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News, Events & Meetings ArchiveSafer Internet Day - 9th February 2010Safer Internet Day (SID) is an annual event organised by Insafe to promote the safer and more responsible use of online technologies and mobile phones. CEOP acts as the co-ordinator of SID activities in the UK. The theme for this year is “Think before you post”, encouraging children and young people to manage their online identity by utilising privacy settings on social networking sites, selecting friends online that they can trust and taking careful consideration of the potential consequences before publishing images of themselves and others online. Celebrate Safer Internet Day at your school and help to promote the ‘Stay Safe’ Online
Please let us know if you held any activities on Safer Internet Day. We would be delighted include on the HGfL any resources developed and help you in other ways to promote this important work. For further information about CEOP’s initiatives and resources for SID10 please read on or visit:
New Government Internet Safety InitiativeHertfordshire have been providing schools with eSafety guidance and resources over recent years. From the Early Years onwards many of our schools have embedded eSafety throughout the curriculum. Indeed, OfSTED inspect schools and comment on the eSafety curriculum in all key stages. To access the Hertfordshire eSafety resources go to: Zip it, Block it, Flag it is a new government initiative to further promote eSafety launched on Safer Internet Day, 9th February 2010. There will be a number of exciting new resources to support this campaign along with other good existing resources from organisations such as Childnet and CEOP. Download "Click Clever Click Safe: The First Child Internet Safety Strategy" from the UK Council for Child Internet Safety:
Access to Sparklebox through the Hertfordshire Grid For LearningEmail sent to headteachers - 13th January 2010Dear headteacher You may already be aware that Hertfordshire County Council, along with many local authorities, has blocked the teaching resource website www.sparklebox.co.uk. Although this website is popular with schools, CEOP (Child Exploitation & Online Protection Centre) has supported the blocking of the site, as the site owner is a registered sex offender who has just admitted and been convicted of a second child pornography offence. Although we believe there is no immediate danger from using this site, we have taken the decision to block Sparklebox until further information is available. We would also recommend the following action: 1. If the site toolbar, which gives access to further resources, has been downloaded at school or by teachers at home, we would advise that it is removed. Whilst we have no direct evidence of any risk attached at present, its use could potentially be providing the owner of the site with an income. This can be done by clicking on Start -> Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs. Choose the Sparklebox toolbar and remove. Reboot PC. 2. If schools are using Sparklebox branded resources, please consider removing them from use. There is no evidence that there is any danger from using the Sparklebox website and people can still access the site from home, however schools and settings should consider the ethics of using a site which could potentially be providing the owner with an income, or resources which are heavily labelled to promote the Sparklebox brand. We will continue to post updates on the HGfL on this page as and when they becomes available. If you have any questions, please contact Carole Bennett, senior ICT adviser by email at: carole.bennett@hertscc.gov.uk 7th January 2010Regular users of the "Sparklebox" website will have noticed that it is now unavailable through the Hertfordshire Grid for Learning. We have taken this action to deny access to Sparklebox following information of possible serious eSafety issues relating to the site. Although this website is popular with schools, CEOP (Child Exploitation & Online Protection Centre) has issued a statement supporting both our action and the following statement from South West Grid for Learning: This has been a popular site with many of our schools and we are aware that this decision will cause considerable inconvenience but given the nature of the concerns we feel it right to block the site centrally until more information is available and review whether this site should be blocked permanently after consulting schools and other sources. Chris Seviour 7th January 2010 Anti-bullying week - 16th-20th November 2009Anti-bullying week 2009 focused on Cyberbullying. Cyberbullying in Primary Schools - see this BBC news item Radio 1 advice on Cyberbullying for young people from celebrities: See our cyberbulling section:
ICT Week in September 2009 - eSafety‘ICT Week’ on Teachers TV in September 2009 featured Monks Walk School who took part in the programme KS3/4 Music - Teaching Copyright. This programme involved musicians and pupils discussing the impact of illegal downloading of music in relation to artistic and intellectual property rights. Some of the other programmes look at eSafety topics such as cyberbullying, eSafety rules and on-line communities.
CEOP Annual Review 2008-9The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre has published its annual review for 2008-9. Some key statistics published:
To see the full report download from the CEOP website at:
Safe Use of Images PolicyNew guidance has been published for Hertfordshire County Council staff and schools on the safe use of images.
Cyberbullying - Supporting School StaffThis new guidance document published by the DCSF covers cyberbullying from the perspective of a school’s responsibility to protect their staff.
CybermentorsBeatbullying, the UK’s leading bullying prevention charity, has unveiled its nationwide advertising campaign to support the launch of CyberMentors (www.cybermentors.org.uk), the first nationwide part DCSF-funded, online peer-mentoring social networking site for young people. In just under three weeks since launch, over 23,000 young people have accessed the site seeking help and support from their peers. Amongst these young people, hundreds are openly admitting to having suicidal thoughts and self harming as a result of the verbal and or physical bullying they are experiencing both offline and online.
European Safer Internet Day Safer Internet Day (SID09) was on the 10th February 2009. The resources put together for the day are still available online. Celebrate and promote eSafety at your school by arranging a series of activities. For more details go to To help promote European Safer Internet day, North West Learning Grid have created some e-safety games for their schools in the North West Region. They are free to use for anyone that wishes to do so and available at: The London Grid for Learning also has a section on esafety at: And don't forget there is lots of useful information in our own e-safety section on the HGfL.
School Self Evaluation - A Response to the Byron ReviewBriefing note compiled by Ofsted in response to the request, in the Byron Review of e-safety in schools:
Celebrate Data Protection Day by Making Your Own Video!Young Europeans between the ages of 15 and 19 years are invited to take part in the“Surf the internet – think Privacy” competition which was launched this week at www.dataprotectionday.eu. The challenge is to create a 30 to 90 second video to illustrate the theme of data privacy and data protection. As entries start coming in, you can visit the online competition gallery to rate the uploaded entries. The most popular videos will then be judged by a panel of experts. In the lead up to Data Protection Day on 28 January 2009, European Schoolnet has launched the competition in partnership with Microsoft to better understand how young people feel about data protection online, especially when they join web communities. The competition will run until 15 January 2009, when online voting will also finish. A special section of the competition invites schools and youth clubs in different countries to team up to produce a joint entry “tandem video”. Winners in both the individual and “tandem” sections of the competition will win a two day trip to Brussels to take part in the Data Protection Day event on 28 January 2009. At this event the runners up will be awarded cash prizes for their school or youth club, winning videos will be featured and outright winners will have the opportunity to meet with eminent jury members. Learn more about the competition by visiting the website at: which will be open for submissions from now until 15 January 2009. UK Council for Child Internet SafetySocial networking websites and major technology companies are joining the government in an organisation designed to improve children's safety online. The UK Council for Child Internet Safety is to be launched by Schools Secretary Ed Balls and Home Secretary Jacqui Smith. The council will promote responsible online advertising and will seek to shut down "harmful" websites. It will also develop a voluntary code for websites featuring users' content. The creation of the council is the latest stage in the development of the government's safety strategy for children using the internet, following on from the findings of the Byron Review earlier this year.
Children and Young Persons Global Online Charter17-21 July 2008 saw the first ever International Youth Advisory Congress (IYAC) as up to 200 young people and children from all around the world came together in London to meet with representatives from across government, the police, child protection communities and the online and mobile industries. The theme was online safety and security. The result was the Children and Young Persons Global Online Charter. This will build the roadmap and strategy for industry, government, law enforcement and education sectors to sign up with a strategy that ultimately will be presented to the UN in October as part of the 2008 Resolution of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Good Practice Guidance for the Providers of Social Networking and other User Interactive Services 2008The first UK Social Networking Guidance provides advice for industry, parents and children about how to stay safe online. This has been developed by a taskforce of representatives from industry, charity and law enforcement agencies including Vodafone, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). Available to download from the Home Office website at: Young People and Social Networking SitesA new report evaluating the potential educational benefits to individual users, as well as outlining some of the opportunities that educators and schools using social networking services might take advantage of, plus some of the barriers and risks to using social networking in education. Byron Review Action PlanOn 24 June 2008 a cross-Government Action Plan was published which sets out how the recommendations of the Byron Review (which looked at the risks to children from exposure to potentially harmful or inappropriate material on the internet and in video games) will be implemented. In her report 'Safer Children in a Digital World', published in March 2008, Dr Tanya Byron set out a number of recommendations to improve children's safety when they use the internet or play video games. This Action Plan sets out how Government, its partners, industry and the third sector will work together to create a safer online world. Hector's World
OFCOM research indicates that 59% of 5-7 year olds access the internet at home and that 21% do so unsupervised.[1] Now building on the success of the organisation's Thinkuknow education initiative, which has already reached over 1.7 million children and young people between the ages of 8-16 years, the UK's Centre for tackling the sexual abuse of children is now reaching out to parents of much younger children with vital 'safety first' advice. Hector's WorldTM comprises five state-of-the-art, animated episodes. It takes children on a journey with Hector and his friends as they explore issues such as personal information, trustworthiness, making positive choices online and how to be open with a trusted adult when they use the internet. The animation has been adapted for a young UK audience following successful running of the programme in New Zealand and is backed up by a series of free resources available to parents and teachers via the dedicated CEOP education website - www.thinkuknow.co.uk. All materials have been developed in consultation with Becta and with teachers. Hector's World is available at: Ofcom Report into Social NetworkingOfcom, the media regulator has published a report looking into the impact of social networks on people's lives in the UK as part of a wider media literacy campaign and surveyed 5,000 adults and more than 3,000 children. The research shows More than a quarter of eight to 11-year-olds in the UK have a profile on a social network, despite a minimum age of 13 to 14 being set by most social network sites. 41 per cent of children leave their privacy settings as default 'open' which means that their profiles are visible to anyone. The report reveals a "significant difference" between the perception of the risks and use of social networks between parents and children. While 65% of parents said they set rules for the way their children used social networking sites, only half of children said their families had laid down restrictions. A further 43% said their parents placed no limits on what they could use sites for. Parents who are allowing their children to go online without supervision need to recognise their children are potentially at risk. Press release Social Networking: A quantitative and qualitative research report into attitudes, behaviours and use - April 2008
Byron ReviewThe Byron Review (an independent review by Dr Tanya Byron, looking at the risks to children from exposure to potentially harmful or inappropriate material on the internet and in video games) has published its recommendations which include calling for a UK body to oversee children's internet safety and:
For the full report: Internet Watch Foundation Day 2008IWF Awareness Day 2008 will be held on 24 October and preparations to make this year's activities a success are underway. The aim of the day is to reach out to the UK's vast online population to raise awareness of our 'Hotline' and of the IWF's work minimising the availability of illegal online content, in partnership with the internet industry and the police. IWF Awareness Day 2007 was a great success with around 300 media articles, a 320% rise in website visitors and a 67% increase in reports to the 'Hotline' about potentially illegal child sexual abuse content, it had a significant impact on the public's awareness of the IWF and their understanding of how the wider internet industry fund and support the IWF's work.
Becta Launches Toolkit for Local Authorities to Improve Web Safety for Children
The new e-safety strategy toolkit is the result of major collaboration work between Becta and 38 local authorities, five Regional Broadband Consortia and representatives from Scotland, Wales and the European Union. It has been developed to allow local authorities to share best practice, and to offer support and guidance to all local authorities to ensure the online safety of children and learners. It can be downloaded from the Becta web site at: European Safer Internet Day - 12th February 2008Safer Internet Day takes place each year in February and is an opportunity to dedicate some time in schools to reflect on some of the issues and more importantly to raise awareness of them. The pages also provide information about previous events and showcase some of the work done by schools and young people. The winners of the previous year’s competition are highlighted and all of the entries can be found using a searchable database. CEOP has developed some exciting and engaging assembly resources for schools to support European Safer Internet Day for Key Stages 2 and 3-4 which can be accessed by registering here: Hertfordshire eSafety Conference - 1st February 2008 The morning focussed on the national view with keynote speeches from Stephen Carrick-Davies of Childnet and Ruth Hammond from Becta. There was also a session from Helen Penn from the Child Exploitation and On-line Protection Centre, CEOP. The afternoon had a Hertfordshire focus with talks from School Governance, Child Protection, Hertfordshire Police Force, HGfL and Schools HR.
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Becta has launched a free guidance toolkit to help Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) ensure the online safety of all children and learners '
Safeguarding Children in a Digital World: Developing an LSCB e-Safety Strategy'.
This conference was designed to raise awareness of eSafety and provide guidance. Schools have a important responsibility to ensure that children and young people are able to use the internet and related technologies appropriately and safely. The conference aimed to help School Leaders and Governors to consider eSafety from both the national and local perspective and enable delegates to identify next steps. 