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Safer Internet Day can be celebrated year-round so check out our list of resources below!

We have lots of fun activities like word-searches, raps, roleplays and more! We also have premade Safer Internet Day presentations for primary and post-primary levels. There are also a host of great videos that you can use to teach young people valuable online safety skills at home, or in the classroom.

As we spend more time on the internet, here are useful remote activities you could do to promote online wellbeing for Safer Internet Day.

Safer Internet Day activities may look a little different this year as we adapt to Covid-19 restrictions, but #SID2021 can still be a fun, vibrant and engaging celebration!

Here are some easy ways to get your school, club or community involved

Get students thinking about the topic of cyberbullying by doing a survey of opinions

Run a fun Internet Safety Scavenger Hunt in your school for Safer Internet Day

Why get the entire class involved, and make an online safety movie or short film?

The Webwise Primary Quizzes are a great way to celebrate Safer Internet Day.

The Webwise Primary Certificates are a great way to celebrate SID with your students.

Teachers can use this idea to create their own class ‘netiquette’ contract

Students will devise guidelines for taking and sharing photos online

If you wouldn’t show a picture to your granny then it probably shouldn’t be online.

Why not give your students a fun wordsearch to try for Safer Internet Day.

Debates are a great way for young people to see both sides of an argument

Roleplays are a great way for students to examine a real life situation

Now here’s a novel way to tackle cyber bullying and use the #Up2Us Anti-Bullying Kit…get animating!

If you’re planning to lead an interactive poster making activity as part of your anti-bullying campaign here’s what you should know.

Influencers Top Tips In this series of interviews, some of Ireland’s top influencers give their top tips on how they use the internet.

The Anti Cyberbullying Rap – I Like It, was created by GMCBeats and Webwise Ireland to promote an anti-bullying message to celebrate Safer Internet Day.

SMILE week is a way of addressing a number of key issues that teens face and giving them information and access to support.

Set up an online safety corner in your classroom. We have lots of great posters you can use to raise awareness of online safety issues.

This short video addresses the topic of sexting and potential consequences. Forever can be used to lead a class discussion or as an additional case study for the Lockers Teaching resource.

In Lesson 5, #Up2Us – Agree an online code, students will devise guidelines for taking and sharing photos online and for better internet and technology use in general.

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