Safer Internet Day 2024
What was Safer Internet Day?
On Tuesday 6th February we joined schools and youth settings across the UK in celebrating Safer Internet Day 2024. Safer Internet Day is celebrated globally in February each year to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people, and to inspire a national conversation about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically, and creatively.
Using the internet safely and positively is a key message that we promote in school, and celebrating Safer Internet Day is a great opportunity for us to re-emphasise the online safety messages we deliver throughout the year.
What happened in our school?
To celebrate the many positives of the internet, and to raise awareness of the issues that children and young people face online today, Yardley Primary School joined Safer Internet Day 2024 by carrying out a range of activities in school. We also took part in the ‘I Want to Talk About it’ campaign, details of which are further below.
Inspiring change? Making a difference, managing influence and navigating change online
Each year in the UK, Safer Internet Day explores a new issue or theme which is impacting the lives of young people in the UK. This Safer Internet Day was based around the theme:
Inspiring change? Making a difference, managing influence and navigating change online
This included covering:
Young people’s perspective on new and emerging technology
Using the internet to make change for the better
The changes young people want to see online
The things that can influence and change the way young people think, feel and act online and offline
Whether you had 5 minutes, a few hours, a whole day or even a week, Safer Internet Day asked everyone to make time for these conversations and to remember you don’t have to do it alone.
'Inspiring Change'
One of the activities we did in school was participating in the 'Inspiring Change' campaign.
Safer Internet Day 2024 was all about inspiring change and showing the things that young people want to see changing online. We used the Safer Internet Day 'Inspiring Change' template to help us consider what we want to see changing online. This could be:
What we want to change ourselves,
What we want those around us to change.
What would make our online experiences more positive.
Sending a positive message to a friend.
Standing up for a cause we believe in.
If you would like to take part yourself, you can download the template here.
What can I do at home?
You can still join us in celebrating the day by continuing the conversation at home. To help you with this you may be interested in checking out some of the Safer Internet Day resources for parents and carers below.
Some other resources which you may find helpful in supporting your child online are:
RECOMMENDED! The one stop shop for information and advice for keeping children safe online.
Help your children get the most out of the internet.
Get Safe Online is the UK’s leading source of unbiased, factual and easy-to-understand information on online safety.
Advice and online guides about gaming and PEGI age ratings.
Information presented for parents and carers to find games suitable for children, teenagers and young adults.
Expert reviews, advice and age appropriate recommendations on games, apps, films and more.
For more information about staying safe online visit the Stay Safe Online area of our website.
It is full of advice, tips, guides and videos for both parents and pupils, all designed to help keep your children digitally safe.
If you have a serious problem, you can click on one of the following buttons for advice or to report it:
You can anonymously and confidentially report:
Child sexual abuse content
Non-photographic child sexual abuse images
Are you worried about online sexual abuse or the way someone has been communicating with you online?
Make a report to one of CEOP's Child Protection Advisors
If your child is under 18 and an explicit or nude image of them has been shared online, Childline can confidentially help them to get it removed.