E-Safety
The internet is an essential element in 21st century life for education, business and social interaction. Hillview Nursery has a duty to provide children with quality internet access as part of their learning experience. Nursery internet access will be tailored expressly for educational use and will include appropriate filtering. Pupils will learn appropriate internet use. Staff will guide pupils in online activities that will support their learning journeys.
As more and more pre-schoolers are using their parents’ computers, smartphones or tablets to play games, use apps, and watch their favourite TV shows. There are simple things you can do to make sure they’re using the internet safely.
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Explore together
Talk to your child about what the internet is and explore it together so you can show them all the great fun and educational things they can do.
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Put yourself in control
Install parental controls on your home broadband. Most internet-enabled devices also allow you to set parental controls so you can manage what content your child can see and how they interact with others online.
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Use passwords
Keep your devices out of reach and set passwords on all your internet-enabled devices and don’t share them. Then you’ll know when and where your child is accessing the internet. You can also make sure they’re not making additional purchases when they’re playing games or using apps.
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Search safely
Use safe search engines such as Swiggle or Kids-search. You can save time by adding these to your ‘Favourites’. Safe search settings can also be activated on Google and other search engines, as well as YouTube.
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Manage access
Set your homepage to a child-friendly site like CBeebies and create a user account for your child on the family computer or device which only allows access to sites you’ve chosen.
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Be involved
Put your computer or main device in a communal area like the lounge or kitchen so you can keep an eye on how they’re using the internet and also share in their enjoyment.
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Help them learn through games
You can choose safe, fun and educational online games to play with your child and that you’ll be confident about them exploring. You can find good free of charge examples from companies like Disney Junior, Nick Jr and Fisher Price.
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Set boundaries
It’s never too early to start setting boundaries. Set some rules about how long your child can spend online.
The adventures of Smartie the Penguin an e-safety story for 3 to 7 year olds. Join in with Daddy Penguin’s song and follow the adventures of Smartie and Daddy Penguin as Smartie learns how to be safe on the internet and Digiducks BIG Decision.
Alternatively read this brilliant e-safety book about Digiduck and his pals in a story of friendship and responsibility online.The Digiduck collection has been created to help parents and teachers educate children aged 3 - 7 about how to be a good friend online.
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