Sharing Molly’s Story – For Educators
This guide supports educators to explore stories like Molly’s safely and meaningfully in school settings. It highlights the key learning her story offers about harmful online content, how algorithms shape what young people see and why subtle online influences can affect wellbeing over time. It also outlines practical ways teachers can help pupils think critically about digital spaces, recognise early signs of concern and understand how online and offline risks often overlap.
The resource includes an age appropriate version of Molly’s story for use in lessons, guidance on safe and sensitive discussion, prompts for classroom conversation and advice on when to pause, signpost or involve further support. It is designed to help schools create open, reassuring spaces where young people feel able to ask questions, share worries and understand how to stay safer online.
This guide supports educators to explore stories like Molly’s safely and meaningfully in school settings.
This guide helps parents and teachers support young people to recognise harmful or unsettling content online and understand how it can affect their feelings and wellbeing.
This KS2 lesson helps pupils understand that being safe online means making good choices, using safety tools, taking more than one step to stay safe and knowing where to go for help if something worries them.