Some Inverness parents have gone “back to school” for an online e-safety awareness class aimed at keeping pupils safe when using the internet.
The workshop was run by Highland Council to offer help and advice to parents of pupils at Kinmylies Primary School as part of a council-wide schools’ e-safety strategy.
It envisions enabling schools to work in partnership with pupils, staff and parents to ensure children are prepared being online.
That includes the many benefits that such learning can offer while making them well aware of the potential threats and dangers as well.
Head Teacher of Milton of Leys Primary, Robert Quigley, is currently on a Digital Citizenship and Internet Safety Secondment and developed the training.
He said: “This is a weekly informal drop-in session that Kinmylies Primary School offers for any parents and is held in the old school house next to the school.
“What we are offering is a new approach to engaging with parents on the topic of e-safety and is building upon what Kinmylies already do on a regular basis as part of their attempt to close the attainment gap and to make the very nature of school less threatening.”
Jenny Tyronney, Principal Teacher at Kinmylies Primary, said: “Our E-Safety Team at Kinmylies Primary, comprising of pupils, staff and parents were keen to promote E-Safety across the school.
“They wanted to raise awareness of the dangers that exist in the online world and to offer guidance to parents as to how to support their children.”
The event if part of the ongoing Online Safety strategy that all Highland Schools are engaged with as the 1:1 Chromebook Rollout continues.
