eSmart

Online safety for parents and carers

For resources and strategies to support parents in keeping their children safe online visit: 

https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents

Being safe and respectful online

Managing screen time

When students are working online at home, the TPS Acceptable Use policy remains active. Please familiarise yourself with this policy and support your child to remain safe and respectful when online.

Should you require support or need to report misuse of devices, please contact your child’s classroom teacher. They will be able to decide whether the situation can be managed or passed onto the Principal.

Should students breach these guidelines, your child’s teacher will be in touch to ensure an occurrence does not happen again.

It’s important you keep a balanced approach to home learning. Time spent using digital devices for learning should be broken up with physical exercise and offline learning tasks often.

For children under six years old, it’s recommended that a couple of 30 minutes sessions per day involve screens. For students over six, hourly exercise breaks are suggested.

Video conferencing and social interactions using video do not count towards screen time. Some screen time activities such as online socialising and gaming can be very immersive. Please make sure that non-school activities are limited in length.

Well-being Resources

Our Parent Remote Learning Handbook contains numerous resources to support you during this time. For further support, download a copy of the handbook here.