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Communicating with Others

Learn how to chat kindly online and stay safe. This quiz helps KS2 pupils practise messages, emails and online manners, plus what to do if something feels wrong.

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Fascinating Fact:

Personal information, like your address, school, or phone number, should be kept private online. Only share it with a trusted adult’s help.

In KS2 ICT, pupils learn how to communicate with others using digital tools such as email, messaging and shared documents. Good online communication is clear, kind and safe, and it also means knowing when to stop, block, or tell a trusted adult.

Key Terms

Digital communication: Sending or sharing messages using technology, like email or chat.
Netiquette: Good manners online, such as being polite and thinking before you post.
Report: Telling a trusted adult or using a reporting button when something online is worrying or unkind.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

How can KS2 pupils communicate safely online?

KS2 pupils can communicate safely by using kind words, keeping messages short and clear, never meeting online-only contacts, and asking a trusted adult for help if anything feels wrong.

What is netiquette in KS2 ICT?

Netiquette in KS2 ICT means using good online manners, for example taking turns in group chats, avoiding rude messages, and thinking before sending or posting.

What should I do if someone is unkind to me online?

If someone is unkind online, do not reply. Save evidence if you can, block or mute the person, and tell a trusted adult or teacher so they can help you report it.

Try These Related Quizzes

1 .

Video-conferencing depends on which piece of hardware?

A podcast

A wireless router

A printer

A webcam

A wireless router might be used for internet access, but is not essential to video-conferencing

2 .

What does 'social networking' mean?

Belonging to and using a specific website to communicate with other members

Having lots of friends

Meeting with friends to talk about ICT

Using the internet

Facebook and Twitter are two famous social networking sites

3 .

Which of these could be used to communicate with a class of children living in another country?

Letters

Skype

E-mails

All of the above

You might also have a school website, a class blog, or a shared space or 'virtual classroom' on the internet where both classes can safely post photos and other files

4 .

What does KB mean?

Knowledge bits

Knowledge beast

Kilobytes

Kinda big

Data files are measured in Kilobytes

5 .

When communicating with others you need to be aware of your audience. What does this mean?

Explaining every word you write

Considering whether your information will be understood and enjoyed by the people you share it with

Making your writing very complicated and impressive

Expecting applause for your work

Try not to make your language too complicated or too boring

6 .

What does the 'C' in ICT stand for?

Communications

Community

Complicated

Clever

ICT means Information and Communications Technology

7 .

Which of these is NOT a method you could use to share a photo with someone?

Post it on a website

Send it as a text attachment

Right click on the picture and click 'send to internet'

Send it as an e-mail attachment

Remember not to share photos with people you don't know

8 .

What does 'WiFi' mean?

Wireless Fidelity

Wireless Freedom

Wired Finally

Wicked Fickleness

WiFi is the name for any local wireless network - 'wireless' means that the technology uses radio waves rather than wires to send information, and 'fidelity' means 'faithfully' (in WiFi's case, this means 'accurately and dependably') - laptops usually connect to the internet via WiFi

9 .

What is a podcast?

A television programme which you can watch after it has been broadcast

A live music programme broadcast on digital radio

A digital audio file which can be downloaded/stream from the internet

The discarded 'pod' or skin of a growing insect

Many radio stations make their programmes available as podcasts

10 .

Which wireless technology allows you to transfer files from one device to another that is a short distance away?

A modem

Bluetooth

GPS

A digital recording device

Remember to only accept a file transfer from someone you trust. Setting a device to 'hidden' means that other devices using Bluetooth cannot connect to it

You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - What are digital communication systems?

Author: Sheri Smith (PhD English Literature, English Teacher & Quiz Writer)

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