Online Safety
Coombe Online Safety Week
Below you can find information we share at the "Coombe Online Safety Week" Parents Evening which is held annually.
Coombe Online Safety Week Presentation
Here is the 2023 presentation delivered by Peter Cowley - Lead Adviser for Online Services and Safety from Achieving for Children.
Coombe Boys' and Girls' virtual parents (2023-02-09 18_02 GMT).mp4Links shared on the Presentation
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1N-AUdnAYRWxdVEnAQNGh3s5k7FvI29nu
The above link contains useful tools and resources for helping manage your child's online safety. These are shared as part of the presentation from Peter.
Useful Sites
Below you will find a list of useful sites to help manage your families online safety
For young people and parents with lots of tips on keeping safe online. Hosts many of the CEOP videos which are great discussion starters.
Click CEOP is the reporting tool if you or your child comes across anything they are uncomfortable with online. This could be a video or picture or if someone is trying to make contact. Has direct links to police who will act accordingly.
UK hotline for reporting criminal online content. Contact if you are aware of any indecent images of children online. Have the powers to remove content.
A useful tool from NSPCC & O2. Informs you about different apps and the risks involved and what young people think of them.
Lots of additional info for parents and young people including resources on cyberbullying.
Resources and articles for parents and children plus links to many other resources and information.
Financially motivated sexual extortion
A particular area of online safety we have been made aware of is “Financially motivated sexual extortion”. A letter has been shared by the ‘National Crime Agency’ for all schools to pass on to parents/carers. This letter was shared with parents in May 2024