Online safety: Year 6

Pupils who are secure will be able to:

• Discuss a range of issues online that can leave pupils feeling sad, frightened, worried or uncomfortable and can describe numerous ways to get help.
• Explain how sharing online can have both positive and negative impacts.
• Be aware of how to seek consent from others before sharing material online and can describe how content can still be shared online even if it is set to private.
• Explain what a ‘digital reputation’ is and what it can consist of.
• Understand the importance of capturing evidence of online bullying and can demonstrate some of these methods on the devices used at school.
• Describe ways to manage passwords and strategies to add extra security such as two-factor authentication.
• Explain what to do if passwords are shared, lost, or stolen.
• Describe strategies to identify scams.
• Explain ways to increase their privacy settings and understand why it is important to keep their software updated.