safer internet day homework

• Primary Hub
• Art & Design
• Design & Technology
• Health & Wellbeing
• Secondary Hub
• Citizenship
• Primary CPD
• Secondary CPD
• Book Awards
• All Products
• Primary Products
• Secondary Products
• School Trips
• Trip Directory
• Trips by Subject
• Trips by Type
• Trips by Region
• Submit a Trip Venue

Trending stories

Top results.

• Safer Internet Day Teaching Resources

Safer Internet Day 2025 – Resources, lessons and ideas

Use Safer Internet Day this February to educate children about being responsible online, with these fun, informative resources…

What is Safer Internet Day?

Safer internet day official resources, safer internet day ks2 resources, more safer internet day resources, how to support students when they’ve ignored online safety rules, 5 steps towards a better school internet policy, how to address online safety head-on in schools, more advice from teachers.

Safer Internet Day started in 2004. The UK Safer Internet Centre coordinates it in the UK. Thousands of organisations get involved to promote the safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.

Safer Internet Day aims to raise awareness of emerging online issues and current concerns. It covers cyberbullying, social networking, digital identity and more.

When is Safer Internet Day?

Safer Internet Day takes place on Tuesday 11th February 2025.

What’s the theme of Safer Internet Day 2025?

The theme for 2025 is yet to be announced, but we’ll update you when we know. The theme for Safer Internet Day 2024 was ‘Inspiring change? Making a difference, managing influence and navigating change online.’

Read on to discover some of the best resources for Safer Internet Day this year.

Last year, schools got involved in Safer Internet Day in a number of ways. This included uploading short films to the website about pupils’ online experiences. Find additional resources for primary and secondary schools on the UK Safer Internet Day website .

Clickbait lesson plan for Y5-6

Even though they may still seem young, the way primary-aged children are using the internet is changing. You may need to go beyond basic e-safety lessons nowadays.

This free UKS2 lesson plan teaches pupils about clickbait. They’ll learn how to avoid it and will write their own examples.

Safer Internet Day KS2 resource pack

This resource pack for KS2 from Plazoom explores the positives that our online lives can bring us, while also exploring how to stay safe. It focuses on online games and apps.

The pack includes teaching slides, a worksheet, discussion cards, planning sheets and themed writing paper. There’s also a similar pack available for KS1 .

UKS2 consent resource for Safer Internet Day

Barefoot Computing has created this resource for upper-KS2 called Stop, think…do I consent? .

In this activity, pupils learn about the terms and conditions of a variety of social media organisations. They’ll reflect on the personal information which people consent to ‘giving away’ when they sign up to such websites.

Pupils will create a ‘data gift’ which they can place next to their computer. This will remind them of the importance of knowing what they are consenting to.

Continue the lesson at home as pupils become the teacher. They can ask older siblings, parents or carers to reflect on what personal data they too might be giving away in their data gift.

Pupil objectives are to:

• Know what consent means when we agree to terms and conditions online
• Know the rights we give to social media organisations to use our personal information
• Understand the value our personal information has to social media organisations

Internet safety KS3 lesson plan

Explore some of the basics when it comes to being online with this internet safety KS3 lesson plan and teacher’s notes. This resource uses fun and engaging activities to encourage students to discuss things to bear in mind when using the internet. 

The safety implications of AI

Generative AI offers students the ability to have their own learning ‘assistant’ but also introduces new threats. Read an article from Tasha Gibson, online safety product manager at RM Technology, about keeping kids safe in school and beyond the school gates…

National Cyber Security Centre resources

The National Cyber Security Centre has designed its resources to engage and educate 7-11-year-olds and 11-14-year-olds with issues around online security.

At the heart of each is a digital resource that brings the concepts to life, making the learning hands-on, interactive and relevant. Best of all, it’s completely free!

National Crime Agency CEOP Education resources

The  CEOP Education  team is a part of the National Crime Agency and runs education programmes aiming to reduce the vulnerability of children to online sexual abuse.  

The programmes include films, animations, websites, presentations and lesson plans to enable you to explore difficult and sensitive issues safely. Take a look at student-facing resources for 4-7 year olds , 8-10 year olds and 11-18 year olds.

Digital Matters free teaching resource

Digital Matters is a free online platform to teach online safety through interactive activities and dynamic storytelling.

Created by Internet Matters, Digital Matters covers a range of online safety topics including cyberbullying, misinformation and password security. New modules are added regularly.

The detailed teacher packs contain lesson plans, offline handouts, curriculum links and more.

Online safety self-review tool for schools

The South West Grid for Learning’s 360° e-safety tool is a free tool that gives your school a framework upon which you can test whether or not your online safety procedures are up to scratch.

Once you have completed your audit, it will give you a list of recommendations to help you bring yourself up to a satisfactory level.

Free online safety weekly update

Online safety expert Alan McKenzie’s website esafety-adviser.com is a great resource for schools to learn about how to work around e-safety. Sign up for Alan’s free online safety weekly update email to receive information about new risks and issues, new curriculum resources and the latest research.

Advice for schools about students sharing nudes

This useful non-statutory advice from the government aims to support designated safeguarding leads (or equivalents) and SLTs in responding effectively to incidents where students share nudes or semi-nudes.

It includes guidance on:

• risk assessing incidents
• safeguarding and supporting children and young people
• handling devices and imagery
• recording incidents, including the role of other agencies
• providing education on the sharing of nudes and semi-nudes

Be Internet Legends resources from Google

Making sure children get the full benefits of our connected online world while protecting them from harm is a fine line to walk.

And the internet moves so fast it’s hard to keep up. Whether it’s identity theft, fake news, cyberbullying, phishing scams or just inappropriate content, there’s always something to keep an eye on.

Thankfully, Google is taking this kind of thing seriously with Be Internet Legends. It’s a site full of information and resources for schools and students to educate children on responsible internet use.

Google has created the resource in association with Parentzone , The PSHE Association and Internet Matters too, to ensure that every element of the programme addresses things that families and teachers need to know.

The Be Internet Legends Scheme of Work gives you the tools and methods you need to teach internet safety. The materials, developed by Google in partnership with Parent Zone, enable you to bring the most important information into the classroom.

Included in the scheme of work are lesson plans for the five pillars, with suggested activities and worksheets. All elements of the scheme of work:

• Work alongside the national curriculum
• Require no personal information or login details
• Can be used across devices
• Are free for everyone

Interland online game

Interland is an adventure-packed online game that makes learning about internet safety interactive and fun – just like the internet itself.

Here, children will help their fellow Internauts combat badly-behaved hackers, phishers, oversharers and bullies by practising the skills that they need to be confident online explorers.

Google for Education teacher training course

It’s easy to teach digital literacy skills to pupils of all ages with the Google for Education Digital Citizenship and Safety module , available worldwide.

It’s important to teach the ‘don’ts’ around online safety but we must not let fear prevent children from opening up to us when it matters, says James Grocott…

Picture this. A child has been taught regular online safety lessons by their teachers, year after year from KS1, into KS2 and beyond. Often the lessons go something like:

“You mustn’t have a social media account until you’re 13. Never send pictures messages that you wouldn’t want your gran to see. You can get into trouble with the police if you say something horrible to someone online. It’s illegal to do this… it’s wrong to do that. You can’t do this… never do that.”

We focus a lot on the ‘legal’ side of things – the ‘don’ts’. But perhaps we need to think about the potential impact of this and think about how we can refine our teaching of online safety.

Why? You might be thinking, “Surely that’s what we have to do? We have to warn children about not doing something that could potentially get them into trouble?” I’m not saying don’t teach them the don’ts but let’s think some more.

Can’t be undone

Imagine the next scenario: the same child who has been taught the ‘don’ts’ and been given the warnings from KS1, into KS2 but has been caught up in the moment. Through peer pressure or just through adolescent exploration, they’ve sent a picture online they shouldn’t have done.

Why would they do this? You’ve told them not to do it. Teachers have been drilling in this warning for years. Well, they have. It’s done. It’s out there. It can’t be undone.

Put yourself in that child’s shoes. Do they go to their parents to tell them? No way! That would be really embarrassing. Who is the other consistent adult figure in their life that they can trust with this? Their teacher. So, are they going to come forward and talk to their teacher about it to try and get help? No!

Really? No? But we’ve been telling them for years and years that they need to tell someone if something in the online world worries them. We’ve told them to come forward straight away and tell an adult, right? So why wouldn’t they do what we’ve taught them to do?

Afraid to ask

Here’s why. Think about those warnings and ‘don’ts’ we’ve taught them. We’ve told them that the thing they’ve done is wrong and could get them into trouble. We’ve told them every year of their school life that they mustn’t do it.

“We’ve told them to come forward straight away and tell an adult, right?”

You now have a child who wants help, who needs help but is afraid to ask for it. The fear of being told off, the fear of being embarrassed, the fear of being asked, “Why didn’t you listen?”

This is why we need to think carefully about how we teach online safety and, more importantly, this is why we need to make it OK to talk about our mistakes online because at least one child in your class is going to make one.

Trusted to listen

Creating an environment where the children feel they can talk and have people they know they can trust to listen to them is so important.

We may not all be tech-savvy teachers and know loads about social media, but we do know how to deal with children who are asking for help. We do know how to help children when they are worried.

There’s a time and a place to teach the ‘don’ts’ and we really mustn’t forget that. But I’m sure we can do it while being human about it at the same time.

The worst thing we can do when it comes to online safety is lose that trust and that confidence the children need to be able to talk when they need to. Make sure we don’t build walls through our teaching of online safety. It’s definitely good to talk.

James Grocott has been teaching for 14 years and is currently deputy head of a primary school in Suffolk. Follow him on Twitter at  @deputygrocott .

Kat Howard, senior educational consultant and online safety lead at RM Education, looks at the five key areas schools should consider when formulating their internet safety policies…

1 | Check you’re up to date

Some school internet policies I’ve come across are so out of date that they still refer to the use of ‘floppy disks’!

It’s vital to update your school’s policy regularly, to ensure it outlines clear protocols for dealing with issues pertaining to the latest websites, mobile apps and social media platforms, such as Instagram or TikTok.

2 | Take a collaborative approach

Involving your whole school community is fundamental to creating an effective internet safety policy. Students of all ages have a key role to play in sharing information about the sites and apps that their age group are using.

Appropriately train teachers in knowing how particular sites and apps work. Your school’s safeguarding governor should ensure that teachers, parents and students alike are all kept up to date about their school’s e-safety policy and protocols.

3 | Filter and monitor content

Make sure your school’s network includes filtering and monitoring tools to help filter age-appropriate content and track any keywords or topics which may highlight any major cause for concern. Examples of this might include students looking for information on suicide, self-harming or content which could be considered radical or extreme.

Under the Prevent duty, every school must have an extremism policy in place for both staff and students.  Keyword tracking  can be integral to identifying and quickly escalating such issues.

4 | Create escalation routes

An increase in the sharing of inappropriate images has given rise to more serious breaches of online safety, which highlights the necessity for schools to have a clear escalation route outlined within their policy.

If you discover inappropriate images on a student’s device, it’s your responsibility to confiscate the device, place it in a secure area and escalate the issue to your school’s headteacher or safeguarding lead.

5 | Empower, don’t block

Given the sheer volume of sites and apps we might need to monitor within the school environment, you might feel that you’re better protecting students if you remove all access to any site or app that isn’t directly related to learning. However, this can be a mistake.

Students will always find a way to access content – but if they aren’t learning within a controlled environment about what is and isn’t acceptable online, they won’t understand the potential risks or consequences of using their internet-enabled devices for certain activities when at home.

Kat Howard is a senior educational consultant and online safety lead at  RM Education .

In an increasingly mobile and connected world, teaching children how to stay safe online has never been so important or nuanced, explains teacher Matt Lovegrove…

There has never been such a clear need for quality online safety provision in secondary schools. Young people are profoundly attached to their mobile devices, and use myriad apps to communicate and share.

We will all have opinions on age restrictions, online presence pressures and even whether all of this does anyone any good in the long term. But we must accept that young people’s social media usage is deeply embedded, and their reliance on it will only grow.

Questions remain, though. What happens if they:

• don’t use this technology properly?
• communicate with people who want to do them harm?
• openly post things that could damage their future opportunities?

This is where online safety comes into play. Schools need to address these questions head-on to properly support their pupils – enabling them to become safer and more responsible technology users, and to equip them with essential digital skills.

What to look out for

Online safety is multifaceted and generally includes the following areas:

• Having a digital presence – digital footprints, the need for a positive online image
• Preventing cyberbullying – defined as the repeated sending of hurtful, threatening, teasing or taunting messages
• Communication with strangers – potential grooming
• Preventing sexting – now often referred to as ‘youth produced sexual imagery’
• Searching – the ease of access to inappropriate, illegal, harmful, unreliable or fake material
• Commercialism – hidden costs, advertising

Maintaining privacy online

Directly taking these issues on is more effective than beating around the bush. Pupils appreciate honest, open and empathetic advice and guidance. We must link this to the apps and websites that they use daily.

Start with the pupils and their needs by asking them what apps they use – and how they use them. Ask them:

• what they’d like support with
• about the questions they have
• what worries them about what they see and do
• how they deal with inappropriate material

Raise your subject knowledge

You may feel out of your depth after this. Young people adopt new technologies quickly and may be using services you’re unfamiliar with.

To combat this, Thinkuknow publishes useful guides, particularly if you need to learn about the risks pupils face while using various services.

You could even ask a focus group of children to bring in their devices and talk you through the latest apps – they will enjoy doing this.

Don’t scaremonger

Avoid scaring pupils. There are enough things for young people to worry about in modern life without them being scared of using the services they enjoy.

Instead, focus your time and energy on helping them use technologies positively and in ways that benefit them. I always talk about the benefits of using technology before moving on to discussing risks.

Tell stories

Relate whatever you do to real life. Tell them stories about when you fell for a news article which wasn’t true, received an email from someone looking to extort money or were tricked by an offer or promotion that wasn’t as it seemed.

Pupils appreciate and are interested in things that they can relate to, and they’ll engage well with you when you share your experiences.

Whenever I work with secondary pupils, I always start by asking them to map out their online lives. Creating spider diagrams allows them to reflect on which services they use and what information about themselves these services hold.

I ask them to consider where their photos are stored, who could have access to them and whether they’re happy with this. We discuss the importance of maintaining some form of digital privacy and the need to be careful about what they say.

I ask them: “If I were to search for you online, would you be proud of what I’d find?” With older pupils I go on to talk about employment and how negative posts could affect their opportunities.

Positive communication

It’s important pupils understand they are responsible for what they publish online, and what they say. I sometimes use a service like ios7text to create fictional screenshots of conversations and give them time to think about how they would reply if the messages were being sent to them.

I use activities like this to start discussions about potential grooming and cyberbullying. Asking them about how they know who to trust and how to respond to threats opens up interesting conversations around dealing with situations pupils may face now or in the future.

Dealing with sexting isn’t easy, but it’s an important issue that needs careful consideration. The UK Council for Child Internet Safety has issued  excellent guidance on dealing with sexting issues  when they occur, but prevention education needs to be in place to help minimise issues.

Talking about positive relationships, safe sex, consent and pornography can also help prevent sexting as pupils will develop a better understanding of healthy relationships and what is appropriate.

Pupils need to understand what is real and what is not – something that’s becoming increasingly difficult in an age of ‘fake news’ and AI . Teaching young people to use a variety of different sources to verify facts is useful, as is having discussions about how what they see may not be real.

Pupils need to understand that images can be changed and facts distorted for various reasons, and that what they see online does not always represent reality.

Pupils enjoy looking through fake news articles and before/after images of models to help them understand how things are sometimes distorted.

Matt Lovegrove teaches at Beechwood Primary School, Reading, is an ambassador for the National Crime Agency’s CEOP Command and holds a European Pedagogical ICT licence in online safety.

We’ve got plenty of advice about saying safe online right here on Teachwire. Get yourself a cuppa and have a read…

• Emily Firth asks if there’s a link between young people’s social media use and their mental wellbeing
• Nicola Morgan explains what you need to know about teenage life online
• Nicole Ponsford explores how much screen time is too much . She also looks at how to ensure children’s digital use is healthy and productive

We’ve also got advice on how resilience, rather than resistance, to social media use could be key .

Sign up to our newsletter

You'll also receive regular updates from Teachwire with free lesson plans, great new teaching ideas, offers and more. (You can unsubscribe at any time.)

Which sectors are you interested in?

Early Years

Thank you for signing up to our emails!

You might also be interested in...

Why join Teachwire?

Get what you need to become a better teacher with unlimited access to exclusive free classroom resources and expert CPD downloads.

Exclusive classroom resource downloads

Free worksheets and lesson plans

CPD downloads, written by experts

Resource packs to supercharge your planning

Special web-only magazine editions

Educational podcasts & resources

Access to free literacy webinars

Newsletters and offers

Create free account

By signing up you agree to our terms and conditions and privacy policy .

Already have an account? Log in here

Thanks, you're almost there

To help us show you teaching resources, downloads and more you’ll love, complete your profile below.

Welcome to Teachwire!

Set up your account.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Commodi nulla quos inventore beatae tenetur.

I would like to receive regular updates from Teachwire with free lesson plans, great new teaching ideas, offers and more. (You can unsubscribe at any time.)

Log in to Teachwire

Not registered with Teachwire? Sign up for free

Reset Password

Remembered your password? Login here

How to Observe Safer Internet Day at Home, School and Work

Jan 24, 2023

ConnectSafely CEO Larry Magid on Safer Internet day 2023

Everyone has a vested interest in keeping the internet as safe as possible, which is why more than 100 countries recognize Safer Internet Day — an annual celebration that takes place on February 7th.

ConnectSafely coordinates Safer Internet Day in the U.S. and, this year, will host a live virtual event for families and is helping to coordinate local events in schools and communities across the United States. We’re also providing resources for families to have their own Safer Internet Day conversations, perhaps over dinner that night or any time that week.

This year’s international theme is “Together for a Better Internet.” Here in the U.S., we’re focusing on five major topic areas for both the student and family programs, each with its own resource page: Media Literacy, Civility, Picking on Peers, Wellness, Identity & Self Respect and Scams, Predator and Creeps.

Parents and families

Free virtual parent event on safer internet day.

Parents   looking for ways to help their family succeed in the digital age are invited to register for this free virtual event, No Room for Doom: Helping Your Family Thrive in Our Digital Age , hosted by ConnectSafely in partnership with National PTA on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 7:30 PM ET. 

This event will provide parents and caregivers with the support and information they need to help their families deal with a range of issues related to digital life, including screen time, the impact of influencers and celebrities, when kids feel left out, the pressure to be perfect, and online bullying and harassment.

You’ll also get tips on how to proactively set boundaries and expectations for healthy online behaviors within your kids while still allowing them to navigate the world independently.

The event is hosted by ConnectSafely education director Kerry Gallagher and  PTA Connected Ambassador Carrie Neill .

Resources for your own at-home family event

Families can conduct their own Safer Internet Day discussion using resources from ConnectSafely , including videos, tips, discussion points, guides and easy-to-digest quick-guides.

School program

Any school in the United States is welcome to use free resources from ConnectSafely, including lesson plans, videos, quick-guides and in-depths guides on all aspects of online safety. Based on preliminary sign-ups, we expect to serve more than 20,000 students this year, but we’d love that number to be even larger, so if you or your children are affiliated with a public or private school, please encourage educators to visit our student program  for all the resources they’ll need.

Business events

Businesses of any size can also conduct events for their employees, customers or communities. If you let us know your plans and send us your logo by noon ET on February 6th, we’ll add you to our partner’s page.

Everyone  — reach out via social media

Please reach out on social media to promote Safer Internet Day. Here are sample posts and graphics .

Recent Guides

• Family Guide to Parental Controls
• Parent’s Guide to ZEPETO
• Parent’s Guide to Discord
• Parent and Guardian Guide to Meta Horizon Worlds
• Parent’s Guide to Google Search

Social Media Guides

• Parent’s Guide to Twitch
• Parent’s Guide to Teen Sextortion Scams

Gaming Guides

• Parent’s Guide to Managed Meta Quest Accounts for Pre-Teens
• Parent’s Guide to Meta Quest Pro
• Parent’s Guide to Roblox

Media Literacy Guides

• Parent’s & Educator’s Guide to Media Literacy & False Information

Parent Guides

• Parent’s Guide to Amazon Parent Dashboard
• Parent’s Guide to Amazon Fire TV
• Family Guide to Messenger by Facebook
• Parent’s Guide to Tech for Tots

Senior Guides

• The Senior’s Guide to Online Safety
• Senior’s Guide to TikTok

TikTok Guides

• 5 Minutes with TikTok: Safety Advice for Families (Video)
• Parent’s Guide to TikTok
• Video: TikTok’s Director of Creator Community
• Parent’s Quick-Guide to TikTok

Family Tech Guides

• Guide to Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses
• Parent’s Guide to Meta Virtual Reality Parental Supervision Tools

• BookWidgets Teacher Blog

18 Awesome Activities to use with your Students on Safer Internet Day

February is approaching, and with it, schools around the globe take part in Safer Internet Day . In 2024, it’s taking place on the 6th of February. This annual event is a call to action for individuals, communities, and organizations to create a safer and more secure online environment.

In the past we had published this other post on digital citizenship and last week we published a comprehensive blog post on cybersecurity in schools, including some cybersecurity lesson ideas. In this blog post, I’m bringing ready-to-use classroom activities on safer internet, which you can include in your lesson plans on Safer Internet Day to approach it from different perspectives. To explore our engaging activities for Safer Internet Day 2024, click on the teacher’s link and copy it to your BookWidgets account.

Haven’t got one yet? No worries, you can use it for free for one month , and creating your account is simple, easy and safe. Don’t worry. Once you make widgets, you can access and share them with your students even after the trial period.

You can read this blog post from top to bottom or jump straight to the section and lesson plans for Safer Internet Day that interests you most:

• Safer Internet Day

Cybersecurity

Social media, artificial intelligence, miscellaneous.

Safer Internet Day , initiated by the European Union in 2004, has since grown into a worldwide campaign involving millions of people in over 170 countries. Its mission is to promote a safer and more responsible use of online technology, particularly among children and young people. The campaign aims to teach students about cyberbullying, spotting fake news and images, creating strong password and protecting students’s privacy. Teachers around the world dedicate some time in the month of February to raise awareness of online risks, provide resources for safer online practices, and encourage dialogue between stakeholders, including parents, educators, policymakers, and internet users of all ages. Collaborative efforts between governments, NGOs, and the private sector are vital to address emerging threats and stay ahead of evolving risks in the digital space.

Beyond technical measures, Safer Internet Day emphasizes the importance of cultivating a culture of respect and empathy online. Encouraging respectful communication, discouraging cyberbullying, and fostering inclusive digital spaces are essential aspects of creating a positive online environment. Parents, educators, and community leaders play pivotal roles in instilling these values in the younger generation.

On that note, let’s take a look at the first activity we’ve created for Safer Internet Day.

Below you will find some lesson ideas on cyberbullying that might help your students deal with conflicts online (as well as offline) if they’re ever in this position.

1 - Cyberbullying

Not everyone who commits some kind of bullying does that intentionally and teaching students about cyberbullying is not always easy. This classroom activity on cyberbullying helps raise awareness to a type of widespread virtual conflict and will make your students reflect on how to go about it if they ever find themselves in this situation.

2 - Helpline awareness

Children and teenagers are often not aware that they do have someone they can turn to if they’re being victims of bullying or struggling with addiction, violence, or mental health issues. This split worksheet helps students in the USA, UK, and Australia to know who they can call if they need support. You can duplicate this activity if you live in one of those countries. If you live somewhere else, you can search for similar websites with updated lists or create your own to include in your lesson plans on Safer Internet Day.

Fake news and images

We’ve dedicated an entire blog post to Fake News with a teacher guide to fact-checking them. In that post, you will also find some related lesson plans and lesson ideas on Fake News that you can to use with your students, so check them out!

3 - Fake Photos

“The problem is that the digital revolution has given anyone with a computer the ability to broadcast to the world, and that includes those with an agenda to deceive.” - Brian Stelter, American journalist and author

As sad as it may be, our children, educators, and parents need to be made aware that we cannot trust our eyes regarding pictures and videos we see on the internet. Being conscious that Photoshop and similar software are often used to alter photos to fit a political agenda better or create unrealistic beauty standards isn’t enough. We must educate ourselves and teach students how to recognize fake pictures altered by Photoshop or AI and train our eyes to see signs that an image has been doctored. In this lesson activity on Fake News students need to analyze the picture to decide if it’s real or not. After deciding, they can slide the arrow at the bottom to the right to have the truth revealed.

Read this blog article to provide your students with tips on how to identify a fake picture.

4 - Fake News

💡 Digital tip : You can have students use this website to make their fake news look real and rewrite your own utilizing the same template so they all look identical.

When we think of a safer internet, we must consider our online environment and be aware of the settings that can help protect our privacy.

5 - Cybersecurity vocabulary

A great way to warm up your students for a cybersecurity lesson and enhance their cybersecurity literacy is by starting the class with a crossword puzzle. Take a look at ours and feel free to duplicate it and adapt the words and descriptions to your needs. Ideally, classroom activity should be used in the beginning or end of a lesson on Safer Internet Day.

6 - Group discussion on a safer internet

It is much more effective for students to reflect on questions concerning a safer internet than simply giving them a list of dos and don’ts. We’ve created this randomness wheel with discussion topics for Safer Internet Day so your students can discuss in pairs or groups and come up with their thoughts on those essential subjects. These topics can also be used as inspirations for Safer Internet Day lesson plans.

7 - National Computer Security Day

We’ve prepared a timeline with milestones of the development of computers and safety-related issues. Maybe you’ve seen this before on our Awareness Days post. After checking out the timeline, take the quiz . Safer internet is a vast topic that can be overwhelming. It’s hard to keep track of everything we should have when navigating the virtual world, so we’ve prepared this quiz with some questions to help you and your students have things in mind.

8 - Privacy settings on Social Media

How often do you read the privacy settings of the websites and apps that you regularly use? Turning specific settings on or off allows us to have at least some control of our privacy, for instance, in social media. And yet most people - young and old - don’t read it.

On this digital worksheet , we bring you some of the privacy settings options of Instagram and TikTok. Your students have to check if they would deactivate or activate each option and have a group discusson on what effects and consequences each option could have. This is a good example of a Safer Internet Day lesson for students, since it relates directly to something they are used to.

9 - Privacy on social media

Teenagers must understand how vulnerable they are on social media and how the information they share there can have negative consequences in their real lives. Safer Internet Day is the perfect opportunity to approach this topic.

On this activity on social media we combine an article with exercises on data privacy for students to check their understanding and reflect on their current and future practices on social platforms.

10 - Social Media short videos

This collection of short films on social media will bring a good change of pace to your class. We have gathered three thought-provoking short films to be included on your lesson plans on social media that are great for a warm-up for a deeper student discussion.

Creating safer passwords is something students probably know they should do, but it’s likely that their passwords aren’t safe enough, maybe because they have never had any activities in building a safe password. The interactive classroom exercises below will help them analyze and come up with one. On your lesson plan on safer passwords, combine them in whichever order makes more sense for your students depending on their ages and grades.

11 - Hacking passwords

This classic warm-up activity is repurposed when instead of finding out a word they have to try to hack the most commonly used passwords.

12 - Analysing passwords

To start this password activity , students have to type in one of the unsafest passwords very commonly used (1234). When unlocking the activity, they will be given a list of passwords and have to decide which are safe and which aren’t and reflect on why.

13 - Creating a sentence password

This checklist walks students through the process of creating a sentence password with a simple example.

14 - Checking how safe your password is

Give your students this checklist so they can be sure that the password they created is safe.

Lesson plans on Artificial Intelligence don’t have to be scary or boring. There are some exciting ways to approach this theme and below you will find some valuable resources that you can use with your students to address this topic.

15-Human or Not

On this website , you will chat with an actual human or an AI Bot. Your students will have to reply to someone’s message in the chat and, after a few exchanges, decide if their interlocutor is natural or not. This game can be a good wrap-up for an entire lesson plan on artificial intelligence in the classroom.

16-AI or not

We have also created a widget to test your students. Here you can duplicate our artificial intelligence activity and edit it if you want to add more pictures, perhaps related to a subject you’re teaching. With our Flashcards widgets, you can also create your own from scratch.

17-Comprehensive activity

All widgets (digital activities) created for this post can be combined as one main interactive activity on Safer Internet Day. This type of classroom or project activity is what we call a WebQuest . You can develop a project to be carried out in a week, month, semester, or school year, depending on how often and how fast you want to address the topics with your students. Getting other classes, parents, and the whole school community involved can also be an effective way to create a safer internet.

Bonus: Movies, series and book tips

While writing this blog post, several movies (🎬), series (🎞️), and books (📚) came to mind, so we’ve decided to include six tips in case you want to draw inspiration from some of them or think of this theme from different perspectives. So check out our list with books, movies and series to make your Safer Internet Day even more fun.

🎬 Who am I - No System is Safe (Baran bo Odar, 2014) : The film delves into various cybersecurity themes, such as hacking, digital anonymity, and the ethical implications of exploiting vulnerabilities in systems. It raises questions about the power and responsibility that come with advanced technological skills, highlighting the potential dangers of unchecked hacking activities.

🎞️ Shut up and dance, Episode 3 of Season 3 of Black Mirror (James Watkins, 2016): The narrative revolves around Kenny, a teenager who becomes the target of anonymous hackers who capture compromising footage of him through his laptop’s webcam. Threatened with exposure unless he follows their instructions, Kenny is coerced into participating in a series of increasingly morally ambiguous tasks.

🎞️ Westworld (Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy, 2016) : The series raises questions about the control and management of sophisticated AI systems, emphasizing the need for robust cybersecurity measures to prevent unauthorized access, manipulation, or exploitation.

📚 The Filter Bubble: How the New Personalized Web Is Changing What We Read and How We Think (Eli Pariser, 2011): This book discusses how personalized algorithms on social media platforms create echo chambers that can reinforce narrow perspectives, while also influencing perceptions of beauty.

🎞️ Upload (Greg Daniels, 2020) : From a cybersecurity perspective, “Upload” delves into the vulnerabilities and ethical concerns associated with digital existence. The show raises questions about the safety and privacy of personal data stored in the virtual realm and the potential for manipulation, hacking, and exploitation within artificially created afterlife environments.

🎬 The Social Dilemma (Jeff Orlowski, 2020) : This movie explores the ethical complexities and societal implications of social media platforms through a compelling documentary format. The film exposes the manipulative algorithms designed by tech giants to captivate and influence users, unraveling the unintended consequences, such as the spread of misinformation and polarization. Former insiders and experts provide firsthand accounts, urging viewers to reflect on the ethical responsibilities of tech companies and the impact of technology on individual and collective well-being. The documentary serves as a reminder of the need for transparency, accountability, and a reconsideration of our relationship with technology in an increasingly interconnected world.

Safer Internet Day is a powerful reminder that everyone is responsible for a safer online world. By staying informed, promoting digital literacy, and actively participating in initiatives that advocate for a safer internet, we can collectively create a digital landscape that empowers rather than endangers. As we celebrate Safer Internet Day, let us commit to building a future where the online world reflects the best of humanity – a space for collaboration, innovation, and safety.

You can find all ready-to-use activities used in the examples here and duplicate them to your account to edit them and share them with your students.

I recommend you check out the official Safer Internet website. There, you can find out what school activities are organized in your country and find numerous resources on this topic.

I’d like to know which of these classroom activities is your favorite and what other ideas and lesson plans for Safer Internet Day you have, so do share with us. Let us know on Twitter - X - and join our Facebook community to share your own Safer Internet Day BookWidgets activity with other teachers.

Feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn . I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

Join hundreds of thousands of subscribers, and get the best content on technology in education.

BookWidgets enables teachers to create fun and interactive lessons for tablets, smartphones, and computers.

• Copy link Copy link

Inside YouTube

Safer Internet Day: Supporting teen mental health and wellbeing on YouTube

By The YouTube Team

Feb 06, 2024 – minute read

Growing up in today’s digital world means teens use platforms like YouTube to explore their interests, get help with homework, find community, and understand different perspectives. These spaces and the information and opportunities they offer are an important part of teens’ development, so in recognition of Safer Internet Day, and underpinned by our recently introduced Youth Principles , we’re sharing existing, recently launched, and upcoming tools, features, and resources to support the mental health and wellbeing of teens as they grow and explore the world online.

1. Resources developed by experts to help guide age-appropriate mental health content

We actively work with mental health and child development experts, including our Youth and Families Advisory Committee, the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) and Asociación de Lucha contra la Bulimia y la Anorexia (ALUBA).

At YouTube, we strongly support families, researchers, policymakers, companies and experts coming together to support safer and more enriching experiences for young people online. We actively work with mental health and child development experts, including our Youth and Families Advisory Committee , on product updates and resources to help creators, parents and caregivers make informed decisions. For example, we recently worked with the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) and Asociación de Lucha contra la Bulimia y la Anorexia (ALUBA) to develop a comprehensive framework that involves expanding the scope of our Community Guidelines, age-restricting certain videos, and surfacing crisis resource panels under videos discussing eating disorders.

Another one of those resources, available today, is a new report developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and British Medical Journal (BMJ) and supported by YouTube, which outlines principles for appropriate mental health content for teens and provides guidance on communication strategies for that content. The report was produced by a global group of experts and lists principles and themes that content creators and platforms should consider or adopt when developing mental health content.

Creators on our platform, including Tamara Levitt , Anna Freud NCCF , and Dr. Julie Smith also share content that includes helpful mental health and wellbeing information.

Set reminders to take a break on YouTube mobile

2. Using breaks, privacy, and autoplay tools to manage kids’ and teens’ time spent on YouTube

Our existing digital wellbeing tools have helped parents around the world strike the right balance for their families between watching and wellbeing since 2018, and we’ve continued to invest and improve on these tools over the years to make them even more relevant for teens.

Take a Break reminders can be set at certain frequencies as a reminder to pause from watching videos, while Bedtime reminders trigger at specific times to encourage viewers to stop watching videos and go to bed. Both features are globally available and on by default for teens and younger children. We’ve also announced improvements to Bedtime and Take a Break - reminders will appear as a full-screen takeover across Shorts and long-form videos, and Take a Break will have a default trigger setting for every 60 minutes. Parents can also manage screen time through Family Link for teens using a supervised account.

Autoplay , which makes it easier to decide what to watch next, is off by default for teens on YouTube, and for supervised accounts, parents can decide to disable autoplay by signing into YouTube with a linked parent account, navigating to parental settings and selecting the child’s account, and then switching “Disable auto-play” to on.

More like this

Our approach to eating disorder-related content

3. expanding youtube safeguards for teen content recommendations.

In November , we shared additional safeguards for content recommendations for teens based on insights on the developmental stages of teens and how content consumed online can impact their wellbeing. We worked with our Youth and Families Advisory Committee to develop the safeguards by identifying categories of content that may be okay to watch as a single video, but could be problematic for some teens if viewed in repetition. This includes physical comparison content that idealizes certain physical features, fitness levels, or body weights over others or real-world social aggression content that shows non-contact fights or intimidation.

We’re now limiting repeated recommendations of videos related to these topics for teens in the United States, and these updates will be coming soon to additional countries in 2024.

As always, we’re continuing to enforce our Community Guidelines to remove content and prevent minors and everyone on our platform from seeing videos that cross the line of our policies on child safety , eating disorders , suicide / self harm , dangerous challenges , hate speech , and harassment .

Related Topics

• Social Responsibility
• Culture and Trends

Want more from The YouTube Blog? Join our newsletter!

Join our newsletter to receive the latest news, trends, and features straight to your inbox!

Your information will be used in accordance with Google's privacy policy. You may opt out at any time.

Let's get contenting! You'll receive a confirmation soon.

• Coerced online child sexual abuse
• Cyberflashing
• Livestreaming
• Misinformation
• Online Bullying
• Online Challenges
• Parental controls
• Pornography
• Screen Time
• Social Media
• Parents and Carers
• Teachers and school staff
• Children and young people
• Grandparents
• Governors and trustees
• Social workers
• Foster carers and adoptive parents
• Residential care settings
• Healthcare Professionals
• Social media guides
• Safe remote learning hub
• Trusted Flagger Guidance
• Training and events

Safer Internet Day – 7th February 2023

Want to talk about it making space for conversations about life online.

Educational Resources

• Quiz for 11-14s
• Impact report
• Liverpool FC Film
• Supportive Quotes
• Top tips for parents and carers
• Top tips for young people
• Quiz for 7-11s
• Quiz for 14-18s
• Social Media Pack
• Parents and carers
• Social Media Template
• Video Wall Guidance
• Safer Internet Day Youth Charter

To help schools, youth groups, police services, libraries and wider run fun and engaging activities for Safer Internet Day we have created education resources .

Free to download, these engaging resources are tailored for 3-18 year olds and are designed to put children and young people’s voices at the forefront of the campaign, encouraging them to help shape the future of online safety support.

Tailored for each key stage, the Education Packs include lesson plans, assemblies, posters, and other quick activities. The packs are all free to download and available in English and Welsh.

Resources in English

Resources for 3-7s (Safer Internet Day 2023)

Assembly for 3-7s (safer internet day 2023).

Resources for 7-11s (Safer Internet Day 2023)

Assembly for 7-11s (safer internet day 2023).

Resources for 11-14s (Safer Internet Day 2023)

Assembly for 11-14s (safer internet day 2023).

Resources for 14-18s (Safer Internet Day 2023)

Assembly for 14-18s (safer internet day 2023), resources in welsh, diwrnod defnyddio’r rhyngrwyd yn fwy diogel 2023 3 i 7 oed, sleidiau gwasanaeth diwrnod defnyddio’r rhyngrwyd yn fwy diogel 2023 3 i 7 oed, diwrnod defnyddio’r rhyngrwyd yn fwy diogel 2023 7 i 11 oed, sleidiau gwasanaeth diwrnod defnyddio’r rhyngrwyd yn fwy diogel 2023 7 i 11 oed, diwrnod defnyddio’r rhyngrwyd yn fwy diogel 2023 11 i 14 oed, sleidiau gwasanaeth diwrnod defnyddio’r rhyngrwyd yn fwy diogel 2023 11 i 14 oed, diwrnod defnyddio’r rhyngrwyd yn fwy diogel 2023 14 i 18 oed, sleidiau gwasanaeth diwrnod defnyddio’r rhyngrwyd yn fwy diogel 2023 14 i 18 oed, supporting slides and visual materials (send / aln) .

These slides have been created to support the main teaching materials. With simple, visual designs that can easily be adapted, we hope they will be particularly helpful for working with learners with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or additional learning needs (ALN).

Supporting slides and visual materials 3-7s

Supporting slides and visual materials 7-11s, supporting slides and visual materials 11-14s, supporting slides and visual materials 14-18s, supporting slides and visual materials 3-7s (cymraeg), supporting slides and visual materials 7-11s (cymraeg), supporting slides and visual materials 11-14s (cymraeg), supporting slides and visual materials 14-18s (cymraeg), teacher webinar.

Created for teachers and educators, this webinar is led by online safety education experts, who have created resources for educators to use with 3-7s, 7-11s, 11-14s and 14-18s, as well as information for parents and carers.

These resources were translated into Welsh with support from the Welsh Government.

We use cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website.

We need your consent to continue

Necessary cookies.

Cookies for the basic functionality of the UKSIC website.

Functional cookies

Cookies for additional functionality and increased website security.

Targeting cookies

Advertising and analytics service cookies that create day-to-day statistics and show ads on their site and on the advertiser’s partners websites.

Privacy Policy

Educational Articles

What is safer internet day.

Safer Internet Day (SID) is a worldwide annual campaign promoting a safe digital environment for children and young people. Each year SID raises awareness on emerging online safety issues such as cyberbullying, hate speech, misuse of data and exposure to harmful content.

On Tuesday, 8 February 2022, we will celebrate the 19th edition of Safer Internet Day with actions taking place from the community around the world. The theme is once again, "Together for a better internet" where millions of people from government, international organisations, industry, and education will unite for this movement to draw attention to online safety and inspire positive changes online.

What is the goal of Safer Internet Day?

The goal of SID is to raise awareness while simultaneously taking solid measures to provide protection for young people and children online. This is a joint community-led approach, which means it requires all players to do their part to foster a better and safer internet for all. Young people have a substantial presence online, however, the digital world presents serious risks and dangers that cause them to fall victim to internet crimes, impacting their health and well-being. Subsequently, young people are the primary focus of SID. Parents, carers, and guardians play a critical role in supporting young people’s best possible use of digital technology safely and positively.

SID started as an initiative by the European Commission and since 2004 has been coordinated by the joint Insafe/INHOPE network of Safer Inter Centres.

Why do we need to promote Safer Internet Centres?

A Safer Internet Centre (SIC) provides information, advice and resources to children, parents, carers and teachers about safety in the digital environment, including harmful or illegal content online.

This is why it is such an important service as it provides awareness centres, helplines, and hotlines. These are the benefits.

• The aim of an awareness centre is to raise awareness and understanding of online safety issues, internet trends and potential risks.
• Helplines provide confidential advice and assistance to young people, adults, and carers. When it comes to harmful content found online, a helpline's primary focus is on children so they can support them through what they've encountered. This can also include issues such as harmful content, harmful contact and conduct such as cyberbullying.
• Hotlines are run by INHOPE and allow the public a way to anonymously report online material that they suspect to be illegal.

European Schoolnet (EUN) coordinates the Insafe network of awareness centres, helplines, and youth panels, in partnership with INHOPE which coordinates the network of hotlines. These combined elements are commonly referred to as Safer Internet Centres (SICs), operating in all European Member States, Iceland, and Norway in the drive to keep children and all people safe online.

As a partner of SID, each year hotline members rise to the occasion and organise a range of events and activities from conferences to social media campaigns for this community-led approach. We are proud to support Safer Internet Day and contribute to all efforts that raise online safety awareness.

Support SID by getting to know your local Safer Internet Centre .

If you'd like to learn more about topics like this, then click here to sign up for INHOPE Insights and Events.

• Read and write

Safer Internet Day

Did you know that there's a special day for learning about how to be safe online? Read this article to find out about Safer Internet Day.  

Do the preparation exercise first. Then read the article and do the other exercises.

Preparation

Safer Internet Day is in February every year. On this day, people in around 170 countries take part in activities to try to make the internet a safer place for children and young people. 

Good things online

Safer Internet Day celebrates all the great things about being online. We can use the internet to learn new things, video call family members who live far away, chat to friends, listen to music, watch videos and play games. 

Dangers online

But there can also be dangers when we are online, and Safer Internet Day helps us learn about these dangers and what to do to stay safe.

Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying, or online bullying, is when someone uses the internet to make another person feel bad, often with nasty messages on messaging apps or social media. Online bullying can happen in games too, when players post unkind messages in the chat box. It's really important to tell an adult if you ever see any bullying. 

What happens on Safer Internet Day?

On Safer Internet Day in the UK, children do activities at school, at home, in youth groups and in other places. They do quizzes and worksheets, read stories, watch films, make posters and have discussions about how to stay safe online. 

How to stay safe online

If you see something bad, tell an adult..

If you see something online which makes you scared or worried, or if you know that someone is being bullied, tell a parent, a teacher or another adult who you trust. If someone is unkind while you are playing a game, an adult can help you report or block that player. 

Don't give any personal details online. 

Personal details are things like your full name, address, phone number, email address or password.

Don't meet people who you only know online.

It's possible that people you meet online aren't really who they say they are. It can be dangerous to go to meet them in real life. 

Be responsible with what you post.

When you talk to someone online, be polite! Don't post any messages, pictures or videos that you don't want everyone to see. 

Make good, strong passwords.

Choose passwords that are easy for you to remember, but difficult for other people to guess. Never share your passwords with other people. 

Don't open messages from people you don't know.

If a message doesn't look real, don't open it. It could contain a virus. Be careful with the emails, links, files and pictures you open. If you're not sure, ask an adult.

Don't believe everything you read online!

Not everything you read online is true. When you look for information, make sure that you use a website you can trust. And only share things with your friends if you know that they are true.

Make good use of your time online.

There are so many fun and interesting things to do online. It's easy to spend a lot of time in front of a screen. But make sure you don't spend too many hours online, and do other activities too! 

So, now you know how to stay safe online every day of the year. Why don't you talk to your friends and family about it to make sure they stay safe online too? Happy Safer Internet Day! 

Do you have any more tips for staying safe online? Tell us about them!

when your dad or mom says "time to play with your siblings!" i ALWAYS listen to them. but my little sister says "i don't wanna play!!!" so i help her, and she listens to me! so make sure to listen to your parants!!!

• Log in or register to post comments

English courses for children aged 6-17

Sign up to our newsletter for free learning tips and resources

We will process your data to send you our newsletter and updates based on your consent. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of every email. Read our privacy policy for more information.

SAFER INTERNET DAY USA

Official home of U.S. Safer Internet Day

Feb. 6, 2024

ConnectSafely welcomes you to the

U.s. home of safer internet day, tuesday, february 6, 2024.

Safer Internet Day aims to not only create a safer internet but also a better internet, where everyone is empowered to use technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively.

Resources for educators and students

Find out how you can get involved

Live Events

Join our workshop for parents

Program Grants

Apply for a grant

Apply for a grant (schools and community groups)

Participating schools and organizations

What does a safer internet look like?

Together for a better internet

Proudly supported by.

HWB.GOV.WALES uses cookies which are essential for the site to work. Non-essential cookies are also used to tailor and improve services. By continuing to use this site, you agree to our use of cookies.

• About cookies

We've saved some files called cookies on your device. These cookies are:

• essential for the site to work

We would also like to save some cookies to help:

• improve our website by collecting and reporting information on how you use it
• Accept cookies
• Change cookie settings

You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.

Safer Internet Day

Safer Internet Day is a great opportunity for children and young people, school staff, parents and carers and businesses in Wales to get involved in a truly global campaign.

The aim of Safer Internet Day is to inspire a UK wide conversation about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively.

Coordinated in the UK by the   UK Safer Internet Centre   the celebration sees hundreds of organisations get involved to help promote the safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.

Schools have a major role to play in generating excitement for Safer Internet Day within their communities; as education practitioners, we know that supporting learners as best you can to make smart choices in their online lives is already a top priority.

Safer Internet Day: Tuesday 6 February 2024

This year the UK theme was ‘Inspiring change? Making a difference, managing influence and navigating change online’. This offered a great opportunity to reflect with learners on the ways technology has changed our lives and what we can do to help make the online world a better place.

Safer Internet Day Planning Event 

In November we launched plans for Safer Internet Day with a virtual event bringing together education stakeholders from across Wales to discuss the collaborative plans for Safer Internet Day 2024. Here are the slides from the event in case you missed it.

• Slides from the event pptx 10.71 Mb This file may not be accessible. Request a different format If you need a more accessible version of this document please email [email protected]. Please tell us the format you need. If you use assistive technology please tell us what this is

We offered a range of activities and events for schools to get involved with.

For Safer Internet Day 2024 we developed a bespoke assembly to help you kickstart conversations about safe, positive and responsible use of technology in your school. It includes a message from David Wright, Director of the UK Safer Internet Centre, and some fun activities.

Safer Internet Day Education Packs

We worked with the UK Safer Internet Centre again this year to publish bilingual education packs.

These packs are full of fun activities for all ages and can help you explore with your learners:

• What influences and changes the way children think, feel and act online and offline?
• How can we use the internet to make changes?
• What do we think about new and emerging technology?

Primary education packs

Education packs full of online safety lesson activities for 3 to 11 year olds.

• 3 to 7 year olds
• 7 to 11 year olds

Secondary education packs

Education packs full of online safety lesson activities for 11 to 18 year olds.

• 11 to 14 year olds
• 14 to 18 year olds

Share your Safer Internet Day activities

Across Wales there were opportunities for everyone, including schools, youth groups and families to get involved in Safer Internet Day celebrations on Tuesday 6th February. Schools were invited to tell us what they were doing.

Contributions were moderated and then published on our ‘Safer Internet Day celebration 2024’ page .

Throughout Safer Internet Day week we hosted a series of interactive virtual events for schools with our expert partners including Estyn, Childnet, SWGfL, North Wales Police and Adobe. 

Creating the right school culture and approach to keeping learners safe online

During this 1-hour webinar on 7 February, Assistant Director of Estyn, Dyfrig Ellis, outlined the importance of creating the right culture and approach to keeping learners safe online and enabling children and young people to speak out when they need support. Dyfrig provided an overview of Estyn’s recommendations for schools, including effective and relevant professional learning for teachers, the need to create a safe and comfortable environment for children and young people and the importance of improving the way schools record, monitor and respond to safeguarding concerns.

• Slides from the event pptx 19.91 Mb This file may not be accessible. Request a different format If you need a more accessible version of this document please email [email protected]. Please tell us the format you need. If you use assistive technology please tell us what this is

Adobe live lessons

Aimed at 8 to 13 year olds, Adobe hosted virtual online safety themed lessons on 6, 7 and 8 February (13.30 - 14.45pm).

In the lessons learners used Adobe Express to create incredible pieces of digital media themed around Safer Internet Day.

Cyber awareness training for education practitioners

In this virtual cyber awareness training session on 1 February, colleagues from North Wales Police as part of the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit, explored how to:

• have an increased awareness of cyber crime
• recognise and avoid common cyber threats and scams
• protect your personal and professional data and devices
• support your learners to recognise unlawful activity
• identify when you need help and support.

There was also information about the range of CyberFirst programmes that can help learners develop their skills for a career in Cyber.

Overview of the Keeping Safe Online area on Hwb: resources for education practitioners 

In this webinar on 5 February,  the Digital Resilience in Education Team provided an overview of the range of resources, advice and guidance available through the Keeping safe online area of Hwb to help keep children and young people safe online.  

There was also be an opportunity for participants to share views on current online safety practices in their schools.

Reviewing and improving your online safety policies and practice with the 360 safe Cymru self-assessment tool

The 360 safe Cymru tool provides a self-review framework for school improvement in online safety and digital resilience. This 30-minute webinar demonstrated the features of the tool and how it can be used to assess your school’s online safety policies and practices as well as your current preparedness for online safety incidents.

Understanding, preventing and responding to online sexual harassment

Created by leading online safety charity Childnet, this free 2 hour training session has been designed for schools and colleges in Wales to help staff understand, prevent and respond to incidents of online sexual harassment within their setting.

The first session was delivered on 8 February.

The second session was delivered on 22 February.

In-school sessions

The Wales Police Schools Progamme offered online safety sessions to schools in Wales on and around Safer Internet Day 2024.

The sessions were on the following topics:

• Cyberbullying
• Online Child Exploitation

Other ways that you can show support for the Safer Internet Day campaign

Support the campaign on social media

To find out what other organisations in Wales are doing for Safer Internet Day, search #SIDCymru on social media.

You can also join the global conversation with #SaferInternetDay

Register as a supporter

Show your organisation’s support and commitment to a better internet by  registering as a Safer Internet Day supporter .

This page is updated regularly with Safer Internet Day news so please keep checking.

Previous campaigns

Date : Tuesday 7 February 2023

Theme : Making space for conversations about life online

Activities : The Welsh Government, in collaboration with the Welsh Rugby Union, ran a film competition which invited children and young people to create a short film that communicates their views, opinions or stories of using social media, gaming or apps. In their own words, we wanted to hear about the benefits and the concerns they experience using these apps. The winners were announced at a celebration event for finalists at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff, on Safer Internet Day:

• Primary Winner – Ysgol Bro Teifi
• Secondary Winner – Ysgol Nantgwyn
• Primary Runner Up – Ysgol Dyffryn Cledlyn
• Secondary Runner Up – Haverfordwest High VC School
• Highly Commended – Griffithstown Primary School
• Highly Commended – Cadle Primary School
• Highly Commended – Ysgol Y Deri – ‘Class 5FN does gaming’
• Highly Commended – Ysgol Y Deri – ‘The need for speed’

Date : Tuesday 8 February 2022

Theme : All fun and games? Exploring respect and relationships online

Activities : The Welsh Government, in partnership with the BBFC, ran a film competition which aimed to encourage children and young people to express their creativity and share their understanding of showing respect online. The winners of the competition were announced by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language, Jeremy Miles MS, on Safer Internet Day:

• Primary Winner – Ysgol Dyffryn Cledlyn
• Secondary Winner – Ysgol Ty Coch
• Runner up – Ysgol Bro Pedr
• Highly commended – Cadoxton Primary School
• Highly commended – Ysgol Bro Teifi

Date : Tuesday 9 February 2021

Theme : An internet we trust: exploring reliability in the online world

Activities: The Welsh Government, in partnership with the UK Safer Internet Centre, ran a ‘Tackling misinformation digital storytelling’ competition calling on children and young people to use their creativity either through film, a written story or by recording an audio clip to explain what misinformation is, why it might be a problem, how we can recognise it and what we can do to protect ourselves and stop its spread. The winners of the competition were announced in a  virtual event  on Safer Internet Day.

Date: 11 February 2020

Theme: Together for a better internet

Activities: The 2020 Safer Internet Day competition in Wales challenged children and young people to create a public announcement style advert aimed at friends and family based on the theme ‘A better internet: how to look after yourself and others’. Winners  of the competition were announced by the Minister for Education, Kirsty Williams, at a VIP screening of the finalists’ films in Cardiff.

Date: 5 February 2019

Theme: Our internet, our choice: Understanding consent in a digital world

Activities: Safer Internet Day 2019 focused on how consent works in an online context. The Welsh Government, in partnership with the UK Safer Internet Centre, published education packs on Hwb containing activities for schools in Wales to get involved with. These activities encouraged young people to explore how they ask, give, and receive consent online.

Date: 6 February 2018

Theme: Create, Connect and Share Respect

Activities: The Welsh Government held an event in the Pierhead, Cardiff, to celebrate Safer Internet Day, where Kirsty Williams AM, Cabinet Secretary for Education, announced the winners of the Safer Internet Day 2018 competition, which asked children and young people to describe how they feel when they are online through words, film, art or music.

Date: 7 February 2017

Theme: Be the change: unite for a better internet

Activities: Model Church in Wales School and Portfield School created photos show the impact online images have on their lives, as part of ‘ The Power of Images ’ photography project.

A Safer Internet Day event was held in the Senedd which was attended by over 150 children, young people and adults from across Wales. Kirsty Williams, Cabinet Secretary for Education, formally launched the Online Safety Zone on Hwb and announced the winner of the Online Safety Zone logo design competition.

Date: 9 February 2016

Theme: Play your part for a better internet

Activities: The UK Safer Internet Centre in partnership with the Welsh Government ran a competition calling for Welsh schools to design an app to help make the internet a better place.

The winners were Cornist Park Primary School with the ‘Safe eExplorers’ app, containing a collection of information, links and advice about keeping safe online and Ysgol Y Preseli with My Username Generator . This app allowed young children (aged 5-11) to generate a Welsh or English username that is easy to remember and that doesn’t reveal any sensitive information about them.

Date: 10 February 2015

Theme: Let’s create a better internet together

Activities: Many young people around Wales took on the challenge of creatively sharing a smile via social media to promote the theme of creating a better internet.

Safer Internet Day events took place around Wales including one in All Saints Primary School, which was attended by the Deputy Minister for Technology and Skills Julie James and another in Ysgol Gyfun Bro Morgannwg, which was attended by the Deputy Children’s Commissioner.

• First published 01 September 2021
• Last updated 06 November 2023

Show more results...

What is Safer Internet Day?

Safer Internet Day (SID) is an EU wide initiative to promote a safer internet for all users, especially young people.

It is promoted in Ireland by Oide Technology in Education and Webwise.

Safer Internet Day 2024 will take place on Tuesday, 6th February 2024 with the theme “Tech in our World”.

Share your #SID2024 plans

It’s never too soon to think about what you will do to celebrate Safer Internet Day! This Safer Internet Day Hub will provide you with lots of ideas , fun activities, and free resources that you can use to promote online safety not just on Safer Internet Day, but at any time of the year.

Remember , regardless of how big, or small, your event is make sure to register for Safer Internet Day and put your school or organisation on the map! When you register we will send you out a free Safer Internet Day pack including wristbands for all the participants.

Safer Internet Day Presentations

Free Safer Internet Day Presentations are available for Primary and Post-Primary level.

The new Tech in Our World presentations for Primary and Post-Primary explore the Safer Internet Day 2024 theme. It provides an opportunity to reflect on tech in our world, the challenges and opportunities. Recognise the influence of persuasive design features and algorithms on our online experiences and learn tips to help reset our online experiences to promote a positive impact on our time online.

Additional online safety presentations are available for use with 1st and 2nd class, 3rd and 4th class, and 5th and 6th class. The Post-Primary level presentation explore topics including News, Information and the Problems of False Information; Managing Your Online Wellbeing; Respectful Communication Online; Self-Esteem Online – The Full Picture.

The presentations, a full script/notes, and Take Home Activities can be downloaded for use in the classroom.

SID2024 Social Media Pack

Get involved by sharing resources, hosting an event or spreading the word our your social media channels.

In this pack there are suggested social media posts that will help you get involved in these conversations for #SID2024. We have also created a range of graphics  that you can share with any of your posts. With your support on social media we can make Safer Internet Day 2024 the biggest ever!

Safer Internet Day can be celebrated year-round so check out our list of resources below!

We have lots of fun activities like word-searches, raps, roleplays and more! We also have premade SID presentations in English and in Irish. There are also a host of great videos that you can use to teach young people valuable online safety skills at home, or in the classroom.

Find out what happened in previous years

Safer Internet Day 2023

With a theme of promoting respect and empathy online, a record-breaking number of people took part in Safer Internet Day 2023, with events and activities taking place all around Ireland.

Safer Internet Day 2022

183,000 people participated in almost 750 events registered on the Safer Internet Day in Ireland Event Map – highlighting what they were doing to celebrate Safer Internet Day on Tuesday, February 8th.

Safer Internet Day 2021

Although circumstances were different this year, students, schools and organisations engaged in meaningful and vibrant celebrations to help create a safer and better internet for all, especially young people.

Safer Internet Day 2020

To mark Safer Internet Day 2020, Tuesday, 11th February 2020, Webwise launched a new educational resource called ‘Connected – An Introduction to Digital Media Literacy’.

Safer Internet Day 2019

To mark Safer Internet Day 2019, Tuesday, 5th February 2019, Webwise launched a new educational resource called ‘HTML Heroes – An Introduction to the Internet’.

Get Involved

Competition

Ambassadors

Insafe is a European network of Safer Internet Centres (SICs) who work together to celebrate Safer Internet Day in Europe.

saferinternetday.org

Childline is a support service for young people up to the age of 18. There is a 24hr telephone, online and mobile phone texting service.

The National Parents Council Primary enables and empowers parents to be effective partners in their children’s education.

[email protected]

Hotline.ie exists to combat the distribution and proliferation of illegal content, like child sexual abuse content.

Talk to someone

Worried about something you have seen online or concerned about your child? Childline and the National Parents Council Primary offer free advice and support service.

Childline is a support service for young people up to the age of 18.There is a 24hr telephone, online and mobile phone texting service.

1800666666 50101 Get started

01 887 4477 [email protected]

Report Illegal Content

Sometimes you might unwittingly stumble across illegal online content like child abuse imagery. Always remember: you can report it and get it removed using Hotline.ie.

More on illegal content

Make a report

UK Safer Internet Centre

About our sid activities.

For Safer Internet Day 2024, the UK Safer Internet Centre is organising celebrations and learning based around the theme ‘Inspiring change? Making a difference, Managing Influence and Navigating Change Online’. We are celebrating by putting children and young people’s voices at the heart of the day and encouraging them to shape the online safety support they receive.

That is why we ask parents, carers, teachers, government, policymakers, and the wider online safety industry to listen to children and young people and make positive changes together.

Created in consultation with young people across the UK, this year Safer Internet Day will be focusing on change online, this includes covering: 

1) Young people’s perspective on new and emerging technology  2) Using the internet to make change for the better  3) The changes young people want to see online  4) The things that can influence and change the way young people think, feel and act online and offline 

We have created free educational resources for 3-7s, 7-11s, 11-14s and 14-18 year olds to support this work. There is also space for young people to get their voices heard in our youth charter, as well as support for parents and carers. There is also the opportunity for organisations, charities, schools and others to sign up as official supporters of the day.

What we are doing to create a better internet...

For Safer Internet Day 2024, the UK Safer Internet Centre is organising celebrations and learning based around the theme ‘Inspiring change? Making a difference, Managing Influence and Navigating Change Online’. We are celebrating by putting children and young people’s voices at the heart of the day and encouraging them to shape the online safety support they receive. Our Youth Charter will put young people's voices at the heart of the campaign and allow us to help deliver their demands to industry, government, educators, parents and carers.

The UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC), established in 2011, is a leading global partnership helping to make the internet a great and safe place for everyone. We provide support and services to children and young people, adults facing online harm, and professionals working with children. A bridge between Government, industry, law enforcement and society, we are the engine of the online protection landscape in the UK, dealing with both prevention and response. We are unique. Formed of three charities, Childnet, Internet Watch Foundation and SWGfL, we work together to identify threats and harms online and then create and deliver critical advice, resources, education and interventions that help keep children and young people, and adults, safe. We share our best practices across the UK and globally.

Website https://saferinternet.org.uk/

Email address [email protected]

10 Ways to Celebrate Safer Internet Day on February 9

February 9, 2021, is officially the 18th celebration of Safer Internet Day! This year’s theme of “Together for a Better Internet” asks us all to join together to help make the internet a safer, more secure place for everyone, especially our children. No matter who you are or what role you play, you can make a difference in creating and maintaining a better online world for students of all ages. Join campaigns around the world on February 9 to celebrate the commitment to this venture.

Although COVID–19 has moved much of the classroom activities to the virtual space, teachers, you can still commit to sharing the goals and objectives of this day with your students. To celebrate, here are some activities that you can participate in to further the mission of making the online world a better place for everyone.

1. Join in the National PTA Facebook Live

Head over to National PTA ’s page to see their Facebook Live presentation from February 8 about how to leverage the power of Facebook to your PTA’s advantage. Learn how to use Facebook to better connect with your PTA members and your school community.

2. Attend the National PTA Zoom Meeting on Digital Kindness

On Tuesday, February 9, the National PTA will discuss “Real Conversations with Families about Digital Kindness.” Families will have the opportunity to share their real-world experiences with bullying, racism, and online exclusion. They will also have a chance to discuss their experiences and get advice for helping to create a kinder and safer digital community.

3. Participate in a National Interland Game Night

On Wednesday, February 10, join Google’s presentation on “Gaming Safely.” Join in on Google Meets to learn how to stay safe while gaming online. Then stick around and participate in the National Interland Game Night .

4. Hop on to TikTok to Learn How to Use It Safely

Thursday, February 11, TikTok creators will weigh in on how they stay safe in their everyday online interactions. Join in on The Ultimate School Assembly, and then discuss your favorite tips from the creators.

5. Join Norton LifeLock and Have “The Smart Talk”

Friday, February 12, Norton LifeLock will discuss online risks, how to create effective digital safety partnerships, and how the Smart Talk can help your students and families determine online values, set privacy boundaries, and stay better connected.

6. Have a Conversation About Safe Online Communication

Depending on your audience’s age and maturity, the specific topic may vary, but everyone can benefit from an open discussion about safe online communication. Throw in a video on a variety of topics, such as online grooming or responsible photo sharing, to get the discussion started.

7. Watch ConnectSafely

Being released on February 8, ConnectSafely’s video series entitled Industry Insight will offer a look into what tech companies, policymakers, and others are doing to keep people safe across various apps and services. Encourage students to watch with their families and discuss the main topics after the videos.

8. Create a Written Safety Pledge

Discuss and brainstorm rules for internet behavior, then write down everyone’s best ideas. Use the safety pledge as a conversation starter, and include suggestions from everyone!

9. Take a Quiz

Who doesn’t love to take a quiz? Quizzes can be a fun way to assess your students’ knowledge on safe internet communication.

10. Share Your Safer Internet Day Activities on Social Media

Over 135 countries will be participating in Safer Internet Day! Post your activities, and enjoy browsing through what other people are doing to celebrate! Some handles to be on the lookout for include #BEINCTRL, #UP2US, and SID 2021.

Whatever ways you choose to celebrate Safer Internet Day, make sure you have fun and learn something new along the way. With so many students in virtual learning environments this year, take advantage of the opportunities to connect with their families on this topic as well. Visit Pear Deck’s Safer Internet Day page for educational resources, including a digital citizenship webinar and free curriculum from Google’s Be Internet Awesome.

GoGuardian Team

The many members of GoGuardian's team strive to bring interesting and useful articles to our readership. Check back weekly, or subscribe to the blog to get notified when new content is published!

Empower Your Peers With the Guide with GoGuardian Teacher Program

Empower your peers by easily sharing classroom tech expertise through the Guide with GoGuardian Teacher Program.

Teacher-Assigned Tutoring with Pear Deck Tutor and GoGuardian Teacher

Explore how Pear Deck Tutor's integration with GoGuardian Teacher is transforming support with teacher-assigned tutoring.

How to Become a GoGuardian Teacher Certified Coach

Learn all about how and why you should become a Certified GoGuardian Teacher Coach.

Streamlining Communication and Prioritizing Safety with GoGuardian Teacher at Albuquerque Public Schools

A technology coach recounts how using GoGuardian Teacher prioritizes safety through streamlined communication tools.

Seamless Transitions: A Teacher's Journey with GoGuardian in Enhancing Classroom Engagement

Explore seamless transitions in education with GoGuardian, enhancing classroom engagement on a teacher's transformative journey.

The Importance of Celebrating Diversity in K-12 Classrooms

Learn what you need to know about teaching cultural diversity in K-12 classrooms and the importance of specific strategies.

Building Self Esteem in Elementary, Middle, and High School Students

Learn everything you need to know about building self-esteem in elementary, middle, and high school students.

Edtech Triumph: The Journey to a Focused Digital Classroom with GoGuardian Teacher

Discover how Sandra Naranjo uses GoGuardian Teacher to turn a digitally distracted classroom into a focused haven of student engagement.

Benefits and Challenges of Technology in the Classroom

Learn about the benefits and challenges of integrating technology in the classroom and how GoGuardian can help.