Ofcom recently reported that British children spend 127 minutes a day on TikTok each day. With this in mind, please be aware of the TikTok Parental Control settings. These settings can restrict who can contact and comment on your child’s posts and profile. It also features a Digital Wellbeing feature to restrict inappropriate content (such as viral trends that may negatively impact your child) and help children manage how long they spend on the app.

TikTok Parental Controls and Safety settings | Internet Matters

This week is  ‘Get Online Week’.

What is Get Online Week?

It is the UK’s largest and longest-running digital inclusion campaign, run every year by the Good Things Foundation. This year it is taking place from Monday 14 to Sunday 20 October, 2024.

Whether people want to start managing their money online, learn about online safety or gain basic digital skills for employment, free community events are held across the UK for people to get connected.

The events will be run in collaboration with Telford College, Wrekin Housing Group, Barclays, West Mercia Police and Cap Gemini.

The dates and times are:

• Thursday 17^th October 12.00 – 16.00 Wellington Library
• Tuesday 22^nd October 10.00 – 14.00 Madeley Library
• Thursday 24^th October 09.30 – 13.30 Brookside Central CIO
• Friday 25^th October 10.00 – 14.00 Newport Library
• Tuesday 29^th October 11.00 – 14.00 Silver Threads, Donnington

Get Online events

Dear Parents/Carers,

We have had a report that has prompted us to remind our children about the importance of stranger danger awareness when not on our site.

If your child walks home alone, please can you remind them of the importance of going straight home and not talking to unfamiliar adults or youths.

Kind regards,

Miss Cook