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 2024 is on 6th February and will be celebrated with the theme “Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life 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.

Parenting in the Digital World

The digital world is vast, exciting and forever evolving at such a pace that parents often find it hard to keep up. Our children have never known life before the online world and are getting more and more tech savvy at an earlier age. This causes many of us anxiety because we are not experts, we have not grown up in the age of online technology and we have not had childhood experience to draw upon when providing guidance for our own children.

However, the digital world doesn’t have to be considered a place of worry for parents; in fact, it can be embraced as a tool for building a better future for us all.
 

At Morgans we want to encourage children to learn how to use the world wide web safely. Internet safety is vital and we work as a school to regularly update our Safe Internet Use policy and ensure that we are well aware of online safety and how to get the most out of the internet. We celebrate International Safer Internet Day, every year in February and learn how to use the internet safely at home and in school.

The internet and related technologies, including mobile phones, digital video, blogs, podcasting and social networks are becoming very important in the daily lives of our children and young people.  Increasingly the technologies are being used in the classroom because they enable pupils to engage creatively with their learning. Socially our children and young people often use the internet for entertainment, interaction and communication with ‘friends’. 

​

In school, the Hertfordshire Grid for Learning provides for a safe and secure online environment.

Schools have responsibilities for ensuring that all users follow their Acceptable Use Policy.  Outside school access to the internet can take place anywhere and at anytime, so it is important pupils are able to use the internet safely. 

Please be aware of age restrictions for social media sites and have conversations with your child(ren).

Online websites - click on the links to view - essential advice for parents and children