13 Mar 2024
WCS Year 5 & ^ students attended a short presentation from two Youth Engagement Police Officers from Dubbo. They presented a program called "ThinkUKnow" which is aimed at educating young people about the very real dangers and serious responsibilities that come with having a social media presence.
ThinkUKnow taught the students about the legal ages for having social media accounts. All students who are younger than 13-16 are legally too young to have any account such as TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and SnapChat.
The Officers also discussed that the issues of harassment, intimidation, bullying, and abuse are all Police matters and cannot be dealt with by schools. These are sadly very and regular occurrences for our students, and it was enlightening for us to learn that children as young as 10 years of age can be charged with cyber offences.
Overall the presentation was a wonderful opportunity for out young students to learn a lot of very relevant information about cyber safety from two officers who are very knowledgeable in the field.
Miss Blewer