e-Safety
e-Safety at CCHS & Sigma Sixth
At Clacton County High and Sigma Sixth we educate and protect our students in their use of ICT and the internet. We aim to constantly reinforce the responsibilities that our students have when surfing the web through ICT lessons, PSHE lessons and Year Group Assemblies. Within school, filtered internet usage is regularly monitored.
Obviously, we can only provide these safeguards within school – it is equally important that students are encouraged to use the internet safely and responsibly on mobile devices and outside of school.
Digital technology is amazing. It makes it easier than ever for us to learn, create, share and connect online.
Just like in the physical world though, there are simple and sensible steps that we should take to keep ourselves safe.
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Helpful Information - e-Safety Reference Cards
Click the link to access a number of helpful e-Safety reference cards (opens in a new window)
For further information and practical advice on staying safe on-line, please take the time to visit the following websites:
• Think U Know - National Crime Agency's CEOP Command
• UK Safer Internet Centre
• Internet Matters
• Parents Against Child Sexual Exploitation
• Kidshealth.org - Cyberbullying
• Childnet International - Know IT all for parents
• CEOP - Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre
File Downloads:
• Help for parents with young people with problematic sexual behaviour• Knowing these 'secret' sexting codes could help you protect your child
Report - Remove
Report Remove is here to help young people under 18 in the UK to confidentially report sexual images and videos of themselves and remove them from the internet.
Having nudes shared can feel scary, and it can leave you feeling worried or even ashamed. But it’s not your fault.
It’s against the law for anyone to share a sexual image or video of someone who’s under 18, and Report Remove is working with the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and Yoti to help you remove any sexual image or video of you that’s online.
Report Remove is safe, easy and free - please go to Report Remove on the Childline website where you will get step-by-step information about how to make a report and get your images removed. Childline also provides a range of information, guidance and advice on other matters and you can see all of their support services on the main Childline website.
Reporting Abuse
The symbol on the 'Report Abuse' button, which looks a bit like an eye on legs, represents the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), a group of law enforcement agencies who work together to fight online abuse relating to children. If you click on the button you will be reporting a problem directly to someone at CEOP (the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Agency) You are then likely to be contacted by a social worker or a police officer, to talk through your report in more detail. They need to do this to make sure you are safe. It is also a good idea to talk to your parents about your report to CEOP, although if your report concerns a family member, CEOP will not make contact with them until an investigation has been completed.
If you do not want to make a report by pressing the button but are still worried about something online, then please talk to one of the Pastoral Hub team or to an adult you can trust.