Online Safety

Online Safety at Hatchell Wood

At Hatchell Wood Primary Academy, we ensure that the safety of our children is everyone’s top priority.  With the ever-expanding access to the internet and the potential risks that this can pose, e-safety is taught as an essential part of our safeguarding curriculum.  We enable children to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to be able to use the internet accordingly, but with minimal risk, whilst ensuring they have the necessary skills to be able to identify when they could be in potential danger and what to do about this. 

Our curriculum intent for online safety aims to ensure that all pupils are responsible, users of information and communication .

Running alongside a progressive curriculum that teaches children how to keep themselves safe from potential threats of other internet users, we deliver sessions that include messages that link to the Prevent Strategy.  Potential risks associated with being radicalised whilst accessing the internet are covered within this scheme of work, ensuring that every e-safety aspect is delivered to our pupils.

At Hatchell Wood Primary Academy, we predominantly follow the UK digital curriculum from Common Sense Education.  This curriculum introduces children to the 6 key themes of;

• Media Balance & Wellbeing

• Cyberbullying, Digital Drama & Hate Speech

• Relationships & Communication

• News & Media Literacy

• Privacy & Security

• Digital Footprint & Identity

The curriculum has been aligned to the UKCIS framework, additionally, the curriculum aligns with many aspects of the Computing curriculum, Relationships and Sex Education curriculum, Keeping Children Safe in Education and the guidance for Teaching Online Safety in Schools, ensuring that our pupils have the most relevant lessons delivered to them.

This scheme of work is delivered from Reception through to Year 6, through a progressive model whereby age appropriate, specific themes are delivered to the children which are developed throughout each year group.