Online Safety Hub
John XXIII College
Online Safety Hub
The Hub includes expert advice on the most pertinent cyber safety issues and frequently asked questions around platforms like TikTok, Fortnite, Instagram, and more. There are app reviews with age and safety recommendations, a range of guides and resources to help ensure healthy boundaries around screen time and gaming, and step-by-step instructions for using parental controls and filtering out inappropriate content.
The trust trap: navigating friendships, pressure and manipulation online
Children and young people experience subtle forms of online manipulation that can shape their friendships, identity and wellbeing. Behaviours like exclusion, controlling dynamics, and emotionally loaded 'just joking' interactions are common and may be difficult to spot. This webinar unpacks online manipulative behaviours and harmful friendships dynamics.
This 45-minute webinar is also designed for parents and carers to watch alongside young people (13+), supporting a shared understanding of these behaviours and encouraging meaningful conversations at home.
In this webinar for parents, carers and teens:
- learn the common signs of online manipulation and understand the challenges young people face with friendships online
- understand the common harmful friendship dynamics and why young people may feel trapped, responsible or unable to set boundaries
gain simple, practical strategies to start supportive conversations to help set healthy online boundaries and feel safer navigating digital friendships.
Suitable for parents and carers of young people 13+ in secondary school.
Term 3 (AEST)
29 July 2026, 12.30pm
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Influencers, ideology and impact: how algorithms influence and reinforce harmful beliefs
This webinar explores both the benefits and risks of recommender algorithms and offers practical strategies to help parents and carers to support young people build more positive and safer online feeds.
You will learn about:
- the role of algorithms and recommender systems in driving engagement and shaping online experiences
- how platforms and online communities keep young people engaged, expose them to harmful content and reinforce gendered stereotypes
- strategies to shape algorithmic feeds and build more positive and safe online experiences
- how eSafety can support people experiencing serious online harm.
Term 3 (AEST)
4 August 2026, 12:30pm
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Exploring the online experiences of boys and young men
For boys and young men, the internet can be a place where they seek connection, validation and guidance as they explore what it means to be a man today. However, it also exposes them to risks like harmful content, online exploitation and the growing influence of misogynistic ideologies.
This 45-minute webinar will help parents and carers understand:
- social and cultural influences shaping boys and young men
- how boys engage online, build relationships and how they may be vulnerable to manipulation or exploitation
the impact of social media, gaming, and influencers on their attitudes, behaviours and sense of identity.
This presentation will share practical strategies to build critical thinking, challenge harmful narratives, and create open conversations that empower boys and young men to navigate the online world safely and respectfully.
Suitable for parents and carers of young people in upper primary and secondary school.
Term 3 (AEST)
13 August 2026, 12.30pm
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