E-safety / On-Line safety
Being smart !
Being safe !
The Internet is full of useful information and can be fun and exciting.
However it is very important to be able to know what’s good, what’s not and what you can do about it.
To help you to find out how to be able to be safe and smart whilst using the Internet, click on the links below:
- for support for parents, carers and teachers from childnet
All of these sites provide advice for both children and adults, as well as advice to parents and carers on how to help the children with safe and positive use of the Internet.
Symbols based SMART rules
Childnet has teamed up with Widgit Software to produce a whole set of Widgit symbol materials for use with users who use these communication tools.
The Widgit Symbols have been developed over the last twenty-five years and are used worldwide. Each symbol is hand-drawn, clear and concise and illustrates a single concept without adding unnecessary information. The symbols follow a schematic structure, facilitating independent vocabulary development.
The Widgit Symbols database is an extensive library of over nine thousand images in both black and white and colour, covering a vocabulary of more than forty thousand words.
The symbols are useful for users many different abilities and types of reader, whether it is because of a literacy impairment or because English is an additional language (EAL). Readers who have very little or no text recognition can use fully symbolised text, whereas readers with some text recognition can have key words or new vocabulary symbolised. Symbol-support helps to give the reader the support they require, and develop their vocabulary and confidence when reading.
You can download the SMART RULES in Symbol form below...
Safe Download » | PDF (445KB)
Meeting Download » | PDF (445KB)
Accepting Download » | PDF (445KB)
Reliable Download » | PDF (445KB)
Tell Download » | PDF (445KB)
