Digital Citizenship

Digital Citizenship – Everything You Need To Know About Snapchat

Snapchat is an incredibly popular messaging app, often even favoured over WhatsApp by the current teen generation. It's perfectly free and a great way for older children to stay in touch with friends, share pictures and videos with them, as well as access a huge host of very fun photo filters. Similarly to most social media however it doesn't come without its potential pitfalls, including sharing your location, unwanted 'friend' requests from strangers and accessing inappropriate content. Luckily it does also have some pretty great safety features, so with a some careful set up and well prepared users, can be safely enjoyed by pupils as they move into Year 7 and beyond.

Please take a look at this informative guide, and if you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Also if you have any suggestions for what you would like future guides to be on, please let me know!

Mr Adkins
Head of Digital Learning