By Mrs Marlow, in Online Safety - Tuesday, 6 February 2024
As part of Safer Internet Day, the children in year 3 become digital detectives, exploring the exciting world of Artificial Intelligence and learning how to stay safe online.
We started by watching Safer Internet Day 2024 Live Lesson, focusing on the fascinating world
of AI Technology and how to stay safe online. The lesson kicked off by introducing AI, explaining what it is, and where we might already be using it in our day to day lives. It also addessed some commonly thought myths about AI and children tested their knowledge by sorting the AI facts from the AI fiction.
We investigated a type of AI called machine learning – to see how AI works. This is a specific type of Artificial Intelligence where an AI system learns to carry out a task by using large amounts of training data.
We also explored the risks of AI technology online, including deepfake photos and fake news. Finally we summarised everything we had learnt in the lesson before creating a poster with our top tip for staying safe online in an AI world.
Ask your child for their top tip!
By Mrs Marlow, in Online Safety - Tuesday, 6 February 2024
By Mrs Marlow, in Online Safety - Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Of course the best way to stay safe online at Christmas, is also to stay offline! Time away from our screens not just keeps us away from negative feelings, (which can come from playing games, looking at social media and group chats )but it also gives us a chance to build relationships, get more active, concentrate better and have a positive impact on our mental health and sleep patterns.
So step away from the phone, laptop, gaming centre and TV and look at our list of activities that you and your family can enjoy together. The list below offers many ideas to get you started but we're sure you can find plenty more that suit your family's interests. Don't forget to share these with the Internet Safety team. Let's work together to inspire our children to balance their freetime and feel better for it!
- Have a dance party
- Build an indoor fort
- Read a book
- Make slime
- Make cookies
- Have a picnic
- Do a Science experiment
- Have a Nerf battle
- Make an art show
- Colour some rocks and leave them out for people to find
- Make and fly a kite
- Go for a walk
- Reorganise your bedroom
- Play a ball game
- Draw with chalk
- Make a puppet show with sock puppets
- Write a letter
- Keep a diary
- Play a card game
- Make your own board game, then play it
- Look at old photos with friends and family
- Do a puzzle
By Jo Marlow, in Online Safety - Monday, 11 September 2023
Welcome back to a new school year!
As summer comes to an end and the dark nights draw in, it’s a good time to think about our children’s internet safety.
Throughout the year, we will be working alongside you to ensure that our children are safe and happy online. We will regularly blog hfl safety online newsletters, as well as useful guides to help you to keep on top of your child’s internet safety and help them to make positive choices online.
As in past years, there will also be a national safer internet day in February to raise awareness of ‘a safer and better internet for all, and especially for children and young people’.
To find out more about Safer Internet Day, follow the link of the website below and SAVE THE DATE now!
By Mrs Marlow, in Online Safety - Thursday, 29 June 2023
As the end of term approaches, and for some the end of Fairlands, it is important to think about how we can prepare our children for keeping safe online, both over the holidays and to prepare them for the next academic year.
Attached is the latest Parent and Carers newsletter from hfl, which includes tips, guidance and also some links that can help you to help our children.
Dont't foget that https://parentzone.org.uk/ is another source of guidance for parents and carers when faced with internet safety issues in the home.
Year 6 will also be taking part in an online assembly on Thursday 6th July 2023, which will particularly help them in their transition to secondary school. Parents are also invited to sign up. Look out for information on how to do this, over the next week.
By Mrs Marlow, in Online Safety - Thursday, 9 March 2023
WHAT PARENTS AND CARERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OMEGLE
Recently we have noticed a lot of conversations about the website ‘Omegle’, and we know parents and carers may have also heard about Omegle in the news recently.
We want to help you to support your child with ‘living life online’. The best way to do this is to keep an open and honest dialogue about their online interests by ‘checking in’ with your child’s online activity regularly.
You can find out more about ‘Omegle’ and some safety tips by looking at https://www.childnet.com/blog/what-is-omegle-key-things-parents-and-carers-need-to-know/
And by reading the attached poster.
As usual, if you have any concerns regarding your child’s safety online, please don’t hesitate to speak to your child’s class teacher.