Last night we organised our first Internet Safety Training for Parents and Families Event. Over 100 parents representing over 250 young people turned up for the evening. During the two hour session there was input from Ronnie Summers (Headteacher), Detective Sergeant Andy Jones (Lothian Borders Police), Joan Tranent (one of our senior social workers) and Ollie Bray (Depute Head at MGS)

The event was were supported by LTS (who provided materials for the packs), The Child Exploitation Online Protection Agency – CEOP (who allowed us to be the first school in Scotland [probably the UK] to use some of their parent training material), Young Scot East Lothian (who provided staff and nearly the space bus!), our own staff (who adopted the role of coffee break experts) and most importantly the parents.

The sites that we covered in detail were Habba Hotel, MSN Messenger, Bebo and a chat room called Teenspot. We also looked at how due to irresponsible use of a social networking site it was possible to find out where your parents lived, how much your house was worth and your annual income.

Please contact Ollie Bray at the school if you would like to find out more information or be kept on an email list for the next event.