Safeguarding

Twitter is a fantastic service and is proven time and time again to enhance the education of our children. In the download below I have created a brief guide for schools who would like to use Twitter or perhaps already are. This is not a “how to use Twitter” guide, but briefly goes into policy, […]

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e-Safety is a vital set of tools primarily to protect children from harmful content and to empower children with the knowledge to stay safe whilst using digital technologies.  So it comes as a surprise and a disappointment to see that the Department for Education are no longer accrediting online safety content management filters. In their

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In this post I refer to the beat bobby: not online crime investigators, high tech crime units, serious and organised crime or any other specialised unit.  The everyday Police officer that we all see racing around the streets on blues and twos.  For simplicity this also refers Neighbourhood Policing Teams (NPT) and to Police Community

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What is Watchover Wednesday?  Have a look HERE, basically it is a new trend by mainly young girls posting YouTube videos and asking, “Am I pretty?”. Am I concerned about it?  Yes, definitely!  Is it anything new?  No, it isn’t!  Of course all young girls want to be pretty, and want everyone else to think

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