Proactive Policing Unit

On Thursday, Mackellar welcomed the Proactive Policing Unit to deliver a presentation to our students about being safe online. The Proactive Policing Unit provides an evidence-based education program led by the Australian Federal Police (AFP), delivered nationally in partnership with police and industry partners to prevent online child sexual exploitation. The program is pro-technology and addresses multiple topics, and importantly encourages help-seeking behaviour.

The police officers talked to our students about what young people SEE, SAY and DO online, including the challenges they may face and how to report and get help if things go wrong.

For further information and access to multiple resources for parents/carers, please visit the following site https://www.thinkuknow.org.au/resources-tab/parents-and-carers .

Mackellar Primary School's Digital Learning Policy is one of our Child Safe Standards that can be located at our website https://mackellarps.vic.edu.au .

Following the session, here are some comments our students shared:

Alyssa 4A: It is a good idea to be near your parents when you are online so that if you start to feel unsafe you can let them know.

Nila 4A: As everyone has a digital footprint, I am going to be more careful about what I post online.

Alexander S 4A: We need to protect our identify by not wearing our school uniform in photos that we post online.

Tejbir 4A: Don’t bully people online because we can get in a lot of trouble and it’s also not a nice thing to do.

Violet 4A: Don’t share your personal information with strangers online because they might hack your account and they might know where you live and can see everything that you do.

Ryan 4A: Don’t troll people at any time because this might create a serious problem for everyone involved and it may need to be reported to the school or even the police.

Galy 6A: People troll just to get you mad. Then you can get into a fight with them and get into trouble with the police. So never ‘take the bait’ if you are ever trolled!

Mia 6A: If you are ten years old, you can get arrested. The police told us that if someone sends a ‘hate comment’ you should report and block them. It’s like a bait, for example the worm on the fishing hook. The bait is they want to have an online fight with you. The policeman also said not to keep information in your bio, posts, video and photos.

Faiq 6A: You should never take the bait from online trolls. The policeman told us to never tell them where you live or meet up with people online. Always ignore inappropriate comments, but block and report the person. I found out about the digital footprint. It is when you say something online and the police can trace what you said because what you type and post is permanent.

Seher 6A: We need to careful of what we share online because later on when you get a job the employer may check online to see if you have done anything inappropriate and if you did anything inappropriate you may not get the job you wanted. I also found out that if you are bullied you could talk to a trusted adult such as your mum, dad or teacher. You could also block the person if they are sending you too many comments.

Jesse 6A: Trolling isn’t only in games that you play such as destroying progress, it can also be bullying others and saying hateful comments online. Many people think that trolling and your comments can’t be traced, but the policeman said they have ways of finding your online comments. Also, if someone keeps asking you for your personal information such as your address, don’t give them a fake address, report it or block them.

Johnson 6A: Digital footprints on snapchat don’t actually delete they go to a server and it is stored there for ever. When you post comments and photos, they belong to Snapchat. I also found out that if you are bullied the police can get involved if the situation is very serious. I also found out that we should set our profile to private to keep us safe.

Nidal 6A: Trolling is illegal and a digital footprint can be traced, even if you deleted your comment. The policeman said, if you have an account online to make your profile into private and not public for safety reasons.

Hakan 6A: If someone tells me to give them my address and I give them a fake address it could put that person in danger. I found out that if someone posts something to make me mad I should ignore them and not fall for the bait. I found out that if you're posting about your life you should make your profile private but if your posts don’t include personal information you can make your profile public.

Jessica 6A: Trolling can be harmful sometimes because it affects the person and it can be there for many years. If I was the person getting trolled, I would block and report them and tell a trusted adult like my parents or the teachers at the school. I also found out that your digital footprint will remain forever. What you say can always be there for many years.

Artemis 6A: A digital footprint is if you say something rude or someone says something rude to you and you delete the message, the message is stored on a server and it can be found by the police. I also found out that I should never post anything that has my personal information on it such as a photo of myself in my school uniform.

Nancy 6A: When you want to get a job one day, the person who is hiring you could look you up on social media. Everything you post online stays online! Cyberbullying could affect a persons confidence and they may not want to go online. I also found out how to respond to cyberbullying by not responding, blocking, telling a trusted adult and saving and keeping messages as evidence. I found out not share my personal information such as full name, address or school name, phone number or any passwords online.

Alysha 6A: Trolling is when people prank or bait you to get a reaction out of you. They can record or laugh from the reaction you've made. Cyberbullying is when you are playing a game, having fun, then a group of people call you bad names. You can report, block or leave the game. Replying back will be a bigger problem because it can cause an argument. When online you need a strong password that is at least eight characters long and a mix of letters, numbers and symbols.

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