A deep dive into the Safer Internet Day 2025 education resources
With two months to go until Safer Internet Day, we take a look at the official, free resources to help you get involved in the day with your school or education setting.
What’s this year’s theme?
Safer Internet Day is the UK’s biggest celebration of online safety, and the theme each year is chosen to reflect a current issue affecting children and young people online.
This year’s theme is ‘Too good to be true? Protecting yourself and others from scams online’.
The ideas explored in the theme are:
- Spotting the signs of an online scam
- The different ways scams can appear online and the forms they can take
- Responding to online scams – such as talking to trusted adults, making a report and avoiding victim blaming
- New emerging risks online, such as romance scams, catfishing and sextortion
Who can use the education resources?
Anyone! The education resources are there to help educators and professionals – whether as part of a school, charity, youth group, police service, business, library or wider – to deliver engaging and interactive Safer Internet Day sessions.Â
The activities will provide opportunities to hear from children and young people about their knowledge of scams online, and any experiences they may have had. They will gain better understanding of scams and what they can do if they need support and guidance. By understanding their perspectives and experiences, we can provide the very best support and advice.Â
What is included in the educational resources?
This year’s Safer Internet Day resources include:
- An assembly to introduce this year’s theme
- A selection of activities relating to different aspects of the theme with ideas of how to scaffold the activities for young people with additional learning needs.
- An interactive quiz to accompany the activity pack.
- Top tips for parents and carers and young people.
Only have a few minutes spare?
There are a range of activities in each pack, and if you only have a short time to spend covering Safer Internet Day on the 11th of February then we have the resources for you! If you work with:
For work with 3-7 year olds
Use the ‘Personal information card games’. A fun activity where learners can either sort or match different pieces of personal information.
For work with 7-11 year olds
Take a look at ‘Let’s go phishing’.  A quick activity where learners decide whether a scam is phishing or not. Any phishing scams are put into Trustworthy Trout’s fishbowl.
For work with 11-14 year olds
Work through some of the ‘Signs of a scam’ slides. This is where learners can discuss the examples provided and spot any signs that they could be scam.
For work with 14-18 year olds
Use the ‘Help or harm?’ activity to introduce the topic of victim blaming. Learners plot different responses on a scale ranging from helpful to harmful.
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 How can I get parents and carers involved?
Share our ‘Tips for Parents and Carers’ page within your school community, this page gives useful advice and helpful links to help parents and carers understand scams. The page is split into two sections, with one set of top tips aimed towards parents and carers of 3-7 year olds.
How else can I get involved in Safer Internet Day?
There are a few other things you can be doing if you want the next chapter of Safer Internet Day to be bigger and better than ever.
Register as a supporter
Show your support of the day and join organisations from across the UK by signing up as a Safer Internet Day supporter. You will appear on our supporters map, receive an official supporters certificate, and will help us to showcase the amazing things happening to celebrate all across the country.
Sign up for one of our webinars
Want to know more about Safer Internet Day and how you can get involved? Interested in hearing from educational experts about the free resources available to help you teach about online scams?
The webinars for teachers and professionals are an opportunity to find out more about the Safer Internet Day 2025 campaign and how to get involved in your school, college or youth setting. Sign up for the webinar in your nation here:
Take a look at the top tips
Alongside the resources we have also created some top tips for young people as well as parents and carers. These tips give practical advice about how young people can keep themselves and their peers safe from scams online.
Test your knowledge with the quizzes
Why not test your knowledge with the Safer Internet Day 2025 quizzes! From personal information to trusted adults, these quizzes test what young people would do in d