Cheyenne O’Connor said that more education was needed for students, teachers and parents on the dangers of accessing explicit material online.
Currently primary and secondary school students receive PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic education) lessons as part of their curriculum.
The course is broken down into three sections: health and wellbeing, relationships and living in the wider world.
PSHE education in primary schools focuses on positive and caring relationships and where to go for support if there are problems.
In secondary schools students are taught to recognise risks and manage online encounters.
Ms O’Connor, who has caught numerous paedophiles by posing as children online, said she approached the Education Department in 2018 to offer her expertise and give talks on online safety to school children.
But she said she has not heard back from the department, and believes more needs to be done to teach students about the potential dangers online.
Last week charity Jersey Action Against Rape called for more education on sexual consent to be given after reports of primary-school children watching hardcore pornography and films of graphic sexual violence on their phones at school.
Ms O’Connor said that people with first-hand experience of online safety should visit schools to make children aware of the dangers of viewing sensitive material on the internet.
‘They need to have regular lessons on online safety.
‘Too many young kids are not aware of what they are doing on the internet and a lot of parents have no clue what their child is up to.
‘We need to make them aware of the potential dangers of online dating sites, pornography and online grooming.’
Ms O’Connor said that teachers needed to be given more training to identify when a child could be getting groomed or accessing sensitive material.
She also believes that a lot of the responsibility lies with the parents.
‘I don’t think primary school kids should have a phone that has access to the internet. As long as they can call or text their parents, at that age, that is all they need.’
Commenting on the reports of children accessing pornography while in school, a spokesperson for the Government of Jersey said: ‘These allegations have currently not been reported to the department and we are not aware of any such incidents in primary or secondary schools at this time.
‘Most primary schools do not allow mobile telephones to be used. Schools have the autonomy to develop their own bring your own device policies, which are published on their websites. Parents have a responsibility to monitor what children are accessing on their private devices.’
The Department for Children, Young People, Education and Skills has created a bring-your-own-device agreement for schools, to adapt for their own requirements, to share with parents, carers and students.
‘Should this agreement be breached there will be consequences as per the school’s e-safety and bring your own device policies,’ a spokesperson said.
‘The department provides internet filtering to restrict access to inappropriate material.’
