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Bespoke Digital Wellbeing Program

Everything you need to be ready for the Digital Wellbeing Program

Presenting the bespoke Digital Wellbeing Program.

ySafe's online safety experts have designed an innovative online safety program, which will support your community's ongoing digital development.

This ecosystem of online safety education will be delivered to students and the broader school community, via the following:

  • Student educational sessions, workshops and classroom activities, which together intensively explore online safety in our digital world.
  • Parent educational sessions and access to the Online Safety Hub resource.
  • Evidence-based staff professional development, examining the nexus between online safety and student social and emotional wellbeing.

Year by Year Resources

Below you will find:

Scope & Sequence

Overview of topics for each year group.

Parent Letter

Template to assist with parent communication about topics covered.

Classroom Resources

Download the curriculum linked lesson plans that are used in tandem with the workshops.

Content Overview

The K & PP content only includes teaching resources to be delivered by classroom teachers.

Topics Learning Intentions
  1. Intro to the internet
  2. Staying safe online
  3. Privacy
  • Describe activities that the Internet is used for.
  • Identify trusted adults.
  • Describe help-seeking strategies.
  • Describe situations in which it is not appropriate to photograph or record someone.

 

Resources

Content Overview

Topics Learning Intentions
  1. Friends vs Strangers
  2. Private Personal Information
  • Appreciate that the Internet connects them to other people.
  • Distinguish between friends and strangers online.
  • Describe help-seeking strategies in response to different online safety scenarios.
  • Provide examples of information that you should not share on the Internet.

 

Resources

Content Overview

Topics Learning Intentions
  1. Private Personal Information
  2. Chatting Online
  • Distinguish between friends and strangers online. 
  • Describe help-seeking strategies in response to different online safety scenarios
  • Distinguish between private, personal information and general information. 
  • Provide examples of information that you should not share on the Internet.

 

Resources

Content Overview

Topics Learning Intentions
  1. Healthy digital habits
  2. Online socialisation and communication (with friends and strangers)
  • Practice healthy digital habits by managing screen time and online behaviours.
  • Describe simple online etiquette principles when communicating with others online.
  • Analyse 'healthy' and 'unhealthy' friendship qualities in the context of online socialisation and communication.

 

Resources

Content Overview

Topics Learning Intentions
  1. Personal information vs. general information
  2. Digital Wellbeing
  • Analyse the types of information that are personal, private and not safe to share.
  • Understand the dangers of sharing personal and private information
  • Practice healthy digital habits by managing screen time and online behaviours.

 

Resources

Content Overview

Topics Learning Intentions
  1. Cyberbullying, online conflict and bystander behaviours
  2. Healthy digital habits
  • Analyse challenging social situations online and consider the intention and impact of those involved.
  • Identify the different types of bystanders in a cyberbullying scenario.
  • Practice healthy digital habits by managing screen time and online behaviours.
  • Understand the difference between reality vs online persona.

 

Resources

Content Overview

Topics Learning Intentions
  1. Safety on messaging apps
  2. Identifying and responding appropriately to negative online behaviour
  • Identify and analyse the risks of different social media platforms.
  • Understanding how to identify red flags in regards to online relationships.
  • Assess when to take action and explain what to do if concerned about online relationships.

 

Resources

Content Overview

Topics Learning Intentions
  1. Healthy digital habits
  2. Online contacts and impersonation accounts
  • Analyse and identify strategies that gaming companies use to promote frequent and prolonged use of their platforms.
  • Devise strategies to permit young people to better manage their screen-time.
  • Identify strategies that can be applied to help identify an online impersonation (aka 'catfish') account online.
  • Apply strategies to help distinguish between a legitimate and impersonation account.

 

Resources

Content Overview

Topics Learning Intentions
  1. Managing Risky Situations Online
  2. Gaming Relationships - Managing Online Conflict
  • Understand the risks of sharing content online publicly.
  • Analyse the risks of engaging in potentially unsafe or inappropriate situations online.
  • Recognise power imbalances in online relationships.
  • Develop strategies to respond to negative online behaviours (as a victim or a bystander) in gaming environments.

 

Resources

Content Overview

Topics Learning Intentions
  1. Sharing Nudes & Respectful Relationships
  2. Digital Footprint & Online Reputation
  • Identify non-consensual sharing of intimate images and image-based abuse.
  • Provide strategies to respond to non-consensual sharing of intimate images as a bystander.
  • Describe the relationship between online activity, digital footprint, and personal brand.
  • Recognise the role of online reputation in employability and third-party perceptions.

 

Resources

Content Overview

Topics Learning Intentions
  1. Echo Chambers, Fake News & Confirmation Bias
  2. Risks of Pornography
  • Explain how echo chambers and filter bubbles are formed in online environments.
  • Explain how online confirmation bias can contribute to polarisation on sensitive social topics.
  • Critically assess the validity and reliability of the news that they consume.
  • Analyse the risks associated with pornography consumption, including relational, physical, sexual and psychological.

 

Resources

Content Overview

Topics Learning Intentions
  1. Digital Footprint & Online Scams
  2. Risks of Online Gambling
  • Identify how personal information online can be used by scammers to create targeted scams.
  • Explain how scammers target our emotions, desires or lack of knowledge to persuade us to respond in certain ways.
  • Explain how aspects of gambling are embedded in popular online platforms used by children and teens.
  • Explore the psychological processes that affect gambling behaviours.

 

Resources

Content Overview

Topics Learning Intentions
  1. Online Reputation & Personal Brand
  2. Catfishing
  • Evaluate the information that is publicly available about themselves online and create a strategy for capitalising on their digital footprint to enhance personal brand.
  • Explore online relationship-based scams, focussing on catfishing and sextortion.
  • Identify strategies that can be used to verify the identity of connections made online.

 

Resources

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