🧩 Phase 2 - Encounter
🧩 Formative check
⏱ 4 minutes
Task 3 - Public, Private or Sensitive?
Information is not simply safe or unsafe. Who needs it, why, and what could happen if it travels further?
Step 1 - Tap a card, then tap the bin you'd sort it into
🏷️ Nickname
🏠 Home address
🎨 Hobby
🔑 Password
🏫 School photo
📍 Live location
🌍 Public
🔒 Private
⚠️ Sensitive
Step 2 - Why context and consent matter
Passwords and live location are always sensitive
Why might the same piece of information be fine to share in one context, but risky in another?
A school photo shared with classmates in a private group is different from the same photo posted publicly. Context - who sees it, and whether the person agreed (consent) - changes the risk.
Bridge to Phase 3 - Investigation
Now let's go deeper. Three investigation teams will explore passwords, phishing, and privacy in more detail.
What happens in Task 3
A 4-minute Phase 2 - Encounter activity. Students sort six fictional data examples into Public, Private, or Sensitive, then reflect on why the same piece of information can be safe in one context and risky in another.
🎯 Learning objectives
To distinguish public, private and sensitive information, and to place passwords and live location correctly in the sensitive category.
♿ SEN Adaptations
- Illustrated icons accompany every card
- Voice input accepted for the reflection field
- No pupil is ever asked to reveal their own real password, address or account details
🖨️ No-Tech Format
- Six cards printed and physically sorted into three labelled piles
- Reflection discussed in pairs and shared verbally