e-Safety

St. Margaret’s P.S e-Smart News Edition # 9 - Tuesday 10 June 2025

Welcome to our ninth edition of St. Margaret’s e-Smart News for 2025. We will continue to explore and share a variety of e-Safety topics and websites during 2025 so please keep a look out and watch this space.

Term 2 Winter Code Camp - BOOKINGS NOW OPEN! : -

St. Margaret's next Code Camp for Winter 2025 will be taking place at St. Margaret's during Wednesday 9 July 2025 through to Friday 11 July 2025. Bookings for the Code Camp can be made via the following URL.

www.codecamp.com.au/stmargarets

You can save $25.00 on bookings by using the coupon code SCHOOL25 at checkout!

Inform and Empower Parent Resources: -

Inform & Empower is another e-Safety Trusted Provider which contains some great resources and video links for parents. A link to these resources can be found below. Various levels will be watching online webinars throughout Term 2 on various important topics.

Some classrooms have viewed some fantastic online incursions from Inform and Empower so far during 2025.

https://www.informandempower.com.au/free-parents

e-Safety Parent Resources and Webinars: -

Some fantastic e-Safety resources containing advice and tips can be found using this link. https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents It is highly recommended for parents to have a look and explore the useful resources available from the eSafety Commissioner website.

A webinar will be held on 3 August on the topic of "Recognising online coercive control in young people's lives".

This 45-minute webinar will explore:

how technology-based coercive control impacts young people
the red flags to watch for
practical ways to respond and support young people experiencing it.

It’s suitable for parents and carers of young people in upper primary and secondary school.

To register for a webinar, go to https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/webinars. It is highly recommended to book in advance in order to not miss out on a time. Please refer to the URL below for further eSafety information and useful tips on being eSafe!

https://www.smmaribyrnong.catholic.edu.au/learning-teaching/technologies

Until next time…. stay eSafe!

Gary Romeo (ICT Leader)