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E-Safety advice and updates for parents.

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  • 25/02/20

    Tik Tok

    Tik Tok is an increasingly popular social media platform for children aged 13+.  However some children in primary schools do access the service and have their own accounts.   Tik Tok have added a new Family Safety feature for parents to monitor their children's accounts.  See...
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  • 12/02/20

    Darlington Internet Safety Partnership

    Check out this great new site from DISP! The website aims to keep teachers, families and children up to date with the latest trends and information about keeping safe online!
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  • 11/02/20

    Gaming

    Gaming is incredibly popular amongst children at Primary age and it always comes up in discussions around keeping safe online. See the info below for some handy tips and guides.
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  • 10/02/20

    Safer Internet Day 2020

    Empower your child with safe choices they can make online instead of overwhelming them with restrictions. Let’s create an internet where you are #freetobe involved in your children’s online lives. Top tips this #SaferInternetDay. www.saferinternet.org.uk/sid-tips @UK_SIC
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  • 20/12/19

    Christmas Message

    It’s that time of the year  when families are buying lots of new gadgets and technology for their children for Christmas. Many children will be excitedly opening their presents on Christmas morning to find new mobile phones, tablets and games consoles and in a large number of cases these...
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  • 20/12/19

    Christmas Message

    It’s that time of the year  when families are buying lots of new gadgets and technology for their children for Christmas. Many children will be excitedly opening their presents on Christmas morning to find new mobile phones, tablets and games consoles and in a large number of cases these...
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  • 09/09/19

    Monkey App

    The e-safety team at the local authority have had multiple people contact them with concerns and questions about the popular app Monkey.  Here is some advice and information they have put together.
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  • 19/06/19

    Parental Controls

    Here are some useful links to show you how to set parental controls on Xbox One, PS4 and Switch.
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  • 05/03/19

    Digital Parenting

    Over the next few days your child should be bringing home this useful magazine about keeping safe online.
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  • 27/02/19

    Momo

    You may of heard about the 'MoMo Game' as it has featured recently in a number of tabloid newspapers and information is currently being shared on social media warning parents.
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  • 11/02/19

    Family Internet Use Plan

    On Wednesday 6th February 2019 Mike Clark from C:The Box delivered a session about pupil Internet use at West Park Academy.  He talked about how children use the Internet and the potential risks they face. 
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  • 09/12/18

    E-Safety parent session cancelled

    Sadly, due to low numbers the E-Safety parent event scheduled for Monday 10th December will be postponed.
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