As well as learning how to stay safe inside and outside of school, children at Milverton are also taught to think carefully about online safety, or 'E-Safety'. The following resources are here for you to use with your child, to enable them to use the Internet, and Internet connected devices, safely and confidently.

E-Safety Policy

Parents Social Media Policy

Social Media Support

Other Useful Links

If you would like to learn more about how to help keep your child safe using popular social networking apps and websites, the following website has fantastic guidance that can be followed simply and effectively. The advice will enable you to help and your child to control the content that they see, and protect themselves as they use these services in the future.

https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-centre/social-media-guides

The following websites contain a wealth of information about E-Safety that you can use to support your child's 'online life'.

Staying Safe Online Facebook Group

Safer Internet Centre (Parents)

Thinkuknow

Internet Matters

Safer Internet Centre (Children)

Fortnite advice

Childnet

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Parental Controls

Did you know that four major broadband providers – BT, Virgin, TalkTalk and Sky – have built-in content control, allowing you to effectively manage many of the things that your child can see and do online. The following website has a fantastic tool for guiding you through this process step by step: https://www.internetmatters.org/parental-controls/interactive-guide/

The videos below also outline how to set parental content controls for these four Internet Service Providers:

BT Parental Controls from UK Safer Internet Centre on Vimeo.

Sky Broadband Parent Controls from UK Safer Internet Centre on Vimeo.