We鈥檙e excited to launch our Safer Internet Day campaign, with the day itself taking place on Tuesday 11 February.
This closely aligns with our ongoing Safe students, Safe staff, Safe spaces campaign, reinforcing our commitment to creating a safe and supportive digital environment for all.
This year鈥檚 theme, Too good to be true, will focus on:
- Raising awareness of online scams
- Helping people protect themselves and their families
- Exploring the impact of emerging technologies like AI on scams
- Knowing where to get help if something goes wrong.
On ALO, you can also access information on the ,听 Active Bystandership, among other online safety resources and courses.
Key activities and resources
Throughout this campaign, we鈥檒l be highlighting several resources and events to support digital safety:
Student resources from Peerscroller
At the heart of this campaign are our brand-new Peerscroller videos about online safety and spotting scams.
These short, relatable videos, created by peers and fact-checked by experts, are designed to deliver essential online safety advice to our students in an engaging, social media-inspired format.
We encourage you to for many additional tips and resources.
Student-focused events
We have an exciting range of activities in store, designed to help raise awareness of online safety in an interactive way:
- Immersive Escape Room: Available in our Learning Environments in Reading, Bracknell and Guildford on Wednesday 12 February. Your teacher must book your class a session for this immersive adventure, where the only way out is to use your knowledge of online scamming!
- You can also play an online version, which you can find in the ALO Online Safety Hub.
- Online Safety Hub on ALO: a go-to resource for digital safety information
- Crypto Hack: Drop in to our Learning Environments to play this fun game. You鈥檒l need your phones
and lightning reflexes! Available Tuesday 11 February and Thursday 13 February at 10am-12pm and 1-3pm. - In our Learning Environments, there will also be Safer Internet Day videos, showing tips and tricks to beating the scammers. Try our ‘Scam or Safe’ board, to learn the methods used by fraudsters.
- Awareness raising stands and activities in our Reception areas and Recharge
- Tutorials led by Progress Coaches, exploring digital safety topics.
Keeping safe online
On your college website, the Supporting You section offers further guidance on:
- Keeping yourself safe
- Safeguarding
- Speak Up Speak Out – sexual wellbeing
Please visit these resources for additional resources and definitions on online safety.听
Cyberbullying
If you are experience cyberbullying, you can:
- Report online abuse on the online platform, using their Report features.听 鈥�
- Customise your feed to limit people, pages or groups popping up on your听accounts.听鈥�
- Review your privacy settings to make sure your content is only visible to those you听can trust.听鈥�
- Block or delete people or pages being abusive.听鈥�
- Screenshot or keep record of the abusive behaviour as this may be useful if you听need to report it later.听听鈥�
- 鈥�Report harmful content online via听听听鈥�
- Report illegal content to Police via 101 or online.听鈥�
- Seek support from any member of staff at college. You can report incidents of bullying to our Behaviour and Welfare Officers who听are located听in听our Advice and Admissions Centres.听鈥�
- Report safeguarding concerns to our Safeguarding Advisers in Student Support or via email:听safe@activatelearning.ac.uk.鈥�
Our Online Safety Initiative aims to educate and empower everyone associated with our colleges about the challenges of the digital world.听We aim to provide the tools you need to recognise and respond to online threats and foster responsible digital citizenship for the future. 听
Stay connected with us via and your college website for further updates, tips, and resources.