This section aims to provide ideas, information and professional learning to support primary teachers develop confident and responsible children and young people that are cyber resilience.
The key skills and knowledge for teaching cyber resilience can be found in the image opposite. The image can also be viewed with this link:
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These basic cyber resilience skills form part of the Learner Digital Skills toolkit for Digital Literacy in Curriculum for Excellence.
The Cyber Resilience Toolkit explains the main risks, potential harms and strategies to support children and young people reduce the risk of using the internet.
These cyber resilience lessons for primary and secondary learners are designed to be easy-to-use for educators, engaging for learners and to develop their resilience.
This literature review, produced by the University of Glasgow, is clear about the need for children and young people to learn digital skills to help them become cyber resilient. It underpins our work on cyber resilience and internet safety.
Additional resources
The Bongles is story for younger learners that introduces the basic concepts of keeping devices secure with passcodes.
There are resources for teachers to support the learning.
CyberSprinters is an online game for 7-11 year olds that introduces the basics of cyber hygiene and security.
There are resources for teachers to support the learning.
CyberFirst Navigators is a series of interactive videos and supporting resources for 11–14 year olds.
