Category: Curriculum and Virtual

Achievement Project

This report outlines the findings and recommendations from a pilot project carried out between late 2022 and early 2023, by Education Scotland and partners in the Forth Valley and West Lothian (FVWL) Regional Improvement Collaborative area (RIC).  The pilot investigated how young people’s personal achievements, out with the formal curriculum, are currently recognised and recorded across schools and community learning and development (CLD) providers. The aim of this investigation was to identify ways to support practice across schools and CLD providers, so that a wider range of children and young people’s learning and achievements can be recognised, recorded and tracked, throughout their education journey.  View our Achievement project Interim Report here

Digital Wellbeing Updates- November 2022 (2)- WIZE

 

Please see below for Digital Wellbeing Updates-

Planning Event, 22nd NovemberAt this free hybrid event for Scotland you’ll hear from UK Safer Internet Centre, Internet Watch Foundation and Ofcom about the Safer Internet Day campaign, free educational materials and the latest trends and research into children’s online lives.  Safer Internet Day 2023 Planning Event Scotland Tickets, Tue 22 Nov 2022 at 13:00 | EventbriteEducational ResourcesUK Safer Internet Centre has released a set of online safety educational resources to support professionals working with or for children and young people. The resources are tailored to 3– to 18-year-olds and include lesson plans, assemblies, games and other activities for children.Educational Resources – UK Safer Internet Centre

Internet Safety Day 2023- Free Hybrid Planning Event! – Digital Wellbeing

Safer Internet Day Planning Event, 22nd NovemberAt this free hybrid event for Scotland, you’ll hear from UK Safer Internet Centre, Internet Watch Foundation and Ofcom about the Safer Internet Day campaign, free educational materials and the latest trends and research into children’s online lives.  Book your ticket to watch the livestream or attend in person in Edinburgh on 22nd NovemberSafer Internet Day 2023 Planning Event Scotland Tickets, Tue 22 Nov 2022 at 13:00 | Eventbrite

WIZE-Digital Wellbeing Updates- October 2022

Victim blaming languageThe UK Council for Internet Safety has produced guidance for professionals in education settings on how to effectively challenge victim blaming language and behaviours when talking about the online experiences.Challenging victim blaming language and behaviours when dealing with the online experiences of children and young people – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)Safer Internet Day Planning Event, 22nd NovemberAt this free hybrid event for Scotland, you’ll hear from UK Safer Internet Centre, Internet Watch Foundation and Ofcom about the Safer Internet Day campaign, free educational materials and the latest trends and research into children’s online lives.  Book your ticket to watch the livestream or attend in person in Edinburgh on 22nd NovemberSafer Internet Day 2023 Planning Event Scotland Tickets, Tue 22 Nov 2022 at 13:00 | EventbriteResponding to nude image sharing: elearning courseNSPCC Learning has launched a new course to help designated child protection leads understand the risks around children sharing nude images and how to respond appropriately.  Please note there is a charge to undertake this course.Sharing nudes and semi-nudes training | NSPCC LearningDigital ResilienceThe University of East Anglia (UEA) has conducted research in England on how to help children ages 8-12 recognise, manage and recover from online harm.Using a socio-ecological framework to understand how 8–12-year-olds build and show digital resilience: A multi-perspective and multimethod qualitative study | SpringerLink

WIZE- Digital Wellbeing Update

Protecting Children OnlineCyberScotland have published a blog for parents on ‘Protecting Children and young people online’ with a link to an interactive online security challenge from the National Cyber Security Centre, aimed at 7-11 year oldsProtecting children and young people online – Cyber ScotlandCyberSprinters – NCSC.GOV.UKCyberbullyingThe online security company McAfee has published a report exploring the extent of cyberbullying that children face in different parts of the world (including in the UK).  Cyberbullying in Plain Sight (mcafee.com)Child Sexual Abuse ImageryThe Guardian reports on new data from The Internet Watch Foundation on child sexual abuse imagery in the first six months of 2022 in the UK.Huge rise in self-generated child sexual abuse content online, report finds | Internet safety | The GuardianOnline Extremism and RadicalisationThe Guardian has published a news story on its investigation into children exposed to online extremism and radicalisation by far-right groups online.https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/03/revealed-uk-children-ensnared-far-right-ecosystem-online