Safety Spotters

Safety Spotters bridges complex computer science concepts with childhood curiosity through an interactive safety education program for primary school pupils. Key features: • Interactive mystery stories • Detective games for online safety • Focus on privacy and truth verification online • No technical coding skills required • Emphasizes spotting clues and hazards independently The program's goal is to protect personal safety and privacy in an online world, rather than teaching technical coding skills. Pupils learn to be vigilant, curious, and helpful 'spotters' who look for clues, errors, and hazards themselves, moving beyond a simple list of restrictions. Each big idea arrives as a puzzle to solve, fostering critical thinking through engaging mysteries, not lectures. Designed for UK primary schools, Safety Spotters offers both books for reading corners or whole-class sessions and an in-browser detective game. These resources are curriculum-aligned, require no live internet connection or pupil data, and can be played on classroom whiteboards, tablets, or laptops. Each mystery concludes with practical steps children can use when something online looks wrong: pause, check, and ask a trusted adult. It's built for the classroom, keeping headteachers and computing leads in mind from the outset.