E-safety tips

The students from Year 6 of Saint Mary of the Angels had Internet Safety Week in February, and  this year safer Internet Day took place on Tuesday, the 11th of February 2020.

Our joint project is called "Digital skills for all" and so we wanted to celebrate Safer Internet Day with our colleagues from Saint Mary of the Angels.

Immediately before  our video conference, the students from year 6 had a class all about E-safety with a policeman.  We also received a talk from the Spanish police during the last visit of English students in June 2019. The specific theme for this year was “Together for a better Internet “, perfect for our project.

So on the afternoon of Tuesday, the 11th of February we had a video conference with the students from year six of Saint Mary of the Angels. They are a little bit younger than us and so we decided to give them some tips on how to use Internet safely. These are the seven different tips that we read aloud to our little English friends:

1. Create a private account.

Security is the most important thing on internet. It’s easy to set up a social media account, but you must choose the highest privacy settings.

Google yourself and see what information and images appear. You may get a surprise and see that your profiles and photos are not so private after all.

 

2. Have a safe password

You have to think of a password that is difficult for other people, but easy for you to remember. Your birthday is not safe enough.

It’s a good idea to choose a mix of number, symbols and capital letters

For example: LwCi2019at.

Because Liverpool Won Champions In  2019 Against Tottenham.

 

          3. Don’t talk with strangers

Do you know the expression “Stranger Danger”? On the street, you don’t talk to strangers, or share photos, or give out personal information to people that you don't know.

You must behave in exactly the same way online and dont give information or photos to anyone you don't know.

 

4. Never reveal personal information.

Don’t reveal any personal information (your full name and address, your phone number, the school where you study) to people you don’t know.

If anybody asks for this information, you must tell a parent or a teacher.

5. Don’t send inappropriate photos

Don’t take inappropriate photos, and definitely DON’T send them.

If you send a photo and later regret it, ask the other person to delete it. And watch them do it. If you receive an inappropriate photo, tell a parent or teacher and report it.

 

6. Don’t publish photos of other people without their permission

If you take someone else's photo from a social media page and repost it without permission - even if you are in the picture - you are breaking the law. You are using the image when you do not have the permission to do so.

Never take photos of classmates or teachers when you are at school.

 

7. Be respectful to others

Be respectful – and expect respect. Respect for yourself and other people is important in all relationships, and it's no different when you're online.

It is easy to type something when you are hiding behind a screen. But remember, there’s also a real person at the other side of the screen, so be respectful and polite to others online.