Online Safety Support
Web filtering and parental controls
Here at Callands Primary Academy, we have appropriate filters in place through Smoothwall filtering and monitoring to ensure that our children are kept safe online whilst they learn. We feel that it is also important for us to guide parents to ensure that they have filters and have parental controls in place to protect their children when they are online at home.
Although broadband, mobile and WiFi providers offer filters to limit inappropriate content, these usually have to be set manually. The following link will take you to an informative resource which gives individual step by step videos and instructions to set up parental controls for many providers. We would encourage you to take a look at these to ensure that you have everything correctly in place in order to keep your child safe.
Below are some useful websites with information for parents, carers and teachers. Some websites also have interactive sections to share with your children. Please take a look and share together were appropriate:
CEOP helps any child or young person under the age of 18 who is being pressured, forced or tricked into taking part in sexual activity of any kind. You can visit the CEOP Safety Centre for information and advice and make a report directly to CEOP.
CEOP – Nude Selfies
This is film 4 of 4 from the NCA-CEOP Command's Thinkuknow education programme's new resource called 'Nude Selfies- What parents and carers need to know'. Film 4 helps parents and carers learn about how to get help and support if their child shares nude or nearly nude images.