CORSHAM Primary School is the first school to sample a pilot training scheme to help keep kids safe online before it is rolled out nationwide.

Internet in Our Children’s World, organised by the Norland College in Bath is meant to educate teachers, parents and pupils about how children can be kept safe online.

The programme comes just before Safer Internet Day on Tuesday (Feb 9) and hopes to show people how they can keep kids safe without holding them back from using the internet altogether for educational and entertainment purposes.

Sarah George, whose son Joshua attends Corsham Primary, said: "The internet is a very important aspect of every day life and children need to respond to that in a safe way and as a parent we are role models for them.

"So if I can learn how I can keep my kid safe and the new things that they are doing it can only help.

"Children can absorb technology faster than us but by doing this I can pep up my knowledge of what they are doing and how I can best guard against the negative effects.

"You are always worried that there might be something, a worry at the back of your mind. You hear things in the media. This programme involves the parents as well which is good because really it is my responsibility.

"It starts with me at home rather than in school. Sometimes the parents do not know how much the children can do these days but most parents I know are very interested and want to get clued up."

Elena, 10, in Year Six, said: "We learned not to post details on the internet like your email or photos of yourself and that people can post inappropriate stuff online.

"It was really brilliant. If you put personal information up online people can see it and send you bad things like texts or not very nice messages and emails.

"My dad is not so good with computers as me but my mum is.

"I like watching videos on Youtube like the cucumber and cat one, where the cat sees the cucumber and jumps right up into the air. It is really funny."

Early Years consultant at Norland College, Claire Burgess, said: “In a world where children are teaching adults how to use technology, how are adults able to safeguard children from this exposure?”

“The answer is we cannot keep children 100 per cent safe online, just like we cannot 100 per cent ensure their safety crossing a road, we can just teach and empower them to understand the dangers and the advantages of the internet and guide them with open and honest conversations.

"It is time to look at internet safety from the child’s perspective.”