Online Safety
At BACA, we believe in making students and parents aware of the risks of using the internet.
Online safety is about the safety and protection of adolescents whilst they are using the internet and digital technology. Students are taught about internet safety throughout their time at the academy but we also think it is important for parents to support their child to be safe on the internet.
Parents are advised to follow these useful tips for supporting your child to be safe whilst on the internet:
- Be involved in your child’s online life – talk to them about what they are doing. If they know that you are interested and understand, they are more likely to approach you if they need in support.
- Keep up-to-date with your child’s development online – it is important that as your child learns more, that you do too.
- Set clear boundaries in the online world just as you would in the real world, regarding what they might see, what they share, who they talk to and how long they spend online.
- Be aware of what connects to the internet and how – many devices, such as the TV, mobile phone or games console connects to the internet. Also, find out how they are accessing the internet, is it your connection or someone else’s Wifi?
- Consider the use of parental controls on devices that connect to the internet, such as the TV, laptops, games consoles and mobile phones.
Please find links to our online safety update, safeguarding policies and other helpful links for keeping safe online below:
Safeguarding Policy and Safeguarding Policy - School Closure Appendix
Thinkyouknow (advice from the National Crime Agency to stay safe online)
Internet matters (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
Parent info (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
LGfL (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
Net-aware (support for parents and careers from the NSPCC)
safer internet day
From gaming and chat, to streaming and video, young people are shaping the interactive entertainment spaces they are a part of. Safer Internet Day 2022 celebrates young people’s role in creating a safer internet, whether that is whilst gaming and creating content, or interacting with their friends and peers.
About Safer Internet Day
Safer Internet Day is celebrated globally in February each year to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people, and to inspire a national conversation about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically, and creatively. Safer Internet Day 2022 is on 8th February and will be celebrated with the theme ‘All fun and games? Exploring respect and relationships online’.Coordinated in the UK by the UK Safer Internet Centre, Safer Internet Day is celebrated in over a hundred countries coordinated by the joint Insafe/INHOPE network, with the support of the European Commission, and national Safer Internet Centres across Europe
Multiplayer Online Gaming - YMCA WiSE: Fortnite
Please see the letter and flyer given to us via YMCA WiSE, a group supporting young people up to the age of 25 to stay safe. The letter and flyer relates to the multiplayer online game Fortnite, that many children are playing internationally. Please could we ask that you take a few moments to read this.
Helpful Resources
Below are various links that are helpful for our students, teachers and parents: