Useful Websites
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Links for Parents
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BBC Schools Website
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
schools/parents/
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Parents Tips area |
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Cybercafé
http://www.gridclub.com/
have_a_go/ict/cybercafe/base.htm
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Part of the Gridclub website, Cybercafe is an interactive web site which can be used to help teach children how
to manage e-mails, respond to chat and evaluate web sites. |
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DfES Parents Centre Website
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/parents
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This
site tells you about your child's education and how you can
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| E-Safety Parents/Carers Awareness
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Please find
Maps and
Confirmation of Dates. |
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General help and advice
for children and young people
http://childline.org.uk |
ChildLine is a free and
confidential helpline. children and young people in the UK
can call 0800 1111 to talk about any problem, 24 hours a day. |
Google
http://www.google.com/
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A
powerful search engine |
Google
Image Search
http://www.google.com/
imghp?hl=en&tab=wi&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=
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Searches
a database that holds in excess of 425,000,000 images. |
Grid Club Website
http://www.gridclub.com/ |
GridClub is the official Department
for Education and Skills (DfES) education website for 7 to 11
year-old children.
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Help and advice for adults
concerned with their own or someone else's behaviour, including
that of young people
http://www.stopitnow.org.uk |
Stop it Now! aims to prevent child sexual abuse by increasing
public awareness and empowering people to act responsibly to
protect children. |
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J
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K
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N
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Parents Information Network (PIN)
Website
http://www.pin.org.uk/ |
PIN provides the UK's respected and
trusted independent service for the evaluation of digital
learning resources (software and websites) suitable for use at
home. |
Parents Online
http://www.parentsonline.gov.uk |
Parents Online is a DfES website
that has been set up especially to help parents understand the
educational benefits of the Internet.
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Premium rate services on mobile
phones
http://www.icstis.org.uk |
ICTIS, the Independent Committee
for the Supervision of Standards of the Telephone Information
Services, is the industry regulator for premium rate telephone
services. It has the power to investigate complaints, fine
companies and bar access to services that do not comply with the
published ICSTIS code of practice. |
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Reporting illegal content online
http://www.iwf.org |
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)
is the UK hotline for reporting illegal content, specifically
child abuse images hosted worldwide and content that is
criminally obscene and/or an incitement to racial hatred, hosted
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Reporting suspicious behaviour
online with or towards a child
http://www.ceop.gov.uk
http://www.virtualglobaltaskforce.com
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk
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The Child Exploitation and Online
Protection (CEOP) Centre aims to tackle child sex abuse wherever
and whenever it happens. It provides a facility in association
with the Virtual Global Taskforce, to report an inappropriate or
potentially illegal activity towards a child online. This
might be an online conversation with some who a child thinks may
be an adult, who is treating a child in a way which makes them
feel uncomfortable or who is trying to meet a child for sex. |
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Superhighway Safety Website
http://safety.ngfl.gov.uk/parents/ |
DfES site for Safe Use of the
Internet |
Superhighway Safety Website
http://stagesafety.ngfl.gov.uk/
parents/pdf/d15.pdf
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Summary of Advice for Parents |
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Young People's Transport
Information Network
http://www.youngtransnet.org.uk/ |
Young TransNet uses IT and the
Internet to assist children and young people in transport
research and action.
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