The last week of term for many, but no let up for me! Ron Richards asked if I would conduct an Online Safety Mark (OSM) assessment at Prince Henry’s High School in Evesham, Worcestershire (https://www.princehenrys.worcs.sch.uk/) and complete the follow-up report before the end of this academic year. So, today, I set off early, thankfully in slightly lower temperatures than of …
Time to be updated!
Two years on and it was time for another Online Safety Mark Assessors Update Training; today was a hybrid version, with some in situ at the Lysaught Institute in Newport, Wales (8 individuals) and others joining online (10 people). Whilst it was lovely to see some familiar faces, it was great to meet a few new ones and do a …
Online Safety Mark (OSM) assessment, Stroud High School (SHS), Gloucestershire
Time to conduct another Online Safety Mark assessment, and in situ! Today, I was off to Stroud High School (SHS) in Gloucestershire to meet the Head Teacher, Senior Leadership Team, teachers, administrative and technical staff, students, governors and parents/carers, to assess whether they had reached the benchmark standard in all 21 aspects of the 360 degree safe self-review tool …
Online Safety Mark Assessors Update Training Day (virtual and Newport, Wales)
How time flies! Two years on and it is time for me to be updated once again by the hugely knowledgeable and competent band at the UK Safer Internet Centre (UK SIC)/South West Grid for Learning (SWGfL), namely Ron Richards, David Wright, Andrew Williams, Ken Corish and Carmel Glassbrook. Whilst some were gathered at the Lysaght Institute in Newport, Wales, several, …
Online Safety Mark assessment (Hardenhuish School, Chippenham, Wiltshire)
Time for an Online Safety Mark assessment in situ … hooray! Restrictions imposed by Covid-19 over the past couple of years have meant that any Online Safety Mark assessments that I have completed have been done so virtually. However, it was great to be ‘back on the road’ again, meeting staff, governors, parents/carers and students and witnessing policy being put …
Online Safety Mark assessment goes virtual!
Like many other things over the past year, Online Safety Mark assessing is now being done virtually. This was my first remote assessment, and like several other assessors, I think that there is potential to continue offering virtual and face-to-face assessments once lockdown restrictions are lifted. No very early starts or long-distance travel for me, which was certainly a bonus, …
Online Safety Mark Assessor Update Training
Well, like many other things, the Online Safety Mark Assessor Update Training went virtual this year. Not quite the same as all being in one room and chatting with individuals face-to-face, but still high-quality delivery and up-to-date information relayed from representatives based at SWGfL and the UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC). The day began with a welcome, introductions and protocols …
Online Safety Live briefing (Lakefield C of E Primary School, Gloucestershire)
How time flies! It was, once again, the turn of those from SWGfL to give one of their Online Safety Live briefings in Gloucestershire (https://swgfl.org.uk/training/online-safety-live/). Ian Williams, Head Teacher at Lakefield C of E Primary School in Frampton-on-Severn (https://www.lakefield.gloucs.sch.uk/gloucs/primary/lakefield), had kindly agreed to host the event, which was delivered by Andrew Williams and Steve Shepherd from SWGfL. Whilst I know Andrew …
Online Safety Mark Assessors’ Update Training
Rodney Parade Stadium, home to Newport Gwent Dragons, called this morning; for an Online Safety Mark Assessors’ Update Training session and not for anything rugby-related, I hasten to add! After helping ourselves to refreshments, we were welcomed by Ron Richards and introduced to a number of representatives from South West Grid for Learning (SWGfL) (https://swgfl.org.uk/), namely David Wright, Andrew Williams, …
SWGfL Online Safety Live, Lakefield C of E Primary School, Gloucestershire
Well, Monday afternoon saw me back at Lakefield C of E Primary School in Frampton-on-Severn, Gloucestershire (https://www.lakefield.gloucs.sch.uk/gloucs/primary/lakefield), this time for a Online Safety Live event (https://swgfl.org.uk/training-events/online-safety-live/) delivered by representatives from SWGfL and not to conduct a grueling Online Safety Mark assessment! Following on from the latter than I carried out last July, it was agreed that one ‘area for development’ …
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