Protective actions online
Apply protective actions online: don't reply to unsafe contact, block the person, tell a trusted adult and get their help to report it (including using an online reporting tool), and handle unwanted images and mean messages safely
Lesson
Set out your lesson
“Protective actions online means practising don’t reply, block, tell a trusted adult, and report with help for unsafe online contact. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.”
Bring to the table
- Action cards: don’t reply / block / tell adult / report with help
- Unwanted image & mean message reminder
Extra for the adult
Worked example. If contact feels unsafe: don’t reply, block, tell a trusted adult, and get help to report. Adults help with unwanted images and mean messages.
Optional challenge. For Protective actions online, add block and report with adult help.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: actions ordered; adult-tell rehearsed; support used. This session samples protective online actions, not mastery of cybersecurity.
Share and support
Family records and proof options
Keep a record of your learning
Save photos, notes, and attendance. Export a proof packet for compliance or portfolio reviews.
Practice this concept
Start practiceProtective actions online practice
Choose protective online safety actions.
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Learning resources
Extra practice links — they do not replace Gakuva’s teaching approach.
Common Sense Education · Practice link — not the full lesson
Digital Citizenship
Before you open · source notes
Digital Citizenship supports Protective actions online. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
Free educational page, no sign-in required for the tested path.
Before you openAsk the learner one fact they learned and one question they still have.
Opening this link does not save learning or assess mastery.
Source, access and review notes
Public Common Sense Education page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.
Common Sense Education. “Digital Citizenship.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute materials.
Unknown — link only
Check understanding
- Show in a game or app scenario how to stop replying to and block someone asking for personal information or photos, then tell a trusted adult
- With a trusted adult, find and walk through how to report a problem using the app's report button or a local online reporting service (e.g. the eSafety Commissioner in Australia)
- Explain what to do if sent a naked or rude picture (don't save, screenshot or forward it; tell a trusted adult) and how a mean message differs (an adult can help keep a record of it to report)
“If someone in a game chat asked your child for photos or personal details, would they know to stop replying, block them, tell you and get your help to report it — and never forward a rude picture?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Personal & Social Development
- Domain
- Responsible Decision-Making
- Age range
- Ages 8–12
Standards