Online Safety Ambassadors
Our Online Safety Ambassadors have been selected by the School Council after reviewing each application letter. The purpose of the Online Safety Ambassadors is to Online Safety is to help keep the children at St Leonard's safe online by promoting positive online behaviour and raising awareness of online risks. The Online Safety Ambassadors demonstrate our school values of love and value for all, aspire, flourish and shine, learn, remember and do and to share faith and hope by encouraging us to think of how we behave online at school and out in the wider world.
Online Safety Ambassadors meetings are held with Miss Kealey and the children are currently undergoing their training with Be Web-Safe.
At the bottom of this page are documents and links for parents and carers to support keeping their child safe online.
September 2024
Our Online Safety Ambassadors are proactive and excited to start making a positive impact towards our behaviour online. They will be introducing the school to our new online safety policy with Be Web-Safe, displaying posters in each class and promoting our four key messages, safe, appropriate, friendly and educated (SAFE). They have already created ideas for our display board, making it more interactive and how to create a safer space for children to come forward with any online concerns.
October 2024
Our Online Safety Ambassadors have been making a positive impact towards our behaviour online and linking this towards our mental health. They have decided upon five top tips to support our mental health when online. The children have discussed these top tips with each class when displaying them in their classrooms.
November 2024
This month our ambassadors have promoted their online safety concerns box where children are able to write down anything that has unsettled them or a behaviour that they did not like into a securely locked box. These are then checked regularly by a teacher. The first week of Novembers top 5 tips has been based around researching about Remembrance Sunday.
December 2024
This month our ambassadors have been supporting and advising children how to stay safe when online over the Christmas holidays. They have advised children about making time for family and friends and reducing their screen time.
January 2025
This month our ambassadors have been collecting information about any concerns or problems children faced online over the Christmas holidays. They found children experienced a lot of pop ups and scams. The children have based their weekly five top tips on skills to support them when faced with these again.
February 2025
This month our ambassadors have been extremely busy working hard on creating an online safety poster competition, creating resources to be shared with each class, promote Internet Safety day and deigning a presentation for parents and carers which will be held in Spring 2.
Be WEB-SAFE monthly newsletter
Be WEB-SAFE Weekly Top 5 Tips
This week the children have chosen 5 top tips for keeping positive friendships online.
Parental Guidance support links
Below are links to offer support in helping to keep your child safe when online.
| Name | |
|---|---|
| fortnite-parents-guide-july-2018.pdf | Download |
| ipad-parent-guide.pdf | Download |
| iphone-parent-guide.pdf | Download |
| live-streaming-guide-v3-060618-1.pdf | Download |
| nintendo-parent-guide-including-wii-wiiu-etc.pdf | Download |
| ps3-and-psp-parent-guide.pdf | Download |
| ps4-and-ps-vita-parent-guide.pdf | Download |
| screen-addiction-guide-may-2018.pdf | Download |
| supporting-young-people-online-guide.pdf | Download |
| Supporting-Young-People-Online.pdf | Download |