Keeping safe on the Internet

Web Links for Students

• Online safety advice aimed at 5 -7 year olds from the CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre).
  Think UK Now 5-7
• Online safety advice aimed at 8 -10 year olds from the CEOP.
  Think UK Now 8-10
• Online safety advice aimed at 11-16 year olds from the CEOP.
  Think UK Now 11-16
• CBBC Site with games, quizzes and screensavers.
  BBC Safe Surfing
• Online safety advice aimed at under 11's from Childnet.
  Kidsmart Under 11s
• Online safety advice aimed at under 11's from Childnet.
  Kidsmart Over 11s
• Staying SMART Online is a special interactive learning module produced by Childnet for Microsoft, aimed at 8-12 year olds.
  Kidsmart Staying Smart
• Digizen looks at issues relating to good "digital citizenship".
  Digizen

Web Links for Parents and Teachers

with information on projects and resources for students.

• BBC Chat Guide for parents, with links to a variety of other information sites including the FBI.
  BBC Chat Guide
• Advice for parents from the CEOP.
  Think UK Now Parents
• The CEOP.
  Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre
• General advice from GetSafeOnline, a site sponsored by HM Government and private enterprises. The site provides information from staying safe while on social networking sites to protecting your small business on the web.
  Get Safe Online
• Parentscentre is a government website on general parenting with a section on the safe use of the Internet.
  Parents Centre
• BECTA Online Safety Site aimed at managing online safety in schools
  BECTA Schools
• Childnet International is a non-profit organisation aimed at making the Internet safer for children. This site is a portal for their projects.
  Childnet
• Childnet has produced a number of resources for parents including the world's first interactive safety resource for parents and a special audio seminar.
  Kidsmart Resources
• Childnet Academy highlights and rewards young people, and those working with them who are developing outstanding, innovative online projects.
  Childnet Academy
• Kidsmart is a unique Internet safety programme run by Childnet in schools throughout the UK and beyond
  Kidsmart
• Chatdanger, run by Childnet, tells the story of what happened to one family when their daughter was abused by someone she met through the Internet.
  Chatdanger
• Jenny's Story, produced by Childnet, is a hard hitting film based on the true story of a young teenager who chats to a stranger online using Instant Messenger.
  Jenny's Story
• New Mobile Services, run by Childnet, looks at children's use of new mobile phone technology and the responses required by relevant actors, parents and children.
  Childnet Mobiles
• Young People, Music and the Internet; Childnet has produced a special website and leaflet which gives advice on p2p, file-sharing and downloading on the Internet.
  Childnet Downloading
• Internet safety leaflets for children and parents, including versions in Punjabi and Hindi.
  Childnet Resources