Advice was offered on being mindful of hackers and scammers as well as to be careful of(add) people posing to be their friends.

Students were warned about the permanent nature of what they put online (even if it deleted) and they were also given lots of guidance on reporting inappropriate or harmful content. The following links were shared with the students:

How secure is my password :- How Secure Is My Password? | Password Strength Checker (security.org)

Report Harmful Content :- Report Harmful Content - We Help You Remove Content

NWP Cybercrime Team Twitter page :- HGC Troseddau Seiber / NWP Cyber Crime (@NWPCyberCrime) / Twitter

NWP Cybercrime Facebook page :- HGC Troseddau Seiber / NWP Cyber Crime | Facebook

Net Aware by the NSPCC is also good :- Keeping children safe online | NSPCC

UK Safer Internet Centre is too :- Homepage - UK Safer Internet Centre

Talk to your children about Internet Safety - we all need to know about hackers, scammers and phishing (sending scam messages) as well as how to report harmful activity.

We now have a page of the school website (Staying Safe Online) dedicated to internet safety where you can find a wealth of guidance and informative documents that cover many areas of digital literacy and how to navigate the various challenges that can occur with online awareness.