Today, we are pleased to be providing a platform for a LIVE virtual assembly with Google and Parent Zone. We will also be sharing this exciting assembly with Rowner Junior and Brockhurst Primary School and we will be joined by our local MP too. This will be a wonderful opportunity for all children and staff in the GFM Primary Phase to come together.  The majority of our pupils will be tuning in from home, but the session has been designed to accommodate pupils both at home and Brune Park.

We will be streaming the assembly via the Google Classrooms. Team Gomer will be commenting on the comment section of the assembly, but children will not be able to do this. The assemblies are delivered by Parent Zone, with training teams delivering assemblies into primary schools all across the UK.  The assembly focuses on the five core pillars of the Be Internet Legends educational programme, incorporating characters from an imaginary world called Interland. The pillars are:

• Be Internet Sharp: Centred around the importance of thinking before sharing, evaluating whether a piece of information is private or not, and bearing in mind who will be able to see what is shared.
• Be Internet Alert: Teaching pupils how to spot phishing scams and how to report them, be able to tell what is real and what is fake, and to think critically about information found online.
• Be Internet Secure: Focused on keeping personal information safe by creating unique passwords, combining characters, numbers and symbols.
• Be Internet Kind: Encourages pupils to spread positivity online, speak up against and report bullying, and teaches them how to identify inappropriate behaviour.
• Be Internet Brave: About standing up when witnessing something inappropriate online, and to speak to a trusted adult about any concerns.

Next steps families consideration:

Be Internet Legends offers lots of opportunities, for parents/carers, to extend learning beyond the assembly. These opportunities include:

• the parent livestreams introduce families to Be Internet Legends and give them opportunities to ask our expert team any questions: parentzone.org.uk/parentsessions
• there are so many great resources for families – all available on our parent hub: parents.parentzone.org.uk/legendaryparent If our pupils’ parents sign up to the Internet Legend’s newsletter, they’ll be the first to hear about all the exciting things planned for this year.