PICTURES: Daviot Primary School in Inverness celebrates internet safety award
Daviot Primary has become the first Highland school to be awarded with the Cyber Resilience and Internet Safety Award.
Arlene Beattie, the school’s cluster principal teacher, said: “We are delighted to be given this award.
“As a school we recognise that online platforms and the internet itself, are becoming increasingly accessible to young children and therefore it is essential that we, as teachers, provide pupils with the knowledge and confidence to operate these safely and responsibly.”
The award has been designed to provide education professionals with the resources and support required to help pupils safely navigate the digital world.
To qualify schools must complete a self-assessment to identify their expertise as well as going through a formal verification by an external assessor.
They were presented with the certificate last Tuesday and they celebrated with a special cake which featured a copy of the award on the icing.
It was an appropriate day to be presented with the award because it was also National Internet Safety Day.
The day offered the opportunity to highlight positive uses of technology and to explore the role we all play in helping to create a better and safer online community.
The annual event raises awareness of risks to vulnerable users including privacy concerns, cyberbullying and disinformation.