E-safety is a growing area as technology advances. At Hornsea School we hope to help give students, parents and anyone else that is concerned guidance on this issue. E-safety can relate to a variety of different technologies that young people and adults are using more and more in their everyday lives, including social networking sites such as facebook, mobile phones, online chat, and the mass of other tools and fun things to do that are made available on the internet. You will also find information about the threats that these technologies pose, such as viruses, malware, E-bullying and other issues, most importantly however, you will be able to learn what to do about them, to allow you to use these powerful new tools in a safe and fun way to enhance learning and allow easy access to information and fun activities. If students feel the need to talk to someone in school about any of these things, then they can go to a variety of people, including Mr Hart, our director of E-learning, and also a trained CEOP ambassador who has lots of knowledge about many of the common problems that can face young people and adults as well using the internet.

We have gathered together what we feel are some of the best websites that deal with these issues to allow you to better understand the digital world that both you are likely to be interacting with day in and day out.

You will also find the CEOP safety button on the bottom of each page of our website and many other websites and applications such as MSN and you can add it to your Facebook account by following this link which we urge you to do to keep you informed of new and developing issues that will allow you to stay safe. To add the app, go on the "clickCEOP" tab and press on the clickCEOP app button a little further down the page.

Everything Everywhere
Mobile operator Everything Everywhere has recently released a new section of their website dedicated to E-Safety that is well worth a visit.

ThinkUKnow a joint venture by several agencies including the Virtual Global Task Force and CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection) with a huge amount of information for students and their carers.

 Facebook Privacy Settings Explained 

Facebooks own page explaining its privacy settings to users

Get Safe Online 

 Similar to thinkuknow however with more emphasis on using the internet rather than other technologies

Action for Children
An organisation focusing on the well being of children in the UK

Childnet International
A nonprofit organisation again focussing on making the internet a safe place for children around the world

Parents Centre
All sorts of information from the government about parenting and children

National Strategies Cpd An online bank of resources aimed at teachers but easily adaptable for parents and young people to use (requires registration)

Uk Online Centres
Courses for adults about how to get started online

Northern Grid
Another set of information packs about E-safety and general internet usage