Training - for pupils, staff, governors, parents & the community

For schools with Primary aged pupils the approach is to use the Childnet International materials - Kara, Winston and the SMART Crew. All First, Special and Primary schools have been provided with these resources. The pack also includes a range of teacher education materials.

Linked to this, the Local Authority has also commissioned a number of Primary Literacy materials from Shoofly called ‘The Pirates Chest and other Body Parts’. This should enable schools to integrate the teaching of e-safety into a wider cross curricular context and so engage pupils more effectively.

For Secondary pupils we are promoting the use of Child Exploitation and Online Protection agency (CEOP) materials including the ‘ThinuKnow’ educational programme, the Childnet International anti-cyberbullying DVD ‘ Let’s fight it together’ and other materials. These materials have also been sent to schools or are available after attendance at a CEOP's training course.

There are also a number of interactive KS2/3 materials on e-safety, produced by ROAR, on the Northumberland Teaching and Learning Environment (NorTLE).

The approach for staff, governors, parents and the community is based around using the Childnet International presentation, modified to reflect the Northumberland approach and made more relevant for different audiences.

These materials are provided to all schools on the cd-rom attached to the pack.