Howletch Lane
Primary School

Online-Safety

We hope you are keeping well during these difficult and uncertain times. With children and young people relying on their tech at home for learning and entertainment during lockdown, it remains vital to keep conversations about online safety going and raise awareness of reporting routes if something goes wrong.  Here’s a summary of the Thinkuknow resources available to you to deliver remote learning, education in your setting, and help parents and carers to support their child at home.

Online Safety at Home Packs

Simple 15 minute activities families can do to support their child’s online safety at home. Packs are available for ages 4 to 14+. Parents can also watch our video guides on different online safety topics.

Online Safety Toolkits

For face-to-face learning:
Bitesize activities and worksheets based on our home activity packs that you can deliver to children and young people face-to-face in your education setting. The toolkits can be used with ages 5 to 14+.

NEW for online learning:
Adapted versions of our online safety toolkits for ages 5 to 10 with editable slides and video lessons for use on your online learning platform.

Further resources for use with secondary-aged young people coming soon.

Online-Safety

It is very important that everyone uses the internet safely.  During February we have a ‘Safer Internet Week’ when we highlight the dangers and promote the safety aspects of using the internet.  Pupils in upper Key Stage 2 will receive an age appropriate talk and workshop on cyber-bullying and how to prevent it. We will be inviting parents to attend this talk and will send a newsletter nearer the time.

Online Safety Policy

Privacy Policy

We regard your privacy as important and any personal information you give to us will be used in accordance with the Data Protection Act and the General Data Protection Regulations.

We do not store personal information about individuals who visit this site except where they provide contact information via our contact us page and contact forms available on various pages throughout the website.

Any information you provide will only be used for the reasons specified and it will not be shared with any third party without your consent, unless required by law.

Your contact details are kept securely and are only accessed by authorised members of staff as part of the provision of school services. If you do not wish us to keep this contact information please tell us.

This website uses Google Analytics which provides statistical data about the usage of the site. This information is not used to identify individuals, but is collected to provide us with an understanding of the areas of interest on our site and how our site is being used.

If you are connected to the internet you will have an IP Address. This may take the form of a figure, such as 333.333.22.1. The address will be automatically collected and logged as part of the connection of your computer to our web server and may be used to determine the total number of visits to each part of the site. This data is not collected and used for other purposes.

This website contains links to other websites. The School is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites or organisations and recommends you consult the privacy information on those sites.

This policy will be reviewed and updated versions will be posted on the website.

If you have any questions about the use of your personal information, the Information Commissioner is the independent regulator for both Data Protection and Freedom of Information.