These resources were created by Childnet, a UK Safer Internet Centre partner, during lockdown in April 2020. Since the team couldn't deliver sessions directly to children, they created these easy-to-follow videos that parents and carers can do at home with their children.

What are the interactive video lessons?
The Education Team at Childnet, who visit schools across the country delivering educational sessions to young people, as well as the adults who support them, have produced a series of six short interactive lessons. These 10-15 minute videos are designed to be picked up and used by families with any young person aged 6-9. We created them so that children can learn important safety messages including:

how to keep personal information safe
who they talk to online and what they look at or watch
what they can trust online
how they can be kind and supportive to others online
what to do if something upsets or worries them online
The video lessons are based on our popular SMART rules, which many schools use when teaching about online safety. This means some children may already be familiar with the concept of the rules and will hopefully enjoy the opportunity to explore them in more depth. If your child is already familiar with these rules it can be a great chance for them to be the experts and share what they think with you and the rest of the family.

In each video there are points designed for adults and young people to sit down together to discuss what they have learnt. We suggest that children work through each lesson together with an adult.

At the end of each video, there are three possible follow-up challenges set . These are designed for young people to complete more independently to reinforce what they have learnt through the lesson. For each lesson at least one follow-up activity requires no additional resources or use of technology.