Social Media Policy

Dear families, 

This letter is to be sent to all students in the Department of Education and although I am sure that this does not impact students from Yanco Public School many of you have students in high school and I wanted to make sure the information was shared with all. 

The NSW Department of Education is making an important change to help keep our students safe online, reduce the risk of cyber threats and make sure your student email accounts are used for their intended educational purposes only.

What’s happening

Starting Day 1 Term 4, you won’t be able to use your student email address to sign up for, or recover access to any social media, gaming, instant messaging or similar accounts.

What you need to do

If you have signed up for a social media, gaming, instant messaging or similar account using your student email address, please change to a personal email address on each platform by Sunday 13 October to make sure you don't lose access to the account. Here’s how:

1. Log in to each account.
2. Go to the account settings and update your email address to a personal one. Add a mobile number too, if you haven’t already.

Why this is happening

The department is making this change to ensure all student accounts are being used for their educational purposes, and to help protect you from risks online. Using your personal email address for these platforms instead of your student email address reduces the chances of someone gaining access to information in your school account.

Regards

Mrs Taylor