Early Years

Online safety resources

Find a selection of resources you can use in the classroom with children or use our parent pack to encourage parents to continue online safety conversations at home.

Parent Pack

In addition to our parent pack featuring bespoke resources for parents, you’ll find a range of Early Years resources to help children develop the right digital skills to stay safe online in the classroom and at home with parents.

In the classroom

When it comes to educating early year children about online safety, as teachers it can be a challenge to keep adapting your teaching materials to evolve with the child’s age and new technologies.

We’ve compiled a diverse selection of lesson plans and other teaching resources to help you get the most from your time allocated to online safety. Keep checking for updates as we’ll be adding even more as they become available.

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Lesson resources

Being Smart with your Smartphone

Childnet International and the Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA) have designed a lesson designed for teachers to use with 8-11 year olds to help them understand that it is possible to spend real money through their phones

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Unique Voice -online safety poetry video

We are the ones that are in control video created by Unique Voice, an organization working to empower children emotionally through the use of Drama, helps young people understand how to stay safe online.

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Conversation at home

Many parents feel in the dark when it comes to their children’s internet safety and trust schools to help them get up to speed.

There are lots of easy ways that you can encourage parents to discover the information they need. We’ve provided some downloadable materials to help you. There are also resources available to help them find more engaging ways to get children talking about e-safety.

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Guides

Amazing games guide for families

Playing games with your child and understanding how to make use of safety controls on apps and games consoles will help them develop good gaming habits but, there’s nothing as powerful as introducing them to a wide range of activities online.

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Gaming guide for pre-schoolers

Use our practical gaming tips to help young children starting to game online get the best out of their experience and stay safe.

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Engaging with parents

Education about child online safety shouldn’t stop in the classroom. With the right support, there are plenty of ways parents can be involved in the process too.

We’ve created online safety presentations you can download and run through with parents to get them thinking about the issues. You’ll also find a selection of interactive resources to share with parents for use with children in their home environment.

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Guides

Tackling online hate and trolling

As children spend more time interacting with each online, it's important to help them recognise behaviours that can spread harmful content. The growth of hate speech and trolling online can often have real-world consequences so equipping them with the tools to address these issues is essential.

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Online Safety Guide

Children’s use of the internet is becoming more mobile and interactive offering young people more opportunities to interact and meet new people, so it’s never been more important to make sure you are helping your child stay safe in the digital world.

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Keeping up with online safety training and policy

Keep up with the latest developments in online safety policies and procedures by taking a look through our list of resources. You’ll find resources around policy and guidance and the latest training programmes on a range of issues.

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Policy & guidance

Education for a Connected World

The UKCCIS framework offers guidance about the digital knowledge and skills that children and young people should have the opportunity to develop at different ages and stages of their lives.

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360safe

Free online safety self-review tool for schools. It helps schools review their online safety policy and practices.

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More resources

Use our school online safety age guides to give children the right advice to deal with some of the online challenges they may face.

See online safety basics to help your child make smarter and safer choices online and get the best out of the fast-moving pace of technology.

See the UKCIS Education for a Connected World framework which highlights what a child should know in terms of current online technology, its influence on behaviour and development, and what skills they need to be able to navigate it.