--- title: "Online Safety" url: "https://stpatricksryhope.co.uk/online-safety" school: "St. Patricks Catholic Primary School Sunderland" --- # Online Safety ![](https://stpatricksryhope.co.uk/images/1-scaled.jpg) Children are growing up in a world with a bigger range of online activities than ever before and it is sometimes very hard for both children and adults to know how to stay safe. ### Online Safety Information Most parents will want to reduce the risks to their children, and remembering to set parental controls can reduce the risks to children, and reduce the risk to parents when children accidentally spend online money! The internet matters website explains this quite well. Online safety is not just about protecting children from some of the dangers of the internet – it is also about helping them manage their use of technology and most of the parental controls allow adults to set a maximum time for the use of a device or app. **[Internet Matters](https://www.internetmatters.org/)** is a site paid for by many British companies. It has a lot of good advice on adding parental controls as well as on most aspects of online safety. Parental controls will only help keep children safe. The best safety feature that a child has is their parent or carer. Take the time to talk to your child about the apps and games they are using and don’t be afraid to say no sometimes! **[ThinkUKnow](https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/)** is the website aimed at children and their parents from the National Crime Agency. It has lots of useful suggestions and advice on how to report issues. It also has lots of games and activities including Jessie and Friends for the younger children and Band Runner for the older ones. Finally since 2015 is has been a criminal offence for an adult to send a message with sexual content to a child (This is Section 67 of the Serious Crime Act 2015). If you are concerned that this might have happened please contact The Police without further using the device. This will help ensure that evidence can be preserved. The Police can be contacted by phone or from the **[ThinkUKnow](https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/)** website. ### Parents - [Childcare Provision ](https://stpatricksryhope.co.uk/childcare-provision) - [Online Safety ](https://stpatricksryhope.co.uk/online-safety) - [School Letters ](https://stpatricksryhope.co.uk/school-letters) - [School Meals ](https://stpatricksryhope.co.uk/school-meals) - [School Uniform ](https://stpatricksryhope.co.uk/school-uniform) - [Starting School Guide](https://stpatricksryhope.co.uk/starting-school-guide) - [Term Dates ](https://stpatricksryhope.co.uk/term-dates) ![St. Patricks Catholic Primary School Sunderland](https://files.schudio.com/st-patricks-catholic-primary-school/images/logo/logo-footer.png) ### St. Patricks Catholic Primary School Sunderland Smith Street Ryhope Colliery SR2 0RQ 0191 523 5050 ### Helpful Links: - [Admissions](https://stpatricksryhope.co.uk/admissions) - [Term Dates](https://stpatricksryhope.co.uk/term-dates) - [Calendar](https://stpatricksryhope.co.uk/calendar) - [SEND](https://stpatricksryhope.co.uk/send) - [Contact Us](https://stpatricksryhope.co.uk/contact) ### Useful Links: - [Website Terms](https://bccet.org.uk/website-terms) - [Accessibility Statement](https://bccet.org.uk/accessibility-statement) - [Privacy Notice](https://bccet.org.uk/privacy-policy) - [FOI](https://bccet.org.uk/freedom-of-information) ### Social Media - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100067824841664) © Copyright 2025–2026 St. Patricks Catholic Primary School Sunderland School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://stpatricksryhope.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)