Respectful iPad use and Cybersafety

Be Respectful and Be Safe: Use iPads correctly at school.

We ask students to how that they can use their iPads appropriately and safely, both at school and at home. As parents and carers, you play a key role in supporting your child to have a positive and safe online experience.

Messaging Apps

We urge all parents to be mindful of student use of Messaging apps. Know which social media apps or websites your child uses and what the age restrictions are. Students should never be using these social media apps while at school, and sending or receiving messages or calls from friends or family outside of school should be at the parent’s discretion. If you allow your child to have social media, you should also create your own account and add your child as a friend/follower. If your child is under the age of 13, it is important to read. Parents may wish to consider removing social media apps, or limiting screen time to these apps in a way that ensures parents can diligently supervise their use. Unfortunately, these kinds of communication apps can lead to all sorts of issues with cyberbullying if misused.   

Resources and articles to help you to understand how to support your child can be found here: https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents 

Responsible interactivity  

Ensure that your child knows how to block, unfriend and report inappropriate online behaviour. Review privacy settings regularly as they can change without notification—particularly after device, app or system updates are installed. Enable parental controls from the settings menu on your child’s device to prevent access to specific features and content. 

ANZAC Ceremony

Thank you to everyone who helped make the ANZAC assembly a success. The help from all in ensuring a respectful and well received ANZAC ceremony is very much appreciated. I’d also like to thank the RSS State School Captains, students, staff and parents who attended the ANZAC Sunnybank Community Parade + Service on Friday and helped make this occasion memorable. See the Principal’s section for more details. Some photos are below. 

We will remember them.  

Kerin Gordon 

Deputy Principal