Pastoral Care and Wellbeing - Students
Parent Information:
Social media, digital and network access at MDCC
At Mater Dei Catholic College we support the rights of all members of the school community to be provided with and engage in a safe, inclusive and supportive learning environment. This extends to the use of digital tools and is underpinned by our expectation of safe and responsible behaviour of all members of the school community.
The College does not utilise social media for learning and accordingly, the College network does not permit access on the school network to social media sites. If your child has their own access data enabled devices, please ensure that your child understands and knows about their personal responsibility to use this data responsibly and legally. This includes those student who are sharing data.
Please see below Parent / Carer Guidelines: Using Technology Responsibly to Access Social Media Guidelines for more information.
There are also the following links to useful online resources:
Office of the esafety Commissioner resources for Parents/Carers and Families -
- Being online is an integral part of young people’s lives. This videoexplores the digital practices of teens and kids. They use a range of devices to go online.
- Parents need to understand online safety, including how to notify the authorities about safety violations. You are encouraged to report assertively. This sitetells you what you need to do.
- Are you ready? Take the quiz and find out
The ever changing nature of the internet can pose challenges for parents. iParent provides online safety resources targeted to the specific needs of parents and carers. Check out iParent here, for guidance for using safety settings on the family’s web-connected devices, tips for choosing movies and games and strategies for keeping young people safe online.
Rewrite Your Story You can’t undo the past, and you can’t change the actions or words of other people, but you can Rewrite Your Story.
Mrs Catherine Banks I Leader of Students