Cyber Safety
Keeping your children safe
Each newsletter this term we will be sharing with you the wide range of resources and supports that exist for families to keep their children cyber safe.
As parents and carers, you face the incredibly difficult task of balancing demands to access technology and social media with the concerns of supervision and keeping your children safe.
We are only a few weeks away from a really important parent information evening to help you keep your child safe in this space.
'Cyber Safety: Raising Kids in a Digital World' will be delivered by cyber safety experts Martin and Carley McGauran on Wednesday the 24th November at 6:30pm.
Martin and Carley will work all year levels during the day, before starting the parent session. This approach to educating and supporting the whole community worked really well at the start of the year when we ran our sessions on Sex and Relationships education with Vanessa Hamilton so we will be replicating it for this similarly important issue.
We will share details on how to register for the session closer to the time but please put the evening into your diaries now.
Before this SKiPPS session, there is also a wealth of other resources and webinars available for parents to help their children navigate this new world. The Federal Government e-Safety commissioner hosts a number of great videos and live webinars for parents. Below are a few that are coming up soon.
Dates (Australian Eastern Standard Time)
Not sure where to start with a Cybersafe talk with your children? Downloadable resources to help you start the chat about online safety issues and strategies with your child are available from the eSafetyCommisioner. The conversation starter question cards are an excellent resource to start everyday conversations about online safety. the cards cover topics such as identifying online risks, using technology safely and reporting unsafe behaviour. These questions cards can be downloaded from this link
SID2020-Primary worksheets V5 (esafety.gov.au)
eSafety's parent guide to digital technologies and mental health
This Term 4 webinar will provide parents and carers with strategies to help young people and their mental health when they are online.
It is designed for parents and carers of young people aged 10–18.
It will cover:
What do to about accidental exposure to content about suicide, self-harm or eating disorders
- using games, apps and social media to support mental wellbeing
- the pros and cons of digital mental health platforms
- strategies for young people to support friends online.
- Dates (Australian Eastern Daylight Time)
- Tuesday 9 November 7.30 to 8.30 pm
- Thursday 18 November 12.30 to 1.30 pm
REGISTER now https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/8245460212320493072
In case you missed it
Online sexual harassment and image-based abuse
A video and information sheet summarising eSafety's webinar about online sexual harassment and image-based abuse is now available on our resources page for parents and carers. This video will show parents and carers how they can support their child if they’re dealing with issues like pressure to send nudes or online sexual harassment. It also covers how you can make a report about the non-consensual sharing of intimate images. https://www.esafety.gov.au/sites/default/files/202107/OSH%20IBA%20Parent%20Guide.pdf