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Have Fun
Stay Safe
STAY SAFE Don’t divulge personal information.
HAVE FUN
Don’t tell anyone: – where you live – where you go to school – your real name – your e-mail address – your phone number – your password.
play games, listen to music, chat to people and
When you chat online it is OK to tell people your username or your favourite band.
DOUBLE-CHECK Anyone can put information online. It may not be true or correct. Always check information with other websites, books or an adult who knows.
DISCOVER AND LEARN
to all sorts of questions. If you want to know why volcanoes erupt or who won the World Cup, just type key words into a search engine. There will be lots of websites which may contain the answer.
BEWARE
DOWNLOAD It’s great to accept messages and e-mails, and
people you don’t know. It can mean trouble. They may contain viruses or nasty messages.
It’s also interesting to download attachments sent to you by people you know and trust.
MEETING IN THE REALWORLD Meeting someone you have only been in touch with online can be dangerous. Your ‘friend’may not be who they say they are. They may want to hurt you.
MEETING ONLINE
by chatting online. We talk to kids from the other side of the world as well as new kids who live close by.
TELL AN ADULT (your parent, carer or someone you trust) if: – anything online makes you feel uncomfortable – youor someone you know is beingbulliedonline.
ACT RIGHT Be a good online citizen yourself.
Don’t do anything that hurts other people or is illegal.
• Discuss cyber bullying – sending cruel messages or photos by mobile phone, social media or online message boards. Students should tell an adult and should know how to block or report such messages. Help students to understand how they are adding to the problem by liking or sharing an unkind image or comment. • Extension: The material on this page could be used as the basis of an argumentative composition . See also the sample argumentative text in Sample compositions on page 173.
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