff on the topic of livestreaming and how their students may engage with it. Two scenario based activities to support students and staff in discussing some of the risks of livestreaming. A page of livestreaming tips provided by Childnet Digital Leaders.

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.

Digital resilience is a key skill that we want young people to develop. Whilst going online can be incredibly fun and enjoyable, there can also be times when a young person can feel upset, not good enough, or left out. These are the occasions when young people will need strategies to help themselves and also to help their friends if they are having a difficult time online. This lesson aims to look at the positive and negative experiences young people have online, consider the impact they may have and devise ways to build digital resilience.

A practical campaign toolkit to address the issue of online sexual harassment amongst young people aged 13 – 17 years. The Step Up, Speak Up! Teaching Toolkit is a practical, interactive and scenario-based resource which addresses the issue of online sexual harassment amongst 13-17 year olds. About this toolkit This toolkit is comprised of 4 lesson plans with accompanying films, an audio story, workshops and an assembly presentation. This toolkit gives young people the opportunity to explore their own attitudes and opinions of online sexual harassment, and to discuss ways to challenge unacceptable online behaviour. The reporting process is a key theme that runs throughout the toolkit, and the different reporting options are explored and clarified. *Opportunities for adaptation and extension are provided for all activities, plus additional information for educators to understand the background of the issues at hand and guidance on discussing these with students. * Why should young people be taught about online sexual harassment? It’s a growing issue Project deSHAME found that 51% of UK young people aged 13-17 years have seen people sharing nude or nearly nude images of someone they know in the last year. We found 26% of UK young people reported that someone had shared gossip or lies about their sexual behaviour online, and 39% of UK young people have witnessed people setting up a page/group to share sexual gossip or images of their peers. It’s not just about sexting Online sexual harassment covers many different behaviours, with sexting being one out of the many other types. Sexting is an umbrella term and it can take many forms. Much of the previous work on this topic has been focussed on the initial sharing of the image, and risks placing the blame on the victim rather than concentrating on the unacceptable behaviour of the person who breached their trust and shared it on. It’s not being reported enough It’s clear that many young people are witnessing or experiencing a wide range of online sexual harassment incidents but not reporting them. Project deSHAME found that 53% of young people said they would ignore online sexual harassment if it happened to them, and only 15% said they would speak to a teacher about it.

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 2016 focused upon hate speech that can take place online. Young people want the internet to be a positive and inclusive place that respects people’s differences and this pack is designed to start those discussions and to help them to make this a reality. This pack contains: quick activities wider activities one fully supported lesson plan assembly presentation with script

Safer Internet Day 2016 focused upon hate speech that can take place online. Young people want the internet to be a positive and inclusive place that respects people’s differences and this pack is designed to start those discussions and to help them to make this a reality. This pack contains: quick activities wider activities one fully supported lesson plan assembly presentation with script

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