Staying Safe Online
Staying Safe Online
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Staying Safe Online
Open with the idea that being online can be useful and fun, but we need rules to protect ourselves just as we do in real life.
Today's learning goal
I can explain ways to stay safe online and use them in simple online situations.
The teacher gave several goals. This lesson objective combines the strongest through-line: understanding online safety and applying it.
What words come to mind when you hear online safety?
Use the responses to surface prior knowledge such as passwords, strangers, scams, privacy, bullying and reporting. Briefly connect student ideas to the lesson goal.
Online spaces are real spaces
We chat, play, learn and share online.
Actions online can affect real people.
Safe choices matter on every app, game and website.
This slide sets the lesson context before naming specific dangers. Emphasise that online behaviour has real-life effects.
What is personal information?
Personal information is information that can identify you or tell other people private things about you.
It should only be shared carefully and with trusted adults knowing.
Keep the definition simple and concrete for KS3/A2. Link 'personal' to 'private' and 'about you'.
Examples of personal information
Full name
Home address
Phone number
Email address
School name
Date of birth
Usually personal
Photos of you
Your live location
Passwords
Usernames linked to you
Information about your family
Also personal
Point out that some students may not realise that photos, locations and school name can also identify them.
Why privacy matters
Not everyone online is trustworthy.
Shared information can spread quickly.
Private details can be used to trick, upset or contact you.
This is the key consequence slide: privacy is not secrecy for no reason; it protects safety and control.
Think before you share
Before posting or sending anything, check:
Is it personal?
Do I know this person?
Would I be happy if others saw it?
Is a trusted adult aware?
This creates a bridge from identifying personal information to making safer choices later in the lesson.
Which is personal information?
Favourite colour
Home address
Best game
Lucky number
Checks whether students can identify a clear example of personal information from the examples slide.
Privacy and sharing
Before you share online, stop and think. If something is personal, share it carefully. Ask if you know the person, and if a trusted adult knows about it. Privacy matters because information can spread quickly.
Echoes the wording from slides 3 to 6: personal information, knowing the person, and involving a trusted adult.
What should you check before you share online?
Expected elements: students should mention checking if the information is personal, whether they know the person, whether others might see it, and whether a trusted adult knows. Accept short practical answers.
Common online dangers
Scams try to trick people.
Cyberbullying is unkind or harmful behaviour online.
Strangers may pretend to be someone else.
Unsafe links can lead to harmful websites.
Introduce the main danger types named in the lesson materials without going beyond simple, age-appropriate examples.
What is a scam?
A scam is a trick to get your information, money or account.
Scams may use fake messages, prizes, offers or warnings to make people act quickly.
Stress that urgency is a common warning sign: 'click now', 'you have won', or 'your account is in danger'.
Cyberbullying
Mean messages, insults or threats
Sharing embarrassing images or rumours
Repeated harm using apps, games or social media
Make clear that cyberbullying is serious even if it happens through a screen. Link to reporting and saving evidence later.
Warning signs online
A stranger asks for personal information.
A message says 'keep this secret'.
A link or file appears from someone you do not know.
A post or message makes you feel unsafe or pressured.
Students do not need to memorise every danger. They need to spot a few strong warning signs they can act on.
Strong passwords protect accounts
A password helps keep your account private.
Use a strong password that is hard to guess.
Do not share passwords with friends.
Tell a trusted adult if a password may be known by someone else.
Keep advice simple and safe for age group. Do not ask students to reveal anything about their real passwords.
What is a scam?
A kind message
A school rule
A fun website
A trick online
The correct answer simplifies the taught definition: a scam is a trick to get information, money or account access.
Spot the warning signs
Some messages online are not safe. A stranger may ask for personal information. A scam may tell you to act quickly or click a link. Cyberbullying means repeated harmful behaviour online.
Anchors key danger vocabulary from slides 7 to 10: stranger, urgency, and repeated harm.
Which warning sign feels most serious to you?
Stranger asks
Keep it secret
Unknown link
Unsafe feeling
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Three key safety rules
Keep personal information private.
Use strong passwords.
Speak to a trusted adult if something feels wrong.
This slide directly supports the requirement to explain at least three ways to stay safe online.
More ways to stay safe
Check privacy settings on apps and games.
Do not click unknown links.
Block and report harmful users.
Leave a site or chat that feels unsafe.
Connect these to the earlier dangers: privacy helps with strangers, unknown links help with scams, and blocking/reporting helps with cyberbullying.
What does report mean?
To report means to tell the website, app, school or a trusted adult about harmful or unsafe behaviour.
Reporting helps stop problems and protect people.
Students often think reporting is 'getting someone in trouble'. Reframe it as getting help and keeping people safe.
If something goes wrong
Stop replying.
Save the message or screenshot if possible.
Block the user.
Report it and tell a trusted adult.
This gives a clear sequence students can use in simple scenarios. Mention that safety comes before replying or arguing back.
Using safety rules in real situations
Online safety is not only about knowing rules.
It is about noticing risk, choosing a safe action and asking for help when needed.
This slide bridges knowledge to application without turning into an activity. It frames scenario thinking.
What should you do if a password may be known?
Post a warning
Share it again
Tell a trusted adult
Ignore it
Checks the safety action taught on the password slide.
Safe actions online
Good online safety means making careful choices. Keep personal information private and use strong passwords. If something feels wrong, report it and speak to a trusted adult. You can also block harmful users.
Pulls together the main safety rules from slides 12 to 16.
A stranger asks for your school. What do you do?
Expected elements: a safe response could include do not reply, do not click, keep information private, block, report, save evidence, and tell a trusted adult. Accept one clear safe action with a reason.
Scenario: a message from a stranger
Safe action
Do not share personal information.
Stop replying.
Block, report and tell a trusted adult.
Risk
They ask your name, school or photo.
You do not know who they really are.
Model the structure: identify the danger first, then name the safe response.
Scenario: 'You have won a prize!'
Safe action
Treat it as a possible scam.
Do not click the link.
Show it to a trusted adult.
The message wants you to click quickly.
It asks for details or account information.
Risk
Reinforce the scam warning sign of urgency and reward.
Scenario: an unkind group chat
Safe action
Risk
Hurtful messages or rumours are shared.
The behaviour is repeated and upsetting.
Do not join in.
Save evidence if possible.
Report it and tell a trusted adult.
Emphasise that watching silently can still leave harm unchallenged; the key taught action is report and tell.
What is one thing you learned today?
Reflection only. Invite short personal summaries of learning such as scams, privacy, passwords, reporting or telling a trusted adult.
Which part of the lesson helped you most?
Reflection only. Students may mention examples, scenarios, class discussion, or the safety rules list.
Glossary
Online - connected to the internet or using the internet.
Personal information - private details that identify you or tell others about you.
Password - a secret word or code used to protect an account.
Privacy - control over who can see or use your personal information.
Scam - a trick used to get information, money or access.
Cyberbullying - repeated unkind or harmful behaviour using digital technology.
Report - tell a website, app or trusted adult about something unsafe.
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