Internet Safety Week

We recently celebrated Internet Safety Week. We had Internet Safety Workshops with Enda from CyberSafe Kids for all classes from 3^rd to 6^th class. Local community guards from Edgeworthstown visited our 5^th and 6^th classes on Friday to have a chat with them on Cyberbullying and staying safe while online. As a school, every class began their Digital Safety Modules which we will continue into the month of February and March.Last Tuesday we celebrated Safer Internet Day and every child received Safer Internet Day wristbands. We looked at all the positive sides of the Internet from being able to skype friends or relations, to shopping, to helping research for projects. We also looked at the importance of being safe while on the internet, not giving anyone your passwords and not talking to strangers or giving information out. We also stressed the importance of being “nice” to each other. We held a poster art competition on the topic of “Internet Safety”. There was fantastic work created from Junior Infants all the way to 6^th class. Our teachers had a very tough job to pick class winners. Well done to all the girls and boys in the school on their fantastic work and to their teachers for helping them.