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e-Safety

Staying Safe and Happy Online

ICT in the 21st Century is seen as an essential resource to support learning and teaching, as well as playing an important role in the everyday lives of children, young people and adults.  Consequently, schools need to build in the use of these technologies in order to arm our young people with the skills to access life-long learning and employment.

Information and Communications Technology covers a wide range of resources including; web-based and mobile learning.  It is also important to recognise the constant and fast paced evolution of ICT within our society as a whole.  Currently the internet technologies children and young people are using both inside and outside of the classroom include:

  • Websites
  • Apps
  • E-mail, Instant Messaging and chat rooms
  • Social Media, including Facebook and Twitter
  • Mobile/ Smart phones with text, video and/ or web functionality
  • Other mobile devices including tablets and gaming devices
  • Online Games
  • Learning Platforms and Virtual Learning Environments
  • Blogs and Wikis, Podcasting
  • Video sharing, Downloading
  • On demand TV and video, movies and radio / Smart TVs

Whilst exciting and beneficial both in and out of the context of education, much ICT, particularly web-based resources, are not consistently policed outside of TMBSS.  All users need to be aware of the range of risks associated with the use of these Internet technologies and that some have minimum age requirements (13 years in most cases). All staff are vigilant and maintain an attitude of 'it could happen here', we use Fortinet to filter and monitor online activities whilst in Centres.

At TMBSS, we understand the responsibility to educate our pupils on e-safety Issues; teaching them the appropriate behaviours and critical thinking skills to enable them to remain both safe and legal when using the internet and related technologies, in and beyond the context of the classroom.

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