Please may we remind all schools of the following:
Children should always be supervised by a responsible adult when using the Internet.
Teachers should evaluate any websites fully before they use them with their students. This includes websites going to be shown on the interactive whiteboard as well as websites accessed directly by the pupils. Often this will mean checking the websites, search results etc just before the lesson. Remember at all times, what may be considered a safe site today might not be tomorrow.
Particular attention should be paid to image advertisements as they can change each time the web page is accessed.
Schools may like to add the following wording to pages on their school websites where there are links to external websites:
"The links on this page are to external websites. All these links have been checked, but we cannot accept responsibility for the content on, or links from these sites. Children should always be supervised by a responsible adult when using the Internet."