The Premier League is marking Safer Internet Day 2025 on 11 February with a new Premier League Primary Stars educational resource which uses the appeal of football to help pupils understand the importance of staying safe online.
Developed in partnership with the UK Safer Internet Centre and Childnet, the Too Good To Be True? resource helps pupils to recognise and avoid online scams while empowering teachers to promote responsible digital behaviours.
Timed to launch alongside this week's Children's Mental Health Week, the resource also highlights the impact online scams can have on emotional wellbeing such as stress, shame, and anxiety.
By linking these lessons to the appeal of football, the free, curriculum-linked resource makes learning engaging and relatable while fostering a sense of teamwork and resilience both online and offline.
"The new Premier League Primary Stars Safer Internet Day resource combines many children's love of football with creative, practical workshops to empower pupils to make good choices and support them to navigate the online world more safely," said Ruth Shaw OBE, Premier League Charitable Fund Chief Executive.
"We know first-hand that football teaches young people about the importance of teamwork, resilience, and good decision-making, all of which are transferable skills required for staying safe online."
The resource includes interactive, thought-provoking activities tailored to Key Stage 2 pupils. Pupils can learn to spot the signs of a scam through the SCAM acronym - Sounds too good to be true, Contact you did not expect, Asking for personal information and Money or a trade is asked for.
It contains numerous activities such as "Phishing for Goals", where young people are encouraged to decode phishing attempts to score and save goals, helping pupils to protect themselves from suspicious online activity.
Pupils can also practise building safer digital habits in the "Protect Your Profile" activity by analysing a fictional profile of a Premier League footballer.
The Too Good To Be True? Safer Internet Day resource is one of 650+ free resources available to primary school teachers via Premier League Primary Stars, the Premier League's primary school education programme.
About Premier League Primary Stars
Premier League Primary Stars is the Premier League's primary school education programme, using the appeal of football to support children to be active and develop essential life skills. It is available to every primary school in England and Wales, with over 19,000 schools engaged with the programme. More than 1.3million school sessions and events have already been delivered.
Funded by the Premier League, through the Premier League Charitable Fund, the programme has enabled over 70,000 teachers to use resources for English, PSHE, PE and Maths, to help children to be active and develop essential life skills.
To find out more about delivering the programme in your school, please visit plprimarystars.com.
