Ensure that your pupils have the skills and knowledge they need to stay safe online, without adding to your teaching requirements. This document shows how existing Kapow Primary Computing lessons and RSE/PSHE lessons align to the Teaching online safety in schools guidance (non-statutory).
How will this document support my school in teaching online safety?
Online safety has never been a more crucial element of the primary school curriculum. With children exposed to online devices from their earliest days, we at Kapow Primary believe they should have the tools and knowledge to use them safely.
Kapow Primary provides complete coverage of the Computing curriculum for KS1 and KS2. Additionally, each year group has an online safety unit that focuses on addressing the challenges and risks faced by primary school pupils in an increasingly digital world.
The Teaching online safety in schools guidance helps schools educate pupils about online safety without imposing extra teaching requirements. It provides guidance on incorporating the subject within the existing school curriculum to help pupils stay safe and behave appropriately while using the internet.
This document shows where the Kapow Primary Computing and RSE/PSHE curricula give coverage of the updated Teaching online safety in schools guidance (non-statutory).
Read moreWhat are the benefits of using this document?
As educators, it can be daunting to know how to embed the skills and knowledge that children need to stay safe online into an already bursting timetable. But fear not! Lots of Kapow Primary’s resources already align with the aims of the Teaching online safety in schools guidance, and this handy document shows you exactly where they do this.
For example, a quick look in the ‘How to evaluate what they see online’ section of the document shows that the aim of helping pupils to consider whether something they see online is fact or opinion is covered by the following Kapow lessons:
● Computing, Year 2, Online safety, Lesson 4: Is it true?
● RSE & PSHE, Year 3, Family and relationships, Lesson 7: Stereotyping: Gender
● RSE & PSHE, Year 4, Safety and the changing body, Lesson 5: Consuming information online
● RSE & PSHE, Year 5, Family and relationships, Lesson 7: Stereotyping: Gender
● RSE & PSHE, Year 5, Safety and the changing body, Lesson 2: Staying safe online
● RSE & PSHE, Year 6, Health and wellbeing, Lesson 4: The impact of technology on health
● RSE & PSHE, Year 6, Safety and the changing body, Lesson 2: Critical digital consumers
all of which are hyperlinked for easy access.
Whether there is an area in which pupils need particular support, or whether you are aiming for a broad approach to online safety, this document can support you to plan and deliver accordingly.
We will ensure full coverage of appropriate statements for primary school pupils, and are working to fill any gaps in our content.
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