ICT News

Screen Time & Compass Parent Session

Over the next two weeks we will be running parent information sessions for those who would like to know more about Screen Time and/or Compass. These will be half hour sessions with a hands-on approach.

Screen Time is part of Apple’s latest IOS and is a great tool to help manage the amount of time spent on devices.

During this session we will cover the following

• What is screen time
• Setting down times and app limits
• Content restrictions
• Viewing screen time data
• Family sharing

Please bring your child’s device along (you can grab it from class if needed) and ensure you know their passcode.

Compass School Manager provides access to school news, events, upcoming assignments and more. We encourage all parents to be logged into Compass and regularly checking for notifications and important information.

During the Compass sessions we will cover the following:

• Logging onto Compass
• Using the News Feed
• Attendance information and absence notifications
• Viewing student reports
• Learning tasks

The sessions will be run in the meeting room at the following times:

Tuesday 5th March

• Screen Time at 9:00am
• Compass at 3:00pm

Tuesday 12th March    

• Compass at 9:00am
• Screen Time at 3:00pm

ICT Acceptable Use Agreement

A big thank you to all parents who have Confirmed through Compass that they have read the ICT acceptable use agreement with their child/ren.

If you haven’t had a chance to complete this yet, could you please complete this in Compass using the link in your news feed. It’s important that all children have read this document and acknowledge they understand the expectations of ICT at Buninyong PS.

If you are unable to access this in Compass, then please contact the Office and they can supply you with a paper copy of the agreement, or you can ask your child’s teacher.

Old ICT Equipment

We are trying to build a small display of digital technology which showcases the changes we have seen in ICT equipment over time. If you have anything in the list below which you would like to donate to the school, we would certainly appreciate it and it would be a great help in putting together a display for the students. Please let Aaron Coulter know if you have anything which you could donate.

We are looking for anything that’s a bit older and a bit different, things like:

• Floppy Disks (8inch or 5 ¼ inch would be great)
• Older computers (anything 80s or 90s would be great)
• Old Gaming consoles
• Nokia Phones
• Old Apple Products
• Palm pilots
• Early digital cameras