Online Safety

At Sherborne Primary School we have a clear and simple vision: the children should be computing-safe, computing-inspired and computing-confident.

At Sherborne Primary , we believe a high-quality computing education equips pupils to understand and change the world through logical thinking and creativity. It also ensures that pupils become digitally literate – able to use, and express themselves and develop their ideas through information and communication technology – at a level suitable for the future workplace and as active participants in a digital world.

We invest heavily in computing resources at Sherborne Primary, which include suites of chromebook in each KS2 classroom, a suite of ipads in KS1 and EYFS as well as access to chromebooks, interactive whiteboards in all classrooms, Bee-Bots, micro-bits and a significantly vast and varied array of learning software aimed to enhance teaching and learning across the curriculum!

We use Teach Computing (https://teachcomputing.org/) to teach the computing curriculum. The computing curriculum is mapped to ensure alignment with the national curriculum content and programme of study. Within the Teach Computing Curriculum, every year group learns through units within the same four themes, which combine the ten strands of the National Centre for Computing Education’s taxonomy. This approach allows us to use the spiral curriculum approach to progress skills and concepts from one year group to the next.

Online Safety Agreement

At Sherborne Primary School, we are committed to keeping all children safe when using technology, both in and out of school. This agreement outlines the expectations we have for safe, respectful and responsible online behaviour. Please click on the link below to view the whole agreement

Online Safety Agreement

Resources for home

If you would like to speak to someone about using the internet at home with your children, then please contact the office. Childnet provides some excellent resources to use at home with your children.

Protecting Young People Online Presentation

Reporting Concerns

If you have been a victim of a cyber-crime please report it online here. Alternatively if you wish to speak with someone call 101 or contact Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040, www.actionfraud.police.uk.
If you have any concerns that a child you know may be a victim of Child Sexual Exploitation report it to Dorset Police on 101 or if you believe a child is in immediate danger, call 999.
You can also report concerns directly to The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP): www.ceop.police.uk
CEOP is a command of the National Crime Agency, and is dedicated to tackling the sexual abuse and exploitation of children and young people. CEOP is designed to help young people (up to age 18) who have been forced or tricked into taking part in sexual activity with anyone online or in the real world.
You can also report child sexual abuse content and non-photographic child sexual abuse images to the Internet Watch Foundation.

Some links to more information:

Think U Know – containing internet safety advice for those aged from 5 to 16, along with parents and teachers, this site is produced by CEOP (the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre).
Kidsmart – An award-winning internet safety programme for children.
Know IT All – lots of useful advice for keeping yourselves and your children safe on the Internet.
https://www.getsafeonline.org/
https://www.cybersmile.org/
http://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/
http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/

Online Safety Policy Statement

The purpose of this policy statement is to:

• ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and young people is paramount when adults, young people or children are using the internet, social media or mobile devices

• provide staff and volunteers with the overarching principles that guide our approach to online safety

• ensure that, as an organisation, we operate in line with our values and within the law in terms of how we use online devices.

To read a full copy please click on this link: Online Safety Policy