E-Safety
Most people have a fairly good understanding of what bullying is. Traditionally, this has taken the form of verbal, written, physical and or exclusionary behaviours which aim to undermine, threaten, hurt, humiliate, intimidate or harass other people or groups.
Cyberbullying happens when someone uses information or communication technologies to achieve this, or create environments that encourage such behaviour.
There are a number of contexts in which this can happen.
Cyberbullying can occur by email, in chatrooms, forums and instant messenger environments, or online social networking communities.
Cyberbullying can come in the form of defamatory or false websites/blogs, hacking and/or breaking into email accounts and passwords.
Read our E-Safety Policy on our Parental Information page.
Buddies in Blue present an E-Safety Assembly to the school. |
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Look at our wall of anti-bullying promises written on blue hands. |
Designing a widget as a Cyber Mentor. |
Anti-Bullying Week
Our school takes part in an Anti-Bullying Week, to educate and help our pupils to stay safe in cyberspace.
The focus in 2009 will be on cyberbullying - the use of information communications technology (ICT), particularly mobile phones and the internet, to deliberately upset someone else.
Research has found that more than a third of 12 to 15 year-olds have faced some form of cyberbullying.
Unfortunately, some people just don't take cyberbullying as seriously as other forms of bullying - maybe because it is indirect and often perceived as anonymous. That doesn't stop it from causing harm; children and young people tell us that it is painful and can feel inescapable:
"I felt that no one understood what I was going through. I didn't know who was sending me these messages. I felt powerless and didn't know what to do."
A key message for this year's Anti-Bullying Week is that modern technologies remain a positive and productive part of the lives of children and young people and they can be used safely and constructively.
E-Safety Web Links
Think You Know - lots of games to help teach your children.
Internet Safety Zone - about Cyberbullying and promoting safe and responsible ICT use by children.
Kidsmart - How to stay safe on the Internet.
Digizen - Watch a film called 'Let's Fight it Together' on cyberbullying.
 CEOP - Receive help and advice as well as the option to report any instance of sexual contact or harmful material to the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre
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