Cyber Safety

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We recognise that student wellbeing and safety are essential for academic and social development. All students should be able to learn and develop in safe, supportive and respectful environments. Australian schools, families and communities all have a responsibility to provide safe online environments and teach children how to use technology in positive and productive ways.

With all of our students have access to various devices across the school and at home we have implemented a CyberSmart Program that runs from Year 1 through to Grade 6.

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One of the best things you can do is customise your child's device, using Settings. Enabling or disabling certain features can make the device safer and more manageable, such as Location Services, iCloud, Screentime and Content & Privacy Restrictions. Keeping the operating system up to date will also help. A lot of updates are done to patch up any holes in security, although it may look like it's just new fun colours or features!

A Google search will give you many suggestions for setting up a device for a child, or you can see the “iPad Settings" document for some that we suggest.

Cyber Safety Links

The following resources may also provide information for students, teachers, parents and the broader community about creating safe online and offline environments.

Safe Schools Hub

This Hub is a one-stop shop for information and resources underpinned by the National Safe Schools Framework. The Hub assists school communities to nurture student responsibility and resilience, build a positive school culture, foster respectful relationships and support students who are impacted by anti-social behaviour, including bullying and cyberbullying.

Bullying No Way!

This is an educational website for Australian school communities and the general public. As well as providing information for individuals, the website provides online curriculum and other resources to support the bullying prevention work of schools. Cybersafety resources and information aimed at children, parents and teachers are provided on the website.

Easy Guide to Socialising Online

Provides information about the cybersafety features of different social networking sites, search engines and online games. It provides clear, step-by-step instructions on how to adjust privacy settings as well as site specific advice on how to report cyberbullying, abuse and inappropriate content.

Cyber Smart

Cybersmart is a national cybersafety and cybersecurity education program managed by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), as part of the Australian Government's commitment to cybersafety. The program is specifically designed to meet the needs of its target audiences of children, young people, parents, teachers and library staff.

Stay Smart Online

Stay Smart Online is the Australian Government's online safety and security website, designed to help everyone understand the risks and the simple steps we can take to protect our personal and financial information online.

Think You Know

ThinkUKnow is an Internet safety program delivering interactive training to parents, carers and teachers through schools and organisations across Australia using a network of accredited trainers from our partner agencies.

Created by the UK Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre, ThinkUKnow Australia has been developed by AFP, Microsoft Australia, Datacom and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, supported by the New South Wales Police Force, Northern Territory Police, Queensland Police Service, South Australia Police, Tasmania Police, Western Australia Police and Neighbourhood Watch Australasia

eSafety Commissioner

This website offers a guide to social media, apps and games with links to online safety information and how to report abusive content.

Carly Ryan Foundation

Australian based, aiming to create awareness of online predators. Some great app fact sheets with guidelines about settings for some apps.

Common Sense Media

An American-based resource that gives advice to parents about movies, games, apps and social media, as well as online safety advice.

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