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Westwood with Iford School

This briefing explores the risks associated with young people's use of technology, emphasizing the responsibility parents hold in providing internet access. Highlighting the disruptions hi-tech devices can cause in children's bedrooms, it delves into issues like 'sexting' and the impact on sleep patterns. The school's efforts, including anti-bullying initiatives, and available parental support resources are discussed. Emphasizing the continuous need for monitoring and filtering, it conveys the message that ensuring online safety is an ongoing task for parents and carers.

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Westwood with Iford School

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  1. Westwood with Iford School Parent Esafety briefing 28.11.13

  2. This briefing aims to • •consider the technologies that young people use and the associated risks that these may bring • consider the responsibility parents/carers need to take when providing internet access to their young people

  3. Recent research has shown hi-tech devices in children’s bedrooms – particularly smartphones and laptops – are partially to blame for disrupting sleep. • •Light emitted from the screens tricks the brain into thinking it is day.

  4. ‘SEXTING’

  5. EVERY minute of EVERY day…

  6. What are we doing as a school?

  7. What are we doing as a school?

  8. Anti-bullying week 18th-22nd Nov

  9. What is there to help you as parents?

  10. www.vodafone.com/parents

  11. CONCLUSION Parents and Carers shoulder a huge responsibility. Seemingly happy to pay huge amounts of money providing their young people with internet access on multiple devices. Please , parents and carers - monitor what your young people are accessing, restrict inappropriate sites and install parental filters.

  12. ‘E-Safety is not a box that can ever be ticked’ David Brown, HMI and National Adviser for ICT, Ofsted.

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