PRIMARY school pupils are being asked to create an internet safety poster with a chance of winning prizes for themselves and their school. North Wales Police’s SchoolBeat programme has launched the initiative for all North Wales primary and secondary school pupils with the aim of raising awareness of how to stay safe online. It follows a sharp increase in the time young people are spending online amid the coronavirus lockdowns over the last year. Pupils taking part will create a paper or digital poster that includes advice on issues such as not giving out personal information online, creating a strong password and speaking to a trusted adult about cyberbullying. They are also being encouraged to research websites such as the NSPCC to get information for their poster.
Police launch internet safety poster competition with range of prizes on offer
This article is old - Published: Thursday, Jan 21st, 2021
Primary school pupils across north Wales are being set a challenge to create an internet safety poster with a chance of winning some fantastic prizes for their schools.
North Wales Police’s SchoolBeat programme, the Cyber Crime Team and PACT (Police and Communities Trust) have launched this exciting initiative with the overall aim of raising awareness of how to stay safe online.
The competition has been launched in response to the sharp increase in the time youngsters are spending online since the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic back in March 2020 and with the winter months upon us and another period of lockdown officers wanted to the children to have the opportunity to get creative and be in with a chance of winning some fantastic prizes for themselves and for their schools.