Online Safety

You receive a message on Snapchat from someone you don’t know and who isn’t in your contact list. Their username is ‘Snaps567’. Their message reads:‘Hello, how r u?’What do you reply?

What are the risks of being online?

What information should you not share online?

• Your full name

• Your address

• Your school

• Pictures with local street names

• Any personal details to do with your bank account or medical records

Why is spending too much time on your phone a bad thing? List some of the risks associated with this.

What makes phones so addictive?

How can you spend less time on your phone? Create a list and be ready to share with the class.

• Set up notifications to tell you when you have spent a certain amount of time on your phone.

• Try not to use your phone just before you go to sleep and as soon as you wake up.

• Turn off all notifications that are not for direct messaging of people you know.

• Give yourself boundaries such as time frames or activities where you will not use your phone.