Year 6 pupils watch play about sharing intimate images

Thursday, 25 September 2025 08:00

A new NSPCC play is touring Jersey primary schools, highlighting the harms of sharing intimate and inappropriate images.

'The Net' has been developed with the help of children, parents and professionals in Jersey and will be performed to Year 6 pupils from 28 schools during the autumn term.

The play follows the story of Sam, a popular girl who believes she is tech savvy, but whose life changes when she begins sharing images on platforms inappropriate for her age.

Emma Motherwell, NSPCC Local Campaigns Manager, told Channel 103 every performance is followed by a workshop led by the child protection charity and the theatre group:

"The children watch the play and then we go through what they think about it.

"They get a chance to have {the characters make} different decisions, and we act it out for them, and they get to see a different outcome if a character had made different decisions along the way.

"By doing it through a play we can engage them, rather than just talking at them."

The Internet Watch Foundation has found self-generated images have become the most prominent form of child sexual abuse imagery found online.

It found there has been a 65% increase in the proportion of this imagery involving children aged 7 to 10 years old (2022-23).

The NSPCC play is part of a wide campaign called 'Be The First Filter', which includes webinars and advice to parents about protecting their children from internet harms.