Thinkuknow Activity Packs for Online Safety
Learning about online safety at home
Schools across the UK are now closed to most families. We know this is a difficult time for most parents. This page is intended to provide you with support and resources to help you learn about online safety at home with your child.
Parents and Carers Resources
If you haven’t already, the first thing to do is read our Parents and Carers Helpsheets – there is one for primary and one for secondary. These contain key online safety advice and links to our resources, as well as support services.
We have also created short videos to help you with online safety at home. We will release a new one every fortnight.
Home activity packs
Once you have read the Helpsheets, click on the links below to download your first home activity packs for each age range.
Each pack contains two 15 minute activities to do with your child, using Thinkuknow resources. The next two will be released in a fortnight’s time.
Ages 11 – 13
thinkuknow-11-13s-home-activity-sheet No 1
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thinkuknow-11-13s-home-activity-sheet-3
thinkuknow-11-13s-home-activity-sheet-4
thinkuknow-11-13s-home-activity-sheet-5
Ages 14+
thinkuknow-14-home-activity-sheet-1
thinkuknow-14-home-activity-sheet-2
thinkuknow-14-home-activity-sheet-3
thinkuknow-14-home-activity-sheet-4
thinkuknow-14-home-activity-sheet-5
Guides for Parents
A guide to reporting on social media apps
Talking to children and young people about COVID-19
What parents in lockdown need to know about digital resilience
Where should we draw tech boundaries in lockdown
Facebook Messenger Parents Guide
Useful Contacts
- For advice and support: Childline childline.org.uk
- Advice on reporting online abuse: CEOP ceop.police.uk/safety-centre
There is additional support for parents and carers to keep their children safer online, including:
- Advice on staying safe online: National Crime Agency (NCA) www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
- Expert guidance on parenting around online life: Parent Info parentinfo.org
- Family toolkit around safer online use: Childnet www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers/parent-and-carer-toolkit
- Age-specific online safety checklists: Internet Matters internetmatters.org
- London Grid for Learning lgfl.net/online-safety/
- NSPCC Online support for parents and carers: net-aware.org.uk/
- Other tips, advice and guides: UK Safer Internet Centre – saferinternet.org.uk/advice-centre/parents-and-carers
Advice on radicalisation:
Let’s Talk About It – www.ltai.info/staying-safe-online/