'Be the same person privately, publicly and personally.' 

While we appreciate the benefits of going online, we are also aware of the risks. At St Matthew’s, teaching online safety is at the heart of our computing curriculum and general safeguarding of children.

Our Approch 

Our Online Safety curriculum is taught alongside our computing curriculum, although we recognise it is part of our PSHE curriculum too. We also have specific safety times throughout the year. Our anti-bullying week in the Autumn gives us a chance to look at online bullying in greater depth, and we also participate in Safer Internet Day in the Spring term.

ProjectEvolve

As part of our computing curriculum, we use a comprehensive scheme of work to teach aspects of online safety explicitly throughout the year. ProjectEvolve is an online scheme of work which is constantly 'evolving' to ensure the online safety messages that children and young people are being taught are delivered in a way that is appropriate; meaningful; encourages reflection and generates positive outcomes. It is based on the UK Council for Internet Safety framework (UKCIS) and Education for a Connected World framework (EFACW) and it covers knowledge, skills, behaviours and attitudes across eight strands of our online lives from EYFS through to Year 6. It is updated regularly to reflect our evolving world and the online content is separated into eight strands which are taught throughout the year:

Self-Image and Identity 

Shaping online identities and how the media impacts on gender and stereotypes

Online Relationships

Relationships and behaviours that may lead to harm and how positive online interaction can empower and amplify voice.

Online Reputation

Strategies to manage personal digital content effectively and capitalise on technology’s capacity to create effective positive profiles

Online Bullying

Strategies for effective reporting and intervention and how bullying and other aggressive behaviour relates to legislation

Managing Online Information

Strategies for effective searching, critical evaluation and ethical publishing

Health, Well-being and Lifestyle

The impact that technology has on health, well-being and lifestyle including understanding negative behaviours and issues amplified and sustained by online technologies and the strategies for dealing with them.

Privacy and Security

Behavioural and technical strategies to limit impact on privacy and protect data and systems against compromise.

Copyright and Ownership

Protecting personal content and crediting the rights of others as well as addressing potential consequences of illegal access, download and distribution

Each of the ProjectEvolve strands have also been linked to each of the 4 C’s of online safety:

	Content	Contact	Conduct	Commerce
ProjectEvolve knowledge strands	Managing Online Information Copyright and Ownership	Online Bullying Health, Well-being and Lifestyle	Online Reputation Self-Image and Identity Online Bullying Health, Well-being and Lifestyle Privacy and Security	Privacy and Security Copyright and Ownership

Introduction to ProjectEvolve

https://projectevolve.co.uk/assets/documents/intro-video.mp4

Online Safety Policy