Summary

  • Click 'Watch & listen' above to watch the Live Lesson

  • Join us live this Safer Internet Day as we step into the virtual world of Scam Smashers!

  • Hosted by Joel Mawhinney and Maddie Moate

  • Tell us how you are marking Safer Internet Day and email your shout-outs to [email protected], external with Safer Internet Day as the subject, or get in touch using #BBCLiveLessons

  • You can prepare for this lesson by downloading the teaching guide and activity sheets.

  1. 🏁 You’ve reached the final level – thanks for watching!published at 16:00 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February

    Thanks for joining us

    The Live Lesson is available to watch again on the BBC Teach website and on BBC iPlayer.

  2. Join us for the next Live Lesson on Thursday 6 March, 11:00published at 16:00 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February

    World Book Day 2025 – Live Lesson

    We’ll be coming live from Bradford, 2025 UK City of Culture on World Book Day!

    We'll be collecting book recommendations and celebrating reading for pleasure with fun, curriculum-linked activities in the World Book Day 2025 Live Lesson.

    We'll be giving live shout-outs to as many schools as we can. Email us at [email protected] with World Book Day as the heading for a chance of a mention for your school.

    The 30 minute Live Lesson will be available to watch live at 11:00 on Thursday, 6 March on this page and on the CBBC channel.

  3. A final HUGE thank you to everyone who tuned in today 👏👏👏👏published at 15:59 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February

    • Y3 at Walker Primary School in Southgate
    • Mr Fox and Nightingale Class at Paulerpury Cof E Primary School, Northamptonshire
    • Wymondham College Prep School, Norfolk
    • St Marys Primary in Falmouth
    • Years 5 and 6 in Broughton Primary School, Wales
    • Greenlands Community Primary School, Preston
    • Y5 at Abbey School Darlington
    • Rhiwbeina Primary School in Cardiff
    • Year 4, St Margaret’s Primary in Great Barr
    • Year 5 at Cooper Perry Primary School, Stafford
    • Year 5 at Greenbank Primary School, Liverpool
    • Holy Family Catholic Primary School in Preston
    • Nansledan School in Newquay
    • Year 6 classes at Frithwood Primary School in Northwood
    • Year 5 Clyst Heath Primary in Exeter
    • Year 5 at St.Joseph's Catholic Primary school in Winsford
    • Wellesbourne Primary School, Liverpool
    • Bloxwich Academy, Walsall
    • Jonesborough Primary School in Newry
    • Lady Boswells Primary School in Sevenoaks
    • Primary 5 and 6 at St. Bridget's Primary School, Kilbirnie
    • Year 5 at St Monica Primary School in Southampton
    • St Joseph's Primary School in Newton Aycliffe
    • Culmstock primary in Devon
    • Primate Dixon Primary School in Coalisland
    • Kingfisher class from Wyke Primary School in Gillingham
    • St. Thomas’ Primary School Blackburn
    • Holme School in Cumbria
    • Carpenters Primary School in Stratford
    • Lau class at St Stephen's C of E Primary School – Twickenham
    • Pensans school in Penzance
    • Tudor Primary in Hemel
    • Wootton St Peter's CE Primary School, Oxford
    • Moyser class, from Furzedown Primary, London
    • Eccleston Primary School near Chorley
    • Brookfield Community School in Preston
    • 6T at Amherst Primary school in Guernsey
    • Kingfishers at Redwood Primary in Derby
    • Year 6s at Nythe Primary School in Swindon
    • Norton-in-Hales CE Primary School in Shropshire
    • St Stephens Primary School in Fradley, Staffordshire
    • St Maxentius Primary School in Bolton
    • Year 4 at Widey Court Primary School in Plymouth
    • Class 4 at Perryfields Primary PRU in Worcester
    • Year 6 at Western Community Primary School in Wallsend
    • Millgate school from Leicester
    • Year 6D at St Thomas Aquinas School in Bletchley
    • 4C and all of Goosewell Primary Academy in Plymouth
    • Year 4 at Water Mill Primary School in Birmingham
    • Little Common School in Bexhill-On-Sea
    • Poppleton Ousebank in York
    • Oak Class at Royal Cross Primary School for Deaf Children, Preston
    • Nansledan School, Cornwall
    • Year 6 Leopold from St James' School in Bermondsey
  4. Did you manage to defeat the scammers?💻published at 15:59 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February

    5B from Silverhill Primary School, Derby

    A photograph of pupils from Silverhill Primary School watching the Live Lesson for Safer Internet Day
  5. Want to continue learning after the Live Lesson?published at 15:58 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February

    Take a look at our teaching guide for follow-up activities.

  6. More Safer Internet Day 2025 resources on scams and phishing...published at 15:57 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February

    We have two films on scams and phishing for Safer Internet Day 2025. Presented by Newsround's Emma-Louise Amanshia, they each explain what the terms mean and feature some examples of real-life scenarios that children might encounter. There are also British Sign Language versions of the videos.

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    Scams: Safer Internet Day resources for 7-11-year-olds

  7. We hope you had fun watching 👍published at 15:54 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February

    Primary 7, Millburn Primary School, Northern Ireland

    A photograph of pupils from Millburn Primary School watching the Live Lesson for Safer Internet Day
  8. Fantastic to hear from all of you!published at 15:54 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February

    • Cheriton Primary School, Hampshire
    • Diptford Primary School, Devon
    • 6C St Bede CE Primary Academy, Bolton
    • Haydonleigh Primary School, Swindon
    • Class 3 at Thrussington Primary School, Leicester
    • P3/4 Tayport Primary School, Scotland
    • Priors Wood Primary School, Hertfordshire
    • Buckden C of E Primary School, Cambridgeshire
    • Livingstone Primary School, Bedford
    • Barming Primary School, Maidstone
    • Class 3 at Hoath Primary School, Kent
    • Glencoats Primary School, Scotland
    • Year 5 & 6 children at Kirk Merrington Primary School, County Durham
    • Lionwood Junior School, Norfolk
    • Class 3, Bosbury Primary School, Hereford
    • Year 6 pupils from Ballymoney Model Integrated Primary School, Northern Ireland
    • Moss Hall Juniors, London
    • Acacia at The Grove Junior School, Hertfordshire
    • Sporle Primary Academy, Norfolk
    • St Anthony Class from Manaccan Primary School, Cornwall
    • P5 at Antonine Primary School, Glasgow
    • Silver Birch Class at Bolney CE Primary School, Brighton
    • Settle Primary School, North Yorkshire
    • Y4 Aster, Roseberry Primary School, County Durham
    • Form 2 from St Michael's School, Leigh on Sea
    • Aegir School in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
    • Hemington Primary, Somerset
  9. Glad you enjoyed it 📰published at 15:50 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February

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    Key Stage 2 at St Albans Catholic Academy in Harlow absolutely loved the Live Lesson and were fantastic at being scam smashers! The whole school have had assemblies about safer internet day and have completed lots of activities from the BBC website.

    Key Stage 2 at St Albans Catholic Academy in Harlow

  10. Shout-out to Year 4 at Cottesmore Primary School 🙌published at 15:48 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February

    Cottesmore Primary School, Brighton

    A photograph of pupils from Cottesmore Primary School watching the Live Lesson for Safer Internet Day
  11. Thanks for joining in!published at 15:32 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February

    A photograph of pupils from Grandtully Primary School Class watching the Live lesson for Safer Internet Day
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    Grandtully Primary P4-7 are tuning in to the Live Lesson to learn all about how to avoid scams!

    Grandtully Primary School, Scotland

  12. A big shout out to everyone who joined us todaypublished at 15:31 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February

    • Greenways Primary Academy, Stoke-on-Trent
    • Class 3 at St Andrew's Primary School in Laverstock
    • 4B from Bamford Academy in Rochdale
    • Field End Junior School in Ruislip
    • Roses and Shamrocks Class at Morda CE Primary School, Oswestry
    • Burnt Ash Primary in Bromley
    • Year 3 at Northern Primary School in Bacup
    • Holden Clough Primary School from Manchester
    • Krishna Avanti Primary School, Harrow
    • Beancross Primary School Primary 6 in Grangemouth
    • Class 4 St John the Baptist School Penymynydd
    • St Mary's Catholic Junior School in Croydon
    • Class 5 at Cheddon Fitzpaine Church School, Taunton
    • St James Primary School in Oldbury
    • Year 6 pupils at Woodthorpe Junior and Infant School in Kings Heath
    • Year 5 at Ysgol Bro Tawe in Ystradgynlais, Powys
    • Grafton Primary School in Islington
    • Year 4 at Forsbrook Primary School in Blythe Bridge
    • Oakwood Avenue Primary School, Warrington
    • Key Stage 2 at St Albans Catholic Academy in Harlow
    • Seal Primary School in Sevenoaks
    • 5J at Cravenwood Primary Academy in Greater Manchester
    • Lowry, Hepworth and Hockney classes at Pillowell School in the Forest of Dean
    • Year 3 at Beech Hill Community Primary School, Luton
    • Beech Street Community Primary School in Salford
    • St John's Catholic Primary School in Poulton le Fylde
    • Ysgol ty Ffynnon who are watching in Shotton
    • Year 3 at William Cassidi CofE Primary School, Stillington
    • Swillington Primary school in Leeds
    • Birchington CE Primary School in Kent
    • Y3 and Y4 at Byerley Park Primary School in County Durham
    • Welcombe Hills School in Stratford Upon Avon
    • Hatton Hill Primary School in Liverpool
    • St John Fisher CVA, Derby
    • Dosbarth Dinas at Ysgol Bro Carmel in North Wales
    • Year 4 at Hendredenny Park Primary School in Caerphilly
    • Year 4 at New Swannington Primary school in Leicestershire
    • Dosbarth Sycamore - Year 4 and 5 from Mostyn
  13. Hello Year 5/6 at St Bernadette’s Primary School in Wallsend 👋published at 15:21 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February

    St Bernadette’s Primary School, Wallsend

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    A photograph of pupils from St Bernadette’s Primary School in Wallsend watching the Live Lesson for Safer Internet Day
  14. Happy Birthday Magnus! 🥳published at 15:20 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February

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    P6/7 at Cluny Primary are looking forward to our Live Lesson – we are in Buckie, Moray and are wondering if we are the most Northerly school participating? Happy Birthday to Magnus whose birthday is Internet Safety Day (today!)

    Cluny Primary School, Buckie

  15. People have been tuning in from all across the UK 🌍published at 15:19 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February

    • Hunts Cross Primary School, Liverpool
    • All Saints CofE Primary School in Axminster
    • Crazies Hill Primary School, Reading
    • Coulsdon C of E, Surrey
    • Hillborough Junior School, Luton
    • Sandal Primary School, Baildon
    • Years 3, 4, 5, 6 Madani Academy, Portsmouth
    • Primary 4 at Antonine Primary in Drumchapel
    • Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Surrey
    • St Helens Primary School in Bluntisham
    • Year 5 from West End Primary School in Morecambe
    • Sparrows class from Braiswick Primary in Colchester
    • Dahl class from Christ Church Primary in Ware
    • Nook Lane Junior School, Sheffield
    • Beavers Community Primary School, Hounslow
    • Year 5, Milecastle Primary School, North East
    • Year 5 and 6, Etwall Primary School, Derbyshire
    • St Joachim's Primary School in Newham
    • Freemen's School in Ashtead
    • Beech Academy, Mansfield
    • P5, P6, and P7 at Bellyeoman Primary School in Dunfermline
    • Derwen Primary School in North Wales
    • Drew Primary School in Silvertown
    • St Mary's Catholic Primary School in Cullercoats
  16. Have fun creating your posters and poems!published at 15:07 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February

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    Year 6 Sharks at Barton Hill Academy in Torquay are enjoying the lesson and are very good at spotting scams and phishing. We will be creating posters and poems for the younger children this afternoon using your information.

    Year 6 Sharks at Barton Hill Academy, Torquay

  17. Sounds like you've had a great Safer Internet Day 🎨published at 15:07 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February

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    At Minster Junior School in Croydon, we're getting creative! Our students are designing eye-catching posters to display around the school while bringing scams and phishing to life through exciting role-playing activities. Learning has never been this fun and engaging!

    Minster Junior School in Croydon

  18. Great poems! 📝published at 15:05 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February

    A picture of four scam acrostic poems
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    The children loved the lesson and got lots of top tips to add to their poems to help them smash scams!

    Holy Trinity First School, Berwick

  19. Wow, so many of you have been in touch!published at 15:04 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February

    • Primary 6 at Greyfriars RC Primary School in St Andrews
    • St Peter’s Academy, Raunds
    • Primary 5 pupils at Denny Primary, Scotland
    • P5-7 at Kirkcowan Primary School in Scotland
    • 3M at Roscoe Primary School Liverpool
    • Year 4 in St Mary’s, Llanelli
    • Wood Ley Primary school in Suffolk
    • Long Lawford Primary School in Rugby
    • Year 6 at the Orion Primary School, North London
    • All 200 KS2 children at Barlby CP School in North Yorkshire
    • Hungerford Primary School in West Berkshire
    • Highfield Prep School in Maidenhead
    • The Link Secondary School, Surrey
    • St Peter’s in Leatherhead
    • Radyr Primary school in Cardiff
    • St Peter and St Paul in Bolton
    • Knightsbridge class at Millbrook Park Primary, London
    • St. Mary's School in Gerrards Cross
    • Year 3 at Grassmoor Primary School in Chesterfield
    • Kingswood School, Solihull
    • Montacute School, Poole
    • Juniper Hill School in Flackwell Heath
    • Mornington Primary School in Nottinghamshire
    • Sycamore Class from Chartridge School in Chesham
    • St Anthony class in St Elizabeth Primary School, London
    • Brunel class at Saxon Way Primary School in Gillingham
  20. Lower Fields Academy have been learning about online safety through drama 🎭published at 15:04 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February

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    We have been doing drama work around scamming and later on, Year 6 are going into Key Stage 1 to educate them.

    Year 6, Lower Fields Academy, Bradford