R U Safe?

As part of our on-going Sex and Relationships (SRE) programme, Barnardo’s R-U-Safe? recently delivered awareness raising sessions to Years 7 and 8 at Great Marlow School.  The service works with young people in Buckinghamshire to promote safety, healthy relationships, reduce risky behaviour, increase self-worth and self-esteem, in order to raise their aspirations and enable them to make positive choices for the future.

Students had the opportunity during the workshops to consider issues of internet safety, child sexual exploitation and grooming, building on the work currently covered in several areas of our curriculum.

As a result of the sessions, we would like to highlight some useful resources:

For students and parents, if you want to find out more about staying safe when using Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter or Instagram, visit these pages for useful advice:

• http://www.swgflstore.com/collections/frontpage/products/facebook-check
• http://www.swgflstore.com/collections/frontpage/products/snapchat-checklist-1
• http://www.swgflstore.com/collections/frontpage/products/twitter-checklist
• http://www.swgflstore.com/collections/frontpage/products/instagram-checklist

For parents and carers, if you would like to find out more about what child sexual exploitation is, how to spot the signs, how to support your child, and how to report it and stop it, you can visit www.ruwise2it.co.uk

These resources have also been added to the ‘Parent & Carers’ Internet safety page and ‘Student Area’ Cyber Safety page.