Group chats
I can identify the risks of group chats.
Group chats
I can identify the risks of group chats.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- It is possible to get added to group chats without your permission.
- Group chats with online strangers are risky places.
- Settings can often be changed to make us safer.
- Group chats are an increasingly powerful part of socialising as we get older.
- We cannot trust everyone in group chats, even if we were added by someone we know.
Keywords
Group chat - an online conversation between multiple people
Online stranger - someone we do not know offline
Socialise - to chat or hang out with someone we know
Common misconception
We cannot control which groups we are part of.
We can often change our settings so we cannot be added automatically into group chats. We can also choose to leave them at any time.
To help you plan your year 5 rshe (pshe) lesson on: Group chats, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 5 rshe (pshe) lesson on: Group chats, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
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Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
- Depiction or discussion of peer pressure or bullying
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
influencing someone’s emotions to make them do something
not suitable or right
a picture of the screen of a digital device
something that could be dangerous
Exit quiz
6 Questions
an online conversation between multiple people
someone we do not know offline
to chat or hang out with someone we know