A comprehensive online safety & safeguarding toolkit for the WHOLE school community
An award winning product for Parents, Students and Teachers
An award winning product for Parents, Students and Teachers
What is Gooseberry Planet?
Gooseberry Planet is an award-winning educational software platform designed to educate children, teachers and parents about online safety. It comprises four products: Gooseberry Play, Gooseberry Guru and two e-learning CPD courses on Safeguarding and the Prevent Duty.
Why should I use Gooseberry Planet?
Gooseberry Play enables schools to proactively meet their responsibilities to teach online safety, helping to identify areas where pupils lack knowledge and prevent problems before they arise. Comprehensive results enable teachers to assess their class’s learning, identify vulnerabilities and provide evidence for inspections. Ready-made lesson plans and slide decks empower non-specialists to deliver lessons in areas they may not otherwise feel confident about. No marking is required thanks to digital workbooks and online games. A handy app provides advice for parents linked to each lesson and encourages them to be part of the learning process.
Serving the Whole School Community
Learn more about the services we have on offer and what each one can bring to your school.
Serving the Whole School Community
Learn more about the services we have on offer and what each one can bring to your school.
Unique Learning Experience
Features interactive, digital quizzes, workbooks and games that progressively build new skills and strategies.
A Comprehensive E-Safety Toolkit
Ready-made, scenario-based lesson plans accompanied by slide decks, background information, automatic marking and in-depth results.
Demonstrates a Whole School Approach
Parent advice linked to each lesson helps to demonstrate your school’s integrated approach to e-safety to Ofsted, governors and parents.
Stay Up-to-Date
Regular alerts, newsletters and updated content help you to stay at the forefront of e-safety developments.
Embed Learning with an Ongoing Course
Ensure that learning is embedded by delivering regular lessons throughout the year.
Comprehensive Results
Identify vulnerabilities and prove compliance with statutory obligations with detailed online results for each child.
Sign Up for Gooseberry Alerts
Schools and parents both have responsibilities to teach children about online safety, but many are not confident about doing so. With new apps, games and social media sites evolving at a rapid rate, it can be challenging to keep up with emerging risks.
In this digital age, where children have devices at their fingertips from a young age and often use them unsupervised, developing the knowledge and strategies to stay safe online is an essential life skill. Education needs to start young and to be delivered regularly throughout their schooling to help them develop the digital resilience needed to cope with online risks and challenges.
Gooseberry Alerts contain practical e-safety tips and information for you to share amongst your school community. We keep on top of the latest e-safety research, trending apps and online risks to enable you to be informed and prepared.
In this digital age, where children have devices at their fingertips from a young age and often use them unsupervised, developing the knowledge and strategies to stay safe online is an essential life skill. Education needs to start young and to be delivered regularly throughout their schooling to help them develop the digital resilience needed to cope with online risks and challenges.
Gooseberry Alerts contain practical e-safety tips and information for you to share amongst your school community. We keep on top of the latest e-safety research, trending apps and online risks to enable you to be informed and prepared.
Free of Charge
Gooseberry Alerts are free of charge for all UK schools. They are sent monthly and cover a range of e-safety topics.
Stay Up to Date
We focus on what is happening in the online space, to help keep online issues topical and relevant.
Start a Conversation
Alerts help parents and teachers understand current and emerging risks and to initiate conversations with their children.
What Do Our Clients Say?
Gooseberry Planet was designed by education and online safety specialists to provide teachers with a ready-made solution to enable them to equip children with the skills and knowledge needed to navigate the online world safely and responsibly.
"The new platform is working well and the children continue to enjoy the game as well as resources. We particularly like having the option to download the results and track each child closely in order to identify those at risk, whilst parents are appreciating the fortnightly advice!"
Clare Rogers
Little Chalfont Primary School
"I feel it is a great programme and it really teaches about the dangers out there on the internet. With more and more children spending time online, this is a great programme that can be used to raise awareness and with the support of parents, children will be protected from dangers that may arise as well as teaching them about protecting themselves from online scams, threats and other issues that could affect their identity."
Jenny Condron
British International School, Freetown
"Our Digital Leaders have really enjoyed piloting Gooseberry Planet and have been introducing the resource to the other classes and it has received a positive response from teachers and pupils alike. Pupils from P4-7 have shown great enthusiasm towards the Gooseberry Planet game and have been becoming quite competitive! The game allows children to have fun whilst also learning about e-safety through questions they need to answer as the game progresses. We have used the game as a follow-up after our main lesson/activity. Gooseberry Planet provides a range of differentiated lesson plans and worksheets covering a wide variety of e-safety issues, such as Junk Email, Passwords, Online Security, Sexting, Location Sharing, Keeping Healthy Online etc. On the whole, a great e-safety resource for pupils and teachers alike."
Alison McPherson
Milton of Leys Primary
News
Stay well-informed with our regular alerts and newsletters to keep you up-to-date with current safeguarding issues.
Ofsted Abuse Report, Ofcom Statistics, WhatsApp Scam & More
June 14, 2021
Ofsted’s report into sexual abuse in schools and online is the headline subject in this week’s newsletter, with the finding that many teachers underestimate the prevalence of the problem.
Pause & Think
June 7, 2021
27 year old England bowler Ollie Robinson has apologised for racist and sexist tweets made by him when he was aged 18 and 19.
Increase In CSA, Social Media Health Risks, Deepfake Epidemic & More
June 7, 2021
This week we report on a range of issues related to sexual abuse online as well as the latest scams and the serious health risks of a trend on social media platforms such as TikTok.
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