From the Assistant Principal
Child Safety Corner: Keeping Children and Young People Safe Online
Next week, our students in Years 3 - 6 will be participating in ThinkUKnow presentations. ThinkUKnow Australia is an evidence-based education program led by the Australian Federal Police (AFP), delivered nationally in partnership with police and industry partners to prevent online child exploitation.
At St Matthew’s, we have taken a number of steps to help our students to be safe online. These include:
- Teaching everyone at our school about online safety issues and about appropriate online behaviour
- Helping all of our students understand online risks, how to navigate the online world safely and empowering students to be able to keep themselves safe online
- Clarifying the importance of keeping personal data and information safe and secure.
- Making it clear that everyone at our school is responsible for the online safety of our students
- Outlining how we’ll respond to the misuse of digital devices and to unacceptable online behaviour and having clear processes for reporting online safety issues or breaches of acceptable use policies.
We encourage you to support us by taking a look at the eSafety Kids website with your child and by contacting us if you have any questions or concerns.
Petra Cole
