Scotland's first Cyber Resilience and Internet Safety award goes to Mosshead Primary

Date: 
Friday, 3 May, 2019

 

Councillor Goodall and Mosshead primary children and staffInternet savvy pupils and staff at Mosshead Primary in Bearsden have become the first in the country to receive the Digital Schools Award for Cyber Resilience and Internet Safety (CR-IS).

The new award recognises the work done in the school to make sure everyone - pupils, parents/carers, teachers - is aware of how to stay safe online.

The school has been praised for its efforts to raise awareness of netiquette across the whole school community so that everyone understands online risks and how to avoid them.

This award was the icing on the cake for the school as they also received a Digital Schools Award* which celebrates the school's commitment to delivering a high quality digital technologies curriculum for pupils at all stages of learning.

Councillor Jim Goodall, Convener of the Council's Education Committee, said, "I'd like to congratulate everyone at Mosshead Primary on this landmark achievement. To be the first school in Scotland to receive this new award shows just how much hard work has gone into teaching the children about this important issue.

"Digital learning is second nature to us all but there are dangers and pitfalls which we need to understand. Instilling this knowledge in children from the earliest possible stage teaches them a healthy respect for the online world and enables them to use it to its full educational capacity in a safe way.

"I am impressed with the innovative thinking going on at Mosshead Primary and am pleased to see their knowledge, skills and experience being shared with other schools in the area."

A validator from the Digital Schools Award programme visited Mosshead Primary to see at first hand the impact of the school's digital learning journey on pupils.

They reported that 'they take their responsibilities towards the online safekeeping of their children very seriously' and that 'even the tiniest P2 clearly explained why you need to keep yourself safe online if you want to use the internet to learn things'.

Anna Doody, Programme Manager for Digital Schools Awards Scotland said, “Being recognised for Cyber Resilience and Internet Safety is a great achievement and an important milestone and we congratulate Mosshead Primary on receiving their award.”

Susan Yeoman, Mosshead Primary's Head Teacher, added, "We are delighted that our work on helping children stay safe online has been recognised with this award. Throughout Primary 1 to 7 children build on their internet safety skills and our programmes will continue to evolve every year as technologies develop.

"Our staff and pupil digital leaders have developed an innovative and sustainable framework to ensure that we help pupils acquire the skills they need to stay safe in the online world as they access the many digital tools which enhance their learning across the curriculum.

"The children thoroughly enjoyed taking part in the Digital Schools and Cyber Resilience Awards. Knowing online safety is such an important issue, the children took their job very seriously but they still managed to have lots of fun along the way. I am so proud of our digital leaders; they are super ambassadors for Mosshead Primary School and it’s great to see them being recognised in Scotland as leading lights in the world of digital technology.”

* The Cyber Resilience and Internet Safety Badge has been developed by Digital Schools Awards Scotland in partnership with Education Scotland and the Child Protection Unit and has the backing of major tech companies HP, Microsoft and Intel.

 

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