Using online platforms safely and resources to support mental health and wellbeing Due to the unprecedented nature of our current situation both yourselves and your children will be utilising resources provided on the internet. This could be for home learning, meeting friends or simply using social media. We must ensure that children and young people are fully aware not only of the wealth of resources available to support learning and mental health but also to be careful of the dangers and risk to their privacy. With this in mind please peruse the information below that you may find helpful over the coming weeks. Apps This is a great website that allows you to filter your search results to find age appropriate apps for your child. It also allows you to filter by app type (educational or play), by price and device: https://www.goodplayguide.com/good-app-guide/ BBC Teach BBC Teach for free contains thousands of free curriculum-mapped videos, arranged by age-group and subject. https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach Online Safety Please make sure your child understands that there is a risk that content they upload can never be removed (other users can screenshot it for example) so they must only share content that they are comfortable with people, including you, seeing. Think you know Activity packs for primary and secondary age children on the parents/carers site. Download the packs for fun, age-appropriate activities you can do with your child to help them keep safe online whilst they are off school: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/home-activity-worksheets/ Gaming There are many concerns that come along with this. Internet matters provides information on parental controls and more information to do with online gaming from the basics, the risks, the
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Using online platforms safely and resources to support mental health and wellbeing
Due to the unprecedented nature of our current situation both yourselves and your children will be
utilising resources provided on the internet. This could be for home learning, meeting friends or
simply using social media. We must ensure that children and young people are fully aware not only
of the wealth of resources available to support learning and mental health but also to be careful of
the dangers and risk to their privacy.
With this in mind please peruse the information below that you may find helpful over the coming
weeks.
Apps
This is a great website that allows you to filter your search results to find age appropriate apps for
your child. It also allows you to filter by app type (educational or play), by price and device:
https://www.goodplayguide.com/good-app-guide/
BBC Teach
BBC Teach for free contains thousands of free curriculum-mapped videos, arranged by age-group and
subject.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach
Online Safety
Please make sure your child understands that there is a risk that content they upload can never be
removed (other users can screenshot it for example) so they must only share content that they are
comfortable with people, including you, seeing.
Think you know
Activity packs for primary and secondary age children on the parents/carers site. Download the packs
for fun, age-appropriate activities you can do with your child to help them keep safe online whilst