12th May 2010

DORCHESTER: Pupils' e-safety campaign wins top prize

PUPILS from a Dorchester school have won a prestigious online safety competiton.

Year two pupils from The Prince of Wales First School, Dorchester have won the competition which was organised by South West Grid for Learning and was open to all schools in the south-west of England. The aim of the competition was to emphasise the importance of e-safety and to encourage pupils to make e-safety messages and deliver them in a way that would make a difference to the attitude of others.

Gary Spracklen, school ICT Co-ordinator, explained how pupils at The Prince of Wales First School created their entry.

He said: “As a year two class we thoroughly enjoyed making our e-safety video and engaged in the design process using Merlin, our school’s virtual learning enviroment.

“Children began the process by accessing a range of relevant e-safety websites through our class page.

“The children then used a discussion board to share their thoughts and ideas of how we could communicate an e-safety message to children in a 30-second TV commercial.”

Teaching Assistant Barbara Thomas, who also worked with the children in creating the entry, added: “The children were very keen to link in the rights of the child and therefore also considered their responsibilities when considering e-safety.”

Beatha Dalgleish and Lauren Crane, both in year two, explained how they came up with the SAFE internet “surfer” theme.

Beatha said: “I knew people use the word ‘surfing’ for two fun actvities, so I put the two together to create the idea of SAFE surfing.” Lauren explained how following their idea, the girls enlisted the help of their classmates.

She said: “We asked everyone to bring in a bodyboard and we made a wave in our school hall using PE equipment and bits of blue and white fabric.”

The children, who enlisted the help of year four pupils Lauren Welch and Emerald Rymer to record their entry, now have an exciting day’s radio broadcasting to look forward to with Cylde Broadcasting.

In addition to their main prize the school have also won a prize pack including a digital camera, flip video camera, digital photo frame, and much more.

PICTURE: Emerald Rymer, Beatha Dalgleish, Lauren Crane and Lauren Welch with prizes

DORCHESTER: Pupils' e-safety campaign wins top prize

DORCHESTER: Pupils' e-safety campaign wins top prize

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