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GOOGLE AND PARENT ZONE

Be Internet Legends

Google and Parent Zone have collaborated on a new Key Stage 2 teaching resource, covering internet safety, for UK primary schools. The Be Internet Legends curriculum is a PSHE Association accredited scheme of work, which is free for KS2 teachers to order.

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SAFER INTERNET CENTRE RESEARCH REPORT

Digital Friendships Report

The finding of this research report reveals how central technology is to young people’s relationship and highlights both the positive and negative role that technology can play in young people’s relationships.

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CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER FOR ENGLAND

Life in 'likes' research

This research report from the Children’s Commissioner for England explores the effects of social media on 8-to-12-year-old, examining the way children use social media and its effects on their wellbeing.

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DFE SCHOOLS GUIDANCE

Sexual violence and harassment in schools guidance

This is advice provided by the Department for Education. The focus is sexual violence and sexual harassment between children at school and college. It provides advice on what sexual violence and sexual harassment is, how to minimise the risk of it occurring and what to do when incidents occur, or are alleged to have occurred.

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Research

Digital Romance

Understand how young people are using digital technologies in their romantic relationships by reading a summary of the ‘Digital Romance’ research project, led by Brook and CEOP. It looks at how young people use tech as they flirt, start relationships, negotiate pressure, and break up. You can also share the findings with others using a downloadable presentation.

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SEX EDUCATION FORUM

Resource for Relationships and Sex Education

The Sex Education Forum have produced a poster explaining what is needed for good quality relationships and sex education (RSE) in a school setting. The 12 points of the statement on the poster are based on research evidence.

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IMPACT OF ONLINE AND OFFLINE CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

Impact of online and offline child sexual abuse

This research is intended to understand more about the impact of child sexual abuse to inform the appropriate support to children. The research team carried out interviews and questionnaires with a group of young people aged 15-19, who were recruited through the NSPCC, Childline and CEOP. The research focused on technology assisted child sexual abuse in particular, but sexual abuse often involves both offline and online contexts and environments.

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SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Young girls, social media use and the issues and concerns these girls have about their on-line lives

This research conducted by Georgina Newton outlines key findings about 11 and 12-year old girls, their engagement with social media and some of the key concerns or challenges social media presents young people. This data has developed from a larger PhD research topic exploring young girls and media socialisation. The data was gathered through focus groups and one-to-one interviews during 2015 and 2016, in two schools in the Midlands area of the UK.

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ONLINE SAFETY POLICIES

How to write an online safety policy

The Kent online safety policy template is suitable for all education settings to use and adapt to create a policy appropriate to their own needs and requirements. Leaders, managers and DSLs should access the 'How to write an online safety policy' guidance document prior to using the policy template to inform decision making.

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PARENT ZONE AND VODAFONE

Digital Parenting magazine

Digital Parenting is a partnership between Parent Zone and Vodafone. This free annual magazine is an online safety guide for families, providing parents and carers with practical information and advice directly from teachers, other parents/carers and online safety experts on a range of subjects.

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CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER

Digital 5 A Day

The Children's Commissioner for England has launched a campaign aimed at parents and carers to help them to encourage their children to enjoy the online world without being totally consumed by it. The campaign, Digital 5 A Day is based on the NHS's evidence based five steps to mental well-being, and gives children and parents practical steps to achieve a balanced digital diet.

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DIGITAL CREATIVITY IN UK

Young Digital Makers

Digital technologies pervade every part of our lives. They offer us rapid social and economic change as well as complex ethical questions. We need to understand how they work in order to make the world work better. But as this report shows, we risk another generation growing up as passive digital consumers rather than confident digital makers. What is our role to play?

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