{"id":18512,"date":"2026-09-21T09:04:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T09:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?p=18512"},"modified":"2026-09-21T09:04:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T09:04:24","slug":"staying-safe-online-with-pc-shannon-walker-%f0%9f%92%bb%f0%9f%94%92","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?p=18512","title":{"rendered":"Staying Safe Online with PC Shannon Walker \ud83d\udcbb\ud83d\udd12"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We were delighted to welcome <strong>PC Shannon Walker<\/strong> to speak to our pupils about the importance of <strong>Cyber Safety and being responsible online<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The children explored how to keep themselves and others safe when using the internet, including making sensible choices, protecting personal information and knowing what to do if something online makes them feel worried or uncomfortable. They also discussed the importance of being <strong>kind and respectful online<\/strong>, just as we would be face-to-face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The session linked closely with <strong>Global Goal 4 \u2013 Quality Education<\/strong> and <strong>Global Goal 16 \u2013 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions<\/strong>, helping our pupils become informed and responsible digital citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also supported <strong>UNCRC Article 17 \u2013 the right to access reliable information<\/strong> and <strong>Article 19 \u2013 the right to be protected from harm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the session, pupils developed important <strong>Meta-skills<\/strong>, particularly <strong>Communicating, Critical Thinking, Sense-making and Integrity<\/strong>, as they considered different online situations and discussed how to make safe and responsible choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A huge thank you to <strong>PC Shannon Walker<\/strong> for giving our pupils such an important and informative session! \ud83d\udc6e\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83c\udf10\ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/portpatrickprimary\/uploads\/sites\/4131\/2026\/09\/21084948\/IMG_6277.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"18500\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/portpatrickprimary\/uploads\/sites\/4131\/2026\/09\/21084948\/IMG_6277-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/portpatrickprimary\/uploads\/sites\/4131\/2026\/09\/21084948\/IMG_6277-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/portpatrickprimary\/uploads\/sites\/4131\/2026\/09\/21084948\/IMG_6277-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/portpatrickprimary\/uploads\/sites\/4131\/2026\/09\/21084948\/IMG_6277-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/portpatrickprimary\/uploads\/sites\/4131\/2026\/09\/21084948\/IMG_6277-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/portpatrickprimary\/uploads\/sites\/4131\/2026\/09\/21084948\/IMG_6277.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were delighted to welcome PC Shannon Walker to speak to our pupils about the importance of Cyber Safety and being responsible online. The children explored how to keep themselves and others safe when using the internet, including making sensible choices, protecting personal information and knowing what to do if something online makes them feel &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?p=18512\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Staying Safe Online with PC Shannon Walker \ud83d\udcbb\ud83d\udd12&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15710,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/15710"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18513,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18512\/revisions\/18513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}