The topic of cyber safety comes up regularly as one of burgeoning challenges of modern parenting. The School takes its responsibilities in this area very seriously and students undertake regular programs in digital citizenship to support the ongoing conversation that should be happening at home. The goal is simple, to ensure the safety of children online by equipping them with the tools to interact in a modern world. With this in mind we have pulled together a number of online resources to support parents with this ongoing conversation:

• http://esafety.gov.au/
• https://www.staysmartonline.gov.au/
• http://www.aplatformforgood.org/
• https://www.commonsensemedia.org/parent-concerns

If parents decide that they would like to implement technology to manage Internet usage at home then these articles provide some well-known tools and configuration changes you can implement to home PCs and networks.

• http://www.pcworld.com/article/2042233/how-to-child-proof-the-internet.html
• http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/best-free-parental-control-software/

The services that I regularly recommend are Sophos Home Edition (which includes Antivirus) or OpenDNS which are both free for home use.

Each network is different so please ensure that you understand how the software might effect your configuration.

Regards

Director of ICT