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The Becta document "Signposts to Safety: Teaching e-safety at Key Stages 1 and 2" is an invaluable resource for schools. Chapter 7 looks at e-safety resources, including a matrix identifying the resource and the topic it covers. The links below will get you to those resources.

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BBC ChatGuide
http://www.bbc.co.uk/chatguide

Downloadable resources for KS2 including template letters telling parents how they can help.

Bullying Online
http://www.bullying.co.uk

Sections for pupils, parents and schools on the subject of cyberbullying.

CBBC – Stay Safe
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/help/safesurfing

Join Dongle the rabbit and learn how to stay safe on the web.

CyberQuoll
http://www.cyberquoll.com.au

"Follow the cousins from hell through six epic adventures as they stumble through the pitfalls and triumphs of using the internet safely."

Cybersmart Kids Online
http://www.cybersmartkids.com.au

Cybersmart Kids Online provides information on ‘smart net surfing for kids and their grownups’.

FKBKO – For Kids By Kids Online
http://www.fkbko.co.uk/root

Providing a range of e-safety information for children and young people, covering: the web, email, chat, viruses, peer 2 peer and mobiles.

Hector’s WorldTM
http://www.hectorsworld.com

Hector Protector® – a bottlenose dolphin – and his underwater friends aim to help children aged 3–10 stay safe in cyberspace.

iKeepSafe.org
http://www.ikeepsafe.org

This US based site teaches the basic rules of e-safety to children and parents.

NetSmartzKids
http://www.netsmartzkids.org

A US resource offering an interactive, educational safety resource.

Netty’s World
http://www.nettysworld.com.au

From Australia this site helps young children, aged 2–7, learn about internet safety through a range of fun, interactive activities.

PHONEbrain
http://www.phonebrain.org.uk

From ICSTIS (the premium rate services regulator), aimed at children and young people aged 10–13.
Covering four key areas – mobile, landline, TV and PC – the site aims to show young people how to stay safe and in control when using premium rate services and understand the mechanisms used to apply charges to phone bills.

Safe Surfing with Doug
http://www.disney.co.uk/DisneyOnline/Safesurfing

Safe surfing tips from Disney.

Surf Swell Island: Adventures in Internet safety
http://disney.go.com/surfswell

This was a quiz-driven adventure game from Disney but has now become a site of tips for parents and adverts for a range of unrelated items.

E-safety resources on the Becta Schools website www.becta.org.uk/schools/esafety

A place to start looking at materials concerned with e-safety.

Safetynet is THE forum for all interested in e-safety. You can join by visiting http://lists.becta.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/safetynet

CEOP, the government's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, are best known for being instrumental in the discovery and prosecution of national and international paedophile gangs. They also develop and promote resources to protect children online. Their major resource is Think You Know which now has resources for primary schools. To make best use of these resources it is necessary to register which can be done at www.thinkuknow.co.uk/teachers