Child Protection Procedures

Pupils from Manchester schools have been working with the Manchester Safeguarding Children Board on a cyber tale adaption of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to raise awareness about e-safety and the pitfalls of the online world.

The cyber world adaptation of this classic fairy tale was written by Vidya Ramesh, a pupil at Withington Girl's School. Vidya's script was the winning entry in the Secondary Age category of a competition organised by the North West local safeguarding children boards as part of Safer Internet Week 2011.

Ian Rush, Independent Chair of the MSCB said "Young people are generally more Internet savvy than many or even most adults; that's why the MSCB thought that stories created by young people for their peers about the risks of the Internet are much more likely to be taken seriously. We think that Vidya's story is a fantastic example of this and we want to encourage all young people to make sure that their friends understand how to use the Internet and social networking websites safely".

Safer Internet Day 2012 will take place on Tuesday 7 February 2012. More information can be found at http://www.saferinternetday.org/

The MSCB has also produced an education pack for schools to prompt discussion in the classroom around issues such as cyber bullying and how to protect your privacy online both on and off social networking sites.

The short film will be hosted on the MSCB website at http://www.manchesterscb.org.uk/esafety from 6 February 2012. All of last year's winning competition entries are viewable on the competition website: http://esafetynorthwest.org.uk