As you will all be very much aware, social media and internet gaming continues to be a huge part of everyday life; it is advertised on the telly, in magazines, it appears regularly on the news and is a much talked about topic by all ages these days.
 
At Park Street, we continually try to ensure that our children are aware of how to stay safe online when using technology in school AND at home and spend a great deal of time engaging the children with activities to learn key messages. We also pride ourselves in ensuring that our parents/carers feel supported by regularly keeping you up to date with information letters, leaflets and workshops, as well as working with specific families on an individual basis.
 
With this in mind, we would like to inform you of a website that contains key information relating to online safety: National Online Safety (https://nationalonlinesafety.com/)
 
The website has a wide range of resources and platform guides for parents/carers and children based on the following topics:

• Age Ratings Parent’s Guide
• App Store Parent’s Guide
• Catfishing Parent’s Guide
• Engaging Parents in Online Safety
• Fake News Parent’s Guide
• FIFA Parent’s Guide
• Fornite: Battle Royale Parent’s Guide
• Grand Theft Auto Parent’s Guide
• Houseparty Parent’s Guide
• Instagram Parent’s Guide
• Kik Parent’s Guide
• Live.Me Parent’s Guide
• Live Streaming Parent’s Guide
• Minecraft Parent’s Guide

• Online Bullying Children’s Guide
• Online Grooming Parent’s Guide
• Reddit Parent’s Guide
• Roblox Parent’s Guide
• Screen Addition Parent’s Guide
• Sexting Online Safety Guide for Parents
• Snapchat Parent’s Guide
• TikTok Parent’s Guide
• Twitch Parent’s Guide
• Twitter Parent’s Guide
• WhatsApp Parent’s Guide
• Youtube Parent’s Guide
  
• Yubo Parent’s Guide

All the platform guides above can be found at: https://nationalonlinesafety.com/resources/platform-guides/. 

As always, we offer an open door policy and are more than happy to help with any support you require in relation to Online Safety. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or need advice regarding your child/children’s use of the internet.