School News
Room 11
In Room 11 this term, we have been looking at dinosaurs, which links in with the topic of History we are doing in HASS. The topic of dinosaurs can also be integrated with Science. In collaboration with Mrs Palmer (Science Teacher), we have been posing questions about dinosaurs. We hatched some dinosaur eggs in water and predicted what would happen to the eggs. Some of us made habitats for our dinosaurs, which links in with STEM. Some of us have been engaging with the Dinosaur Dig we have in the Home Corner in our classroom. We have also been reading books about dinosaurs and will be our focus in Talk for Writing this term. It has been very fun learning so far!
Miss Potvin and Room 1
Library News
eSafety Commissioner
At White Gum Valley Primary School, we teach students how to be responsible digital citizens and safe online at the earliest appropriate opportunity. Students are supervised closely when on-line and mechanisms to monitor students are in place. We know that parents also want to ensure that their children are safe and responsible when engaged with screen time at home.
Identifying and managing internet safety risks with children is about helping them become responsible digital citizens. Parents won’t always be able to supervise their children online, so it is essential to empower them to manage their own internet safety risks to give them the ability to respond positively and deal with online threats if and when they occur. Parents can do this by:
- Being a role model for safe internet use.
- Talking with your child about internet use and online content.
- Guiding the way your child builds their online reputation.
- Teaching your child to be careful with personal information.
- Teaching your child about online purchases.
The following links are good jumping-in points for parents to start chatting about online safety issues and strategies with their kids. They contain age-appropriate information about internet safety and practical ways to keep children safe online.
Our fist go to source of information is the e-Safety Commissioner website https://www.esafety.gov.au/
Parents and carers might also want to click on the following links;Internet safety: children 6-8 yearsInternet safety: children 9-11 yearsInternet safety: teenagers
For those feeling overwhelmed with information and analysis-paralysis, one practical way to start thinking and talking about how we can use technology responsibly in the home is to create a Family Media Plan. It’s best to make your plan with your child and ask them for suggestions. Your plan can cover things like screen-free areas in the house and what online behaviour is OK. If parents follow the Family Media Plan rules, they’ll be role-modelling good online behaviour, too.Other handy references to bookmark include;
eSafety parent resourcesOnline safety and familiesHow to stop cyberbullyingAnti-bullying
IDCARE: identity theft and cyber-crime support service
Many thanks to one of our parents, Daniel Gretton, for passing some of the links on.
Have fun in exploring how you can all be safer online.
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