A four-part professional learning series for the people who carry your school’s online safety response: wellbeing leaders, heads of year, pastoral teams and school leadership.

The online issues showing up in schools keep changing. The trends shift term to term, and trying to keeping up is a job in itself. This program is built to carry some of that load.
It isn’t professional development for the whole staffroom. It’s targeted, practical learning for the small group of people who deal with online safety issues directly, delivered live online across the year so it fits around school life.


Our Kindergarten - Year 6 sessions have been developed to educate students about the fundamental components of cyber safety. We offer developmentally targeted sessions which address key cyber risks, and build capacity in young people to navigate the digital platforms they encounter.
We emphasise the constructive relationship children can have with technology under our positive digital citizenship ethos and up-skill students in understanding the importance of online safety and ways to implement safe online practices.

We explore the many types of people on the internet and highlight the need to think critically about who you talk to, motivators behind online contact, and ways to verify someone is who they say they are (catfishing for older students only).
We discuss what information is safe and unsafe to post online, and the unexpected outcomes that can occur when we post something we shouldn't. We also cover the importance of good digital hygiene, and ways privacy and security settings can help keep people safe.
Focusing on SEL outcomes, we teach students how to recognise and anticipate negative online behaviours, and outline strategies for managing cyberbullying and seeking help.
We cover additional strategies for staying safe online, including safe online gaming practices, geolocation tracking and age restrictions on social media.
Designed to stand out from your typical cyber safety presentation, our sessions are visually engaging, dynamic, and interactive.
Our primary sessions not only deliver crucial lessons in online safety but empower the next generation to consider how they can take the lead in enhancing education and behaviour within their own digital communities.
The session focuses heavily on story-based learning activities for younger audiences. Introducing the concept of the internet and its interconnectedness, students learn about the challenges, risks, and benefits of using technology in their everyday lives. Delivered with the pro-technology ethos, students also learn the foundational concept of personal private information with an intentional focus on students' identification of safe, trusted adults and help-seeking behaviours.
Key themes discussed in this session:
Incorporating the trending games and websites kids use with a focus on presenting cyber safety themes using a game-based delivery. This session is interactive, engaging, and full of practical strategies students can apply to real-world scenarios they experience. Covering the themes of personal private information and chatting safely online with a strong emphasis on the importance of help seeking behaviours, students cement the foundational knowledge required to enact online safety practices for positive outcomes.
Key themes discussed in this session:
This session also encompasses and explains the many benefits of connecting and socialising online while effectively addressing the importance of being alert to risks. Utilising real-world stories and role play, we provide students with a safe forum to explore the impact of key themes such as cyber bullying, social exclusion, and the power of bystanders who choose to stand up and contribute to positive issue resolution. Using situationally analysis, we assess some of the main risks associated with games, social media, and the long-term impact on digital footprints.
Key themes discussed in this session:
Health & Physical Education (Years 1 & 2): Identify and practise emotional responses that account for own and others’ feelings (ACPPS020).
Health & Physical Education (Years 1 & 2): Practise strategies they can use when they feel uncomfortable, unsafe or need help with a task, problem or situation (ACPPS017).
Digital Technologies (Years 1 & 2): Explore how people safely use common information systems to meet information, communication and recreation needs (ACTDIP005).
Health & Physical Education (Years 3 & 4): Describe and apply strategies that can be used in situations that make them feel uncomfortable or unsafe (ACPPS035).
Health & Physical Education (Years 5 & 6): Examine the influence of emotional responses on behaviour and relationships (ACPPS056).
Digital Technologies (Years 5 & 6): Plan, create and communicate ideas and information, including collaboratively online, applying agreed ethical, social and technical protocols
(ACTDIP022)
Our secondary student sessions are known for their affirmative and unique psychological spin on cyber safety.
Our goal is to empower young people to make wise choices online, to ensure they thrive in the digital world, rather than just survive.

Our sessions encourage students to change their perspectives on cyberbullying and challenge them to not only recognise but anticipate the impacts of a range of negative online behaviours, and the motivators behind them. Using a unique framework and real-life case studies, we highlight practical strategies students can use to avoid online drama.
We explore the laws around 'sexting' and the non-consensual sharing of nudes. We discuss the broader social and emotional impacts of distribution and Image-based abuse, and provide strategies to manage inappropriate requests & peer pressure.
Looking at the 'brain-hacks' and persuasive design techniques developers use to draw our attention towards technology, we explore the importance of healthy and balanced screen time management, including its impact on sleep, study and self-esteem.
This content pillar explores the concept of online reputation and personal branding, and challenges students to think about others' perceptions of their online behaviours and future-proofing opportunities. While exploring harm minimisation approaches, students are equipped with helpful strategies to create and optimise a positive online image.
Designed to stand out from your typical cyber safety presentation, our sessions are visually engaging, dynamic, and interactive.
Our secondary sessions not only deliver crucial lessons in online safety but empower the next generation to consider how they can take the lead in enhancing education and behaviour within their own digital communities.
This session goes beyond the standard cyber safety discussion points and takes a deep dive into the complexities of the behaviours experienced by teens in online environments. Utilising case studies and scenarios to explore ways to navigate online conflict between friends and peers, the session helps students understand the common online peer group issues experienced, including social exclusion and bystander behaviour. It also covers important social and emotional considerations around sexting, peer pressure, and strategies to decline inappropriate requests. It includes techniques to optimise online wellbeing, screen time, and persuasive technology for a balanced and healthy online experience.
Key themes discussed in this session:
Cyberbullying and conflict management are challenges commonly encountered online at this age. With our pro-technology ethos, we focus on educating students to manage their emotions towards others in a healthy way and provide them with proactive strategies for assessing the risks and potential outcomes of things said and done online.
This session also discusses image-based abuse and consent and assesses how this impacts our online interactions. We talk about how online behaviour can influence our 'personal brand' both positively and negatively (using case studies from both ends of the spectrum) and give the students strategies to help protect their privacy and optimise their online reputation.
Key themes discussed in this session:
These formative years can make or break a student's success outside of the school environment. In this session, we use real-life case studies to highlight the link between online activity, personal brand, and employability. We explore some of the modern technologies used to analyse and interpret online behaviour in recruitment screening and finish with practical strategies to help students enhance their personal brand online.
This session also covers sexting and image-based abuse laws, focusing on the implications for the 18+ and under 18 age categories. We discuss the link between image-based abuse and consent, using scenario analysis to encourage students to apply their understanding of consent to the context of online interactions. We talk about making meaningful connections online and explore some of the risks, including catfishing and the role that evolving technologies (such as deepfakes) play in exacerbating these risks. We finish with strategies to help students connect and converse safely online.
With online wellbeing, we explore concepts such as persuasive technology and the attention economy and consider how these techniques influence our behaviour. We discuss the impact of mobile devices and social media on our ability to work and study and provide strategies to help keep tech use productive.
Key themes discussed in this session:
Health & Physical Education (Years 7 & 8): Practise and apply strategies to seek help for themselves or others (ACPPS072).
HASS (Year 7): Collaborate to generate alternatives in response to an issue or challenge, and compare the potential costs and benefits of each (ACHASSI160).
General Capabilities: Personal and social capability & ethical understanding.
Health & Physical Education (Year 9 and 10): Evaluate situations and propose appropriate emotional responses and then reflect on possible outcomes of different responses (ACPPS094).
Civics & Citizenship (Year 10): Account for different interpretations and points of view (ACHCS098).
English (Year 10): Understand how language use can have inclusive and exclusive social effects and can empower or disempower people (ACELA1564).
General Capabilities: Personal and social capability & ethical understanding.
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Our Kindergarten - Year 6 sessions have been developed to educate students about the fundamental components of cyber safety. We offer developmentally targeted sessions which address key cyber risks, and build capacity in young people to navigate the digital platforms they encounter.
We emphasise the constructive relationship children can have with technology under our positive digital citizenship ethos and up-skill students in understanding the importance of online safety and ways to implement safe online practices.

We explore the many types of people on the internet and highlight the need to think critically about who you talk to, motivators behind online contact, and ways to verify someone is who they say they are (catfishing for older students only).
We discuss what information is safe and unsafe to post online, and the unexpected outcomes that can occur when we post something we shouldn't. We also cover the importance of good digital hygiene, and ways privacy and security settings can help keep people safe.
Focusing on SEL outcomes, we teach students how to recognise and anticipate negative online behaviours, and outline strategies for managing cyberbullying and seeking help.
We cover additional strategies for staying safe online, including safe online gaming practices, geolocation tracking and age restrictions on social media.
Designed to stand out from your typical cyber safety presentation, our sessions are visually engaging, dynamic, and interactive.
Our primary sessions not only deliver crucial lessons in online safety but empower the next generation to consider how they can take the lead in enhancing education and behaviour within their own digital communities.
The session focuses heavily on story-based learning activities for younger audiences. Introducing the concept of the internet and its interconnectedness, students learn about the challenges, risks, and benefits of using technology in their everyday lives. Delivered with the pro-technology ethos, students also learn the foundational concept of personal private information with an intentional focus on students' identification of safe, trusted adults and help-seeking behaviours.
Key themes discussed in this session:
Incorporating the trending games and websites kids use with a focus on presenting cyber safety themes using a game-based delivery. This session is interactive, engaging, and full of practical strategies students can apply to real-world scenarios they experience. Covering the themes of personal private information and chatting safely online with a strong emphasis on the importance of help seeking behaviours, students cement the foundational knowledge required to enact online safety practices for positive outcomes.
Key themes discussed in this session:
This session also encompasses and explains the many benefits of connecting and socialising online while effectively addressing the importance of being alert to risks. Utilising real-world stories and role play, we provide students with a safe forum to explore the impact of key themes such as cyber bullying, social exclusion, and the power of bystanders who choose to stand up and contribute to positive issue resolution. Using situationally analysis, we assess some of the main risks associated with games, social media, and the long-term impact on digital footprints.
Key themes discussed in this session:
Health & Physical Education (Years 1 & 2): Identify and practise emotional responses that account for own and others’ feelings (ACPPS020).
Health & Physical Education (Years 1 & 2): Practise strategies they can use when they feel uncomfortable, unsafe or need help with a task, problem or situation (ACPPS017).
Digital Technologies (Years 1 & 2): Explore how people safely use common information systems to meet information, communication and recreation needs (ACTDIP005).
Health & Physical Education (Years 3 & 4): Describe and apply strategies that can be used in situations that make them feel uncomfortable or unsafe (ACPPS035).
Health & Physical Education (Years 5 & 6): Examine the influence of emotional responses on behaviour and relationships (ACPPS056).
Digital Technologies (Years 5 & 6): Plan, create and communicate ideas and information, including collaboratively online, applying agreed ethical, social and technical protocols
(ACTDIP022)
Four live virtual sessions across the school year, delivered by ySafe's expert team.
Session 1: What are your students really doing online?
From group chats to AI, discover what's really shaping your students' online world. Understand how they connect, communicate and cope, so your team can support what matters most.Session 2: What does best practice actually look like?
Turn evidence into everyday practice with practical frameworks that help your school respond, not just react. Build the habits and strategies that keep student wellbeing at the centre of your digital approach.Session 3: What do you say in the moment that matters?
The right words, at the right moment. Conversations that build trust instead of walls. Help students and families feel safe, heard and supported, even in the hard moments.Session 4: What do you do when something goes wrong?
Real scenarios, real solutions. Practise the responses your school actually needs, support students through digital harm, and build safer, more connected school communities.Created for the people closest to the issues.
Designed for wellbeing and leadership staff, with the depth and practical guidance relevant to the online issues they’re seeing in school, day in and day out.
Our ySafe team works with schools every week. What they see and hear shapes the program, so your team is learning about the issues showing up in schools right now.
The sessions focus on what your team can use in their work. They include examples, guidance and time to discuss how these ideas apply in your school.
These are live sessions. Your team can ask questions, talk through real situations and learn from what our experts are seeing across schools.
Four touchpoints across the year build capability steadily. Your team has regular opportunities to revisit key ideas, ask questions and respond to emerging issues.
This is your school's dedicated program, built around your team and your context. If you'd like to bring a neighbouring or sister school into the conversation, talk to us. It's not the default setup, but we can explore what's possible.
The staff who own your school's response to online safety: wellbeing directors and coordinators, heads of year, pastoral leads, deputies and principals. It isn't designed as whole-staff PD; if that's what you need, our staff sessions within ySafe Days are a better fit.
Live online, exclusively for your team, across four touchpoints spaced throughout the school year. Your people join from school or home.
Yes. We'd encourage it. Registering a small team helps the approach stick and spreads the load, especially when people move roles.
The four focus areas are set, but sessions are live and shaped by what’s happening in schools right now, including the questions your team brings.
We provide documentation to support your professional learning records. Requirements vary by state and sector, so check what your registration body accepts.
They work together. A ySafe Day reaches your whole community on the day; this program gives your core team the depth to lead the other 39 weeks of the year.
Give the people who carry the load the backing they deserve.
Get in touch with the ySafe team today and let’s explore how the Digital Leadership Program can help your school with sustained cybersafety education that will see you through the school year.
Our friendly team will be happy to assist you with additional information about what is included in the program, including costs and an overview of the resources.