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Encourage pupils to 'Be the change: Unite for a better Internet with our Safer Internet Day Competition

The next ‘Safer Internet Day’ will be the fourteenth edition of the event and will take place worldwide on Tuesday 7th February 2017. The theme this year is:
'Be the Change: Unite for a better Internet'.

"The SID celebration sees hundreds of organisations unite to raise awareness of online safety issues and run events and activities right across the UK." - UK Safer Internet Centre

SID 2017 Competition

To celebrate the fantastic work being done through Safer Internet Day activities around the world, we are delighted to be running a competition for schools. To get involved, all your pupils have to do is come up with a positive e-safety acronym using the words CHANGE or UNITE - inspired by the SID2017 theme, Be the Change: Unite for a better Internet.

Here's an example:

Cyberbullying
Hurts:
Always
Nurture
Good
E-conduct.

To submit your school entries:

1) Submit your entries by email to competition@e-safetysupport.com clearly stating your school name and the category you are entering.
2) You can also Tweet your entries including the hashtag #esscomp from your school Twitter account.

Entry is open now and schools can enter as many tips as they wish. All entries must be received before midnight on February 6th 2017 to be included in the competition. Please see the competition terms here.

Winners

There will be 6 categories:

Best Primary School UNITE acronym

Best Primary School CHANGE acronym

Best Secondary School UNITE acronym

Best Secondary School CHANGE acronym

Best SEN School UNITE acronym

Best SEN School CHANGE acronym

Winners will be chosen and announced on Safer Internet Day. Winners will receive one years free Premium Plus membership to E-safety Support for their school.

After the winners have been chosen, we will turn the winning entries into some great e-safety posters which schools can download freely from the E-safety Support website.