We are all spending more time online than ever before and online predators are taking advantage and finding new ways to contact, manipulate and coerce young and teenage girls into sharing sexual images or videos of themselves. At the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), we have seen an alarming rise in self-generated online sexual abuse cases; in 2020, we found 68,000 cases of self-generated child sexual abuse, which is a massive 77% increase on 2019. The vast majority, 80%, of these cases involve girls aged 11-13 years old and in some cases, a child is live streaming and unaware that they are being recorded. It is a horrible crime and, as parents, we need to do everything in our power to prevent our own children from becoming victims, without denying them the fun and entertainment that safe use of the internet undoubtedly offers.
How to think outside the box – your fundraising can be so much more than events!
Studying for qualifications this year has certainly been a different experience. Not just for students, but as their parents, it is different from everything you may have learned to expect from your children's key exam years.
First launched in 2013, the annual FREE Sun Safe Schools national accreditation programme was developed by Skcin to provide primary schools with all the tools, resources, advice and support they need to assist them in their duty of care to safeguard children against UV and prevent skin cancer through education.
Summer term is upon us and now is the time to start thinking about how you will engage new parents joining your school in September.
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