Dear Parent/Guardian,
As part of our Safeguarding strategy at North Coast Integrated College and in line with our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy, we would like to introduce you to the Safer Schools App. This is a Northern Ireland specific safeguarding app created by the INEQE Safeguarding group based in Belfast.
As the online and social media world is ever changing and, whilst for the most part, it is a positive tool to have, it also poses many threats, some of which you may have heard about via the media lately. The purpose of this app is to help you, as a parent or carer, keep your children safe online, educate yourself on the latest developments online, and inform you about some of the issues your child may face online.
There is also a pupil portal which we can sign the pupils up to in school. This has a wealth of information presented in a much more accessible way for pupils to understand and educate themselves about their own safety.
There are instructions attached to this letter to help you sign up and we ask your utmost co-operation in doing so. We also encourage you to have open safety conversations with your child.
There is a noticeboard feature on the app which we will use to post some of the more prevelent information.
Thank you for your support,
Mrs R Moore (on behalf of the Safeguarding Team)
Download information below:
Parents and Carers - Safer Schools NI this is some further information designed for parents on how to use the app