E-Safety

http://www.channel5.com/shows/5-news/features-archived/special-report-tackling-online-child-abuse#!

With all the recent focus on issues related to safeguarding and the Internet, I would recommend the link above to get a varied view of the problem (victims, police, paedophiles and kids).

There are 5 videos – each only a few minutes long and worth a few minutes of your time. (If you view then full screen, press Esc at the end of each video to go back to the host page.)

Remember e-safety is not an ICT problem!!

Would you report your suspicions about a colleague? 

This Guardian report outlines the report on the recent case of a nursery worker who was convicted of child abuse.

It seems that there were 6 reports of concern by co-workers both to the LA and to OFSTED and both failed to investigate with sufficient rigour.  A lack of co-ordination and communication were cited as part of the problem.

The bottom line is that we all hope we can trust our colleagues to behave appropriately but, sadly, there are always going to be people who will let you down.

In a similar vein, head teachers occasionally comment that they don't feel the need to monitor their staff behaviour on-line, through the use of monitoring software on school equipment (e.g. Policy Central, Securus). This is hard to accept, when teachers/TAs are using school equipment (in or out of school).  What they access on that equipment is school business and under the jurisdiction of school policies (e-safety, safeguarding, professional conduct, etc.), it is not invading the privacy of the individual, but ensuring that use of school equipment is safe and ethical.

 

ESCape

Commissioned by Dudley Safeguarding Board, this play from the Saltmine Trust is an enchanting fairytale that teaches the principles of e-Safety.

Sarah lives on the edge of a magical forest, allowed in on her own for the first time she is taught the rules for how to stay safe. There are wolves in the forest and when Sarah meets a stranger all is not as it seems. Will she remember the rules? Or will she leave the path and go her own way?

Are you interested in getting to know more? Watch the video below:


ESCape Promo from Saltmine Trust on Vimeo.


News and useful links to resources:

SWGfL Digital Literacy Curriculum

To support schools in the UK, SWGfL has produced a series of documents which will signpost schools to the relevant Common Sense Media lesson plans, resources and to additional relevant materials from the UK, Europe and elsewhere. These SWGfL documents indicate the Key Stage that are equivalent to the Common Sense Media (US) age groups.

‘Sexting’ in schools:

Advice and support around self-generated images: What to do and how to handle it' guidance can be downloaded here.  The zip file contains a range of resources that have been developed in conjunction with CEOP and other interested parties. The advice includes sections on responding to the disclosure of an incident from a child, how to handle explicit images, how to limit the impact of an incident, managing student reaction and preventing further incidents.  Case studies also help to develop an understanding of the issues.