e-Safety

St. Margaret’s P.S e-Smart News Edition # 15 - Tuesday 14 October 2025 

Welcome back for our latest 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.

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 3 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 that parents have a look and explore the useful resources available from the eSafety Commissioner website. 

From 10 December 2025, certain social media platforms won’t be allowed to let Australian children under 16 create or keep an account. Join one of eSafety's 30-minute information session to understand the changes.

A very important webinar on the topic of "Social media age restrictions explained – a guide for parents and carers" will be held at various times during November and December 2025.

From 10th December 2025, certain social media platforms won’t be allowed to let Australian children under 16 create or keep an account. Join one of eSafety's 30-minute information session to understand the changes. Learn more about this webinar.

Webinar Dates: 

Friday 14 November, 1:00pm (AEDT)

Wednesday 19 November, 7:00pm (AEDT)

Tuesday 2 December, 7:00pm (AEDT)

Monday 8 December, 3:30pm (AEDT)

Monday 15 December, 1:00pm(AEDT)

Thursday 20 November, 12:30pm (AEDT)

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. 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 and wishing you all a wonderful Spring break!                                                                                 

Gary Romeo  (ICT Leader)