Protecting our children on line is fast becoming one of the biggest issues facing parents and guardians, in this ever changing age of technology. Dr Helen Dixon, Head of Creative and Innovative learning, NRC Ballymena, came to school on 24th January to give our P4 - P7 children lots of information about keeping safe online.

Since then, the children have been preparing questions on Internet Safety for parents and friends, in the form of a ‘Who wants to Be a Millionaire Quiz’. At a special parents’ evening, the children presented their quiz, and then Dr Dixon gave parents useful information on ‘Keeping your Children Safe Online’. Probably the most important message from the evening would be

TALK TO YOUR CHILDREN AND BE AWARE OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING ONLINE

DON’T RELY ON AN ‘APP’ TO PARENT YOUR CHILDREN..

This can be summarised by using the letters of the word TEAM

  • Talk regularly

  • Explore together

  • Agree rules

  • Manage settings

Thanks to everyone who worked really hard to make this a very useful evening.