E-safety

There are several websites designed to help support you in keeping your children safe on line.

• NSPCC
• Vodafone Digital Parenting
• Thinkuknow
• National Online Safety website offers information and training for parent.

Poppy Playtime and Huggy Wuggy

The game is described online as an “introduction to horror”, with videos, versions of the game and associated material becoming increasingly popular and available on YouTube, Roblox and other platforms often accessed by young children. Although the game is mainly available for PCs, there are multiple versions available for download and play on Roblox, Minecraft and in various app stores.

Poppy Playtime features frightening images and themes that are paired with child-friendly items.

Poppy Playtime is also a popular subject of “play through” videos on Youtube, where viewers watch as someone else plays the game. There are also a lot of videos with associated content specifically aimed at children and encourage them to seek out the source materials. Some of these associated materials have been found on YouTube Kids.

For further information please follow this link: Poppy Playtime: Online Safety Review - Safer Schools

One of the main characters is called Huggy Wuggy, there are cuddly toys and other merchandise available which are designed to appeal to children.