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Computer and Internet Access Policy (Years 7 to 11)
The computer system is owned by the school and is made available to
students to support learning. The school’s Computer and Internet Access
Policy has been drawn up to ensure effective use of the school’s resources and
to protect all parties – the pupils, the staff and the school.
The school reserves the right to examine or delete any files that may be held
on its computer system or to monitor what Internet sites are visited.
All students at this school are required to read and agree to follow these
guidelines.
1. All computer and Internet activity should be for school related work only.
2. You should not install any applications or remove or re-configure any preinstalled
software on a school computer without prior consultation with a
member of the ICT Staff. This includes Desktop Settings.
3. You should not disconnect or relocate any computer hardware.
4. Faulty equipment or malfunctioning software should be immediately
reported to your teacher.
5. You must not use any personal disks/portable storage devices in school
computers unless a member of staff has granted permission, and the
disk/device has been virus checked.
6. Access to the school computer system should only be made using your
own login name and password. Your password should not be made
available to any other person.
7. Any activity that threatens the integrity of the school ICT systems, or
activity that attacks or corrupts other systems, is forbidden.
8. If you have been given access to the Internet then:
use of web-based email systems (such as Hotmail and Yahoo) is not
allowed
use of Internet ‘chat’ facilities is not allowed
posting of anonymous messages and forwarding chain letters is not
allowed
9. You must not make use of the school ICT facilities to upload or download
any material, which is likely to be unsuitable for children or schools. This
applies to any material of a violent, dangerous, racist, or pornographic
nature or which is likely to be offensive in any way to any member of our
school community.
10. Copyright of materials must be respected.
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