Safer Internet Day 2025

On the 11th February we celebrated Safer Internet Day, a global awareness day to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people. The theme this year was ‘Too Good to Be True’, encouraging people to critical about the information they see and keep themselves safe online.

But how do we teach our children and young people about internet safety? Sarah Keddy, our Assistive Technologist, talks us through the Digital Learning framework used throughout Seashell, and the bespoke activities she created to teach our students about safer internet practice.

In line with the theme, Sarah created activities tailored around ‘true and false’, presenting students with altered images and asking them to analyse whether what they see is real or edited. After a viewing of ‘Room on the Broom’, students were shown altered images from the film and asked whether this is real or not real. This enhances the idea that despite the image being in front of them, it does not necessarily mean it is true, much like scams and false information on the internet.

Building on basic essential skills, students also explored the idea of safe and dangerous, and how to recognise when something is unsafe. As well as this, students were presented with a number of food items and asked whether they like or dislike the smell. By encouraging students to express when they like and do not like something, it builds their knowledge and skills to be able to express this in the future.

“The idea behind this is that, when using technology, if they are presented with information that they like or don’t like, our students know how to communicate that or ask for help,” said Sarah. “This all forms the baseline of our digital learning. It’s all the skills they need to understand and that they can demonstrate that when using technology.”

Watch the video below for more information: