Safer Internet Day
Safer Internet Day is a great opportunity for children and young people, school staff, parents and carers and businesses in Wales to get involved in a truly global campaign.
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The aim of Safer Internet Day is to inspire a UK wide conversation about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively.
Coordinated in the UK by the UK Safer Internet Centre the celebration sees hundreds of organisations get involved to help promote the safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.
Schools have a major role to play in generating excitement for Safer Internet Day within their communities; as education practitioners, we know that supporting learners as best you can to make smart choices in their online lives is already a top priority.
Safer Internet Day: Tuesday 11 February 2025
This year the UK theme is ‘Too good to be true? Protecting yourself and others from scams online’. This offers a great opportunity to focus on the issue of online scams and, for young people, how to protect themselves and others, as well as what support is available to them.
Safer Internet Day Planning Event
On Thursday 14 November we launched plans for Safer Internet Day with a virtual event bringing together education stakeholders from across Wales to discuss the collaborative plans for Safer Internet Day 2025.
In case you missed it
You can watch a recording of the event on the UK Safer Internet Centre’s website, and the slides from the event are available on Hwb.
Safer Internet Day launch event slides
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Get involved
We offer a range of activities and events for schools to get involved with.
Keeping safe online content creators
Earlier this year we invited learners to contribute content to the Keeping safe online area on Hwb, with a focus on this year’s Safer Internet Day theme, online scams. We are now working with the schools taking part to ensure that the new content is ready to launch for Safer Internet Day 2025.
Assembly
For Safer Internet Day 2025 we have partnered with e-sgol to develop bespoke assemblies to help you kickstart conversations about online scams and promote safer internet practices. They will also promote valuable resources and guidance to ensure a safer online experience for everyone in Wales.
To register your school or class for a SID assembly complete the short registration form, making sure to register with your Hwb email address and selecting your preferred language.
Safer Internet Day Education Packs
We worked with the UK Safer Internet Centre again this year to publish bilingual education packs.
These packs are full of fun activities for all ages and can help you explore with your learners:
- What influences and changes the way children think, feel and act online and offline?
- How can we use the internet to make changes?
- What do we think about new and emerging technology?
- Safer Internet Day 2025 education packs for 3 to 7 year olds
- Safer Internet Day 2025 education packs for 7 to 11 year olds
- Safer Internet Day 2025 education packs for 11 to 14 year olds
- Safer Internet Day 2025 education packs for 14 to 18 year olds
Share your Safer Internet Day activities
Across Wales there are opportunities for everyone, including schools, youth groups and families to get involved in Safer Internet Day celebrations on Tuesday 11 February. Schools are invited to share their online safety activities by uploading to our Microsoft Sway.
Contributions will be moderated and then published on Hwb.
To contribute to the Sway complete our upload form.
Other ways that you can show support
Support the campaign on social media
To find out what other organisations in Wales are doing for Safer Internet Day, search #SIDCymru on social media.
You can also join the global conversation with #SaferInternetDay
Register as a supporter
Show your organisation’s support and commitment to a better internet by registering as a Safer Internet Day supporter.
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Date: Tuesday 6 February 2024
Theme: Inspiring change? Making a difference, managing influence and navigating change online
Activities: For Safer Internet Day 2024 we developed a bespoke assembly to help you kickstart conversations about safe, positive and responsible use of technology in your school. Throughout Safer Internet Day week we hosted a series of interactive virtual events for schools with our expert partners including Estyn, Childnet, SWGfL, North Wales Police and Adobe.
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Date: Tuesday 7 February 2023
Theme: Making space for conversations about life online
Activities: The Welsh Government, in collaboration with the Welsh Rugby Union, ran a film competition which invited children and young people to create a short film that communicates their views, opinions or stories of using social media, gaming or apps. In their own words, we wanted to hear about the benefits and the concerns they experience using these apps. The winners were announced at a celebration event for finalists at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff, on Safer Internet Day:
- Primary Winner – Ysgol Bro Teifi
- Secondary Winner – Ysgol Nantgwyn
- Primary Runner Up – Ysgol Dyffryn Cledlyn
- Secondary Runner Up – Haverfordwest High VC School
- Highly Commended – Griffithstown Primary School
- Highly Commended – Cadle Primary School
- Highly Commended – Ysgol Y Deri – ‘Class 5FN does gaming’
- Highly Commended – Ysgol Y Deri – ‘The need for speed’
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Date: Tuesday 8 February 2022
Theme: All fun and games? Exploring respect and relationships online
Activities: The Welsh Government, in partnership with the BBFC, ran a film competition which aimed to encourage children and young people to express their creativity and share their understanding of showing respect online. The winners of the competition were announced by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language, Jeremy Miles MS, on Safer Internet Day:
- Primary Winner – Ysgol Dyffryn Cledlyn
- Secondary Winner – Ysgol Ty Coch
- Runner up – Ysgol Bro Pedr
- Highly commended – Cadoxton Primary School
- Highly commended – Ysgol Bro Teifi
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Date: Tuesday 9 February 2021
Theme: An internet we trust: exploring reliability in the online world
Activities: The Welsh Government, in partnership with the UK Safer Internet Centre, ran a ‘Tackling misinformation digital storytelling’ competition calling on children and young people to use their creativity either through film, a written story or by recording an audio clip to explain what misinformation is, why it might be a problem, how we can recognise it and what we can do to protect ourselves and stop its spread. The winners of the competition were announced in a virtual event on Safer Internet Day.
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Date: 11 February 2020
Theme: Together for a better internet
Activities: The 2020 Safer Internet Day competition in Wales challenged children and young people to create a public announcement style advert aimed at friends and family based on the theme ‘A better internet: how to look after yourself and others’. Winners of the competition were announced by the Minister for Education, Kirsty Williams, at a VIP screening of the finalists’ films in Cardiff.
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Date: 5 February 2019
Theme: Our internet, our choice: Understanding consent in a digital world
Activities: Safer Internet Day 2019 focused on how consent works in an online context. The Welsh Government, in partnership with the UK Safer Internet Centre, published education packs on Hwb containing activities for schools in Wales to get involved with. These activities encouraged young people to explore how they ask, give, and receive consent online.
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Date: 6 February 2018
Theme: Create, Connect and Share Respect
Activities: The Welsh Government held an event in the Pierhead, Cardiff, to celebrate Safer Internet Day, where Kirsty Williams AM, Cabinet Secretary for Education, announced the winners of the Safer Internet Day 2018 competition, which asked children and young people to describe how they feel when they are online through words, film, art or music.
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Date: 7 February 2017
Theme: Be the change: unite for a better internet
Activities: Model Church in Wales School and Portfield School created photos show the impact online images have on their lives, as part of ‘The Power of Images’ photography project.
A Safer Internet Day event was held in the Senedd which was attended by over 150 children, young people and adults from across Wales. Kirsty Williams, Cabinet Secretary for Education, formally launched the Online Safety Zone on Hwb and announced the winner of the Online Safety Zone logo design competition.
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Date: 9 February 2016
Theme: Play your part for a better internet
Activities: The UK Safer Internet Centre in partnership with the Welsh Government ran a competition calling for Welsh schools to design an app to help make the internet a better place.
The winners were Cornist Park Primary School with the ‘Safe eExplorers’ app, containing a collection of information, links and advice about keeping safe online and Ysgol Y Preseli with My Username Generator. This app allowed young children (aged 5 to 11) to generate a Welsh or English username that is easy to remember and that doesn’t reveal any sensitive information about them.
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Date: 10 February 2015
Theme: Let’s create a better internet together
Activities: Many young people around Wales took on the challenge of creatively sharing a smile via social media to promote the theme of creating a better internet.
Safer Internet Day events took place around Wales including one in All Saints Primary School, which was attended by the Deputy Minister for Technology and Skills Julie James and another in Ysgol Gyfun Bro Morgannwg, which was attended by the Deputy Children’s Commissioner.