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If you have any concerns about internet safety please contact: Ann Layzell eSafety Adviser Email: ann.layzell@ hertscc.gov.uk Chris Seviour ICT Technical Adviser Email: chris.seviour@ hertscc.gov.uk
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Launch of Herts ICT YouTube Channel New

The ICT team are pleased to announce the launch of their new YouTube channel called ‘Hertsict’. To help schools promote online safety to the wider community we have started by adding two eSafety videos. The links to the videos can be given to parents/ carers for them to view at home and to encourage attendance at school eSafety sessions. We also have a video promoting 'Exciting ICT in Hertfordshire Schools' and will be adding further videos throughout the coming year.

To view the videos from outside school visit:

• www.youtube.com/user/hertsict

Schools with Web Factor 1 will be able to access the videos from within school. Further information about filtering can be found:

• www.thegrid.org.uk/eservices/safety/filtered.shtml

KS2 & KS3 Screensaver Competition

New competition just launched to design a screensaver for Anti-Bullying Week. It should provide a starting point for talking about this theme for this year, which is 'Taking Action Together'.

The competition closes on 30 July 2010, for full details visit the Anti-bullying Alliance Website:

• Anti-bullying Alliance: Schools_Competition

Hertfordshire Headteachers' Partnership Conference - eSafety Seminar

Hertfordshire Headteachers' Partnership Conference - Safeguarding and Schools, 15th June 2010.
Presentation from the eSafety seminar:

• Adobe pdf, 1.16MB/19 pages, 16/06/2010, esafety_safeguarding_conference_jun2010.pdf

eSafety Newsletter - Summer 2010

The latest eSafety newsletter is now available:

• Adobe pdf, 26kb/2 pages, 12/05/2010, esafety_newsletter_sum2010.pdf

E-ngage: Online eSafety, Anti-bullying and PSHE Sessions

E-ngage Live offer exciting, interactive learning sessions around Online Safety, Anti-Bullying and PSHE topics, through online collaboration with experts in these fields. For more information:

• e-engage sessions available for teachers and learners

Ofsted - The Safe Use of New Technologies Report

Pupils in schools that use ‘managed’ online systems have a better knowledge and understanding of how to stay safe when using new technologies, according to a report published by Ofsted, the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills.

This report is based on evidence from a small-scale survey carried out between April and July 2009 in 35 maintained schools in England. It evaluates the extent to which the schools taught pupils to adopt safe and responsible practices in using new technologies, and how they achieved this. It also assesses the extent and quality of the training the schools provided for their staff. It responds to the report of the Byron Review, Safer children in a digital world.

• www.ofsted.gov.uk