Supporting young people
Staying safe online
This learning helps adults guide and protect young people online, while offering engaging resources that build digital awareness and safe habits for learners of all ages.
Supporting young people in navigating the online world is more important than ever. This learning resource is designed to empower parents, guardians, teachers, and carers with the knowledge and confidence to help young people stay safe online. It covers key topics such as digital wellbeing, recognising online risks, understanding social media behaviours, and promoting positive online habits. By building awareness and encouraging open conversations, we can create a safer, more supportive digital environment for the next generation.
Keeping children safe online
By completing this module you'll learn how to help keep children safe online. You'll learn about online reputation, online risks, gaming safely and tips to help you manage screen time.
Helping children to manage their digital footprint
By completing this module you'll learn how to support your children with managing their digital footprints. This includes sharing insight to help you enhance you understanding of digital footprints and foster positive conversations with your children.
Using technology to stay safe
By completing this module you'll learn how your device could be used to keep others informed, how apps can help you in an emergency, what you can do with your device to ensure it's keeping you safe.
Password management
This learning will teach you the importance of passwords and password security. You'll learn how to create a secure password and how to keep it safe from fraudsters. You'll look at how criminals may attempt to hack passwords and how the safe use of password managers can help you keep track of your passwords.
Cyberbullying
This module helps families and educators guide young people in handling cyberbullying. It covers its impact, reporting abuse, and promoting respectful online behavior, with scenarios and tips to build a kind, confident digital presence.
Using social media safely
This module helps individuals and families use social media safely. It covers privacy, spotting scams, and managing your online reputation, with practical tips and real-life examples to build secure habits and guide young people.
Lesson plans
These lesson plans help you guide pupils aged 7 to 16 in understanding online safety and digital wellbeing. Each resource covers a key topic such as privacy, passwords, wellbeing, reputation, and fraud, using practical activities and real-life scenarios. The lessons are easy to adapt for different ages and abilities, encouraging discussion and hands-on learning so pupils gain the confidence and skills to stay safe and positive online.
Passwords
- Understanding the importance of a safe
and secure password - Explaining the consequences of a simple password
- Showing them how to create effective
and memorable passwords.
Helping children manage their digital footprint
- Understanding what a digital footprint is
- How to manage their digital footprint
effectively and why it’s important to protect
their personal information.
Public WiFi
- Understanding what public WiFi is
- The dangers of using public WiFi
- How to protect themselves when
using public WiFi.
Understanding cookies
- Understanding what cookies are and why websites use them
- Explaining the difference between helpful cookies and tracking cookies
- Learning how to manage cookie preferences.
Data privacy
- Understanding what personal data is and why it’s important to keep it private
- Recognising the risks of sharing information online and how it can be misused
- Learning how to protect their data by making smart choices about what to share and spotting risky situations.
Understanding your online reputation
- Understanding what a digital footprint is and how it’s made
- Explaining the difference between positive and negative footprints, and their effects
- Learning how to build a positive online reputation.
Online wellbeing
- Understanding what online wellbeing means and why it matters
- Exploring how the internet can affect feelings
- Learning practical ways to look after online wellbeing.
Locking devices
- Understanding how to create a secure passcode for devices
- Learning how strong passcodes protect personal data and what’s at risk if a passcode is compromised
- Exploring practical ways to make passcodes harder to guess, including pattern locks and best practices.
Browsing the internet safely
- Understanding the key rules for staying safe online
- Learning to spot the dangers that browsing the internet could pose
- Knowing the consequences of unsafe online behavior and the correct actions to take if you encounter online danger.
Identity fraud
- Understanding what identity fraud is and how it happens
- Explaining how sharing personal details online can make you a target
- Learning how to protect yourself by using strong passwords, privacy settings, and being careful about what you share.
