Online Safety - Team CB

For their computing focus this half term, Team CB have been busy learning all about internet safety. They discussed the importance of staying safe online and the need for passwords which are secure and unlikely to be guessed by others. They then delved deeper into this to consider why it is necessary to have different passwords for different accounts and the implications of not keeping our passwords private. The class explored different forms of communication online, before looking explicitly at blogging. They discussed how blogs are often personal perspectives and that this can result in people expressing views that others may not like or agree with in some instances. In further sessions, they posed the question ‘Can we always trust the internet?’ This led to the children exploring spoof websites to assess whether or not the information on the site was true. They discussed why people may not always write factual information. To support their understanding of this concept, the class created their own spoof webpages before recapping how it is important to not always trust the sources they read and to double check the validity of the site we are getting information from. Finally, Team CB have investigated the purpose of age restrictions in managing content that children may see online or in games. They looked closely at BBC file classifications and PEGI ratings for games, thinking about the purpose these symbols serve with helping parents and children. They then discussed the effects of experiencing inappropriate content in both physical and emotional ways.