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Newsletter No. 8 HEALTH MATTERS Guide to Online Safety The internet and online technologies, like mobile phones, are incredible tools. They provide an opportunity to communicate, learn, play and be entertained by content from around the world. As a parent, you have an important role to play in helping to educate and guide your child in their online experiences. The following tips provide some helpful points to remember. TIPS FOR PARENTS… � Remember that even when children seem to have good technical knowledge, their online behaviour still requires parental monitoring and guidance. � Spend time online with your child—using the internet can be a fun family activity. � Try to locate the computer in a shared or visible place in the home. � Help your child use the internet as an effective research tool and teach them that information on the internet is not always reliable. � Teach your child positive online etiquette. Encourage them to treat others online in the same way they would like to be treated. � Set rules—make sure your child knows what information they can share by phone or post online and which websites they can visit. Discuss the amount of time they can spend online and ensure they maintain a balance. � Teach your child that there are ways they can deal with disturbing material—encourage them not to respond to any communication that makes them feel uncomfortable or worried and to report it to a trusted adult. � Consider using filters, labels and safe zones to help manage your child‘s online access. � Reassure your child that access to the internet will not be denied if they report seeing something inappropriate. Source: Australian Communications and Media Authority, Cybersmart program, Cybersafety Contact Centre www.cybersmart.gov.au Cheers, Karen Dachs, School Based Youth Health Nurse Mondays, Tuesdays and alternating Wednesday on 4945 0112 from 8am to 4pm Senior Ski Trip Japan January 2013 Just a reminder, that we are organising a trip to Japan during the last weeks of the Christmas holidays. There are a couple of vacancies on the trip so if you are new to the school or have decided you might like to come, see Mrs Farr or Mr Wilson in the SLC staffroom for some more information. Principal’s Perspective continued... Page 2 BULLYING AND HARASSMENT Bullying Facts (taken from http://www.bullyingnoway.gov.au ) � Approximately one in four year 4 to year 9 Australian students (27%) report being bullied every few weeks or more often (considered to be frequent) during the last term at school. � Frequent school bullying was highest among year 5 (32%) and year 8 (29%) students. � 83% of students who bully others online, also bully others offline. � 84% of students who were bullied online were also bullied offline. � Peers are present as onlookers in 87% of bullying interactions, and play a central role in the bullying process. � Hurtful teasing was the most prevalent of all bullying behaviours experienced by students, followed by having hurtful lies told about them. � Cyber bullying appears to be related to age (or access to technology), with older students more likely to engage in cyber bullying than younger students. How to deal with being bullied....some ideas! (taken from http://www.kidshelp.com.au ) There are lots of things you can do to deal with bullying. Below are some ideas. � Walk away - sometimes this can be the safest option. If you choose to walk away, go and speak to a teacher or someone in the school who you trust, especially if the bully has physically hurt you. This is important as it is possible the person who is doing the bullying will follow you until they get the response they are looking for � Respond - responding to a bully may help give you a greater sense of power and control. A person's confidence plays a big part in being able to respond to a bully. Even if you are not feeling confident, it helps to behave as if you are. To appear confident, body language and words need to communicate 'confidence'. Confident body language includes: � having straight posture (don't slump) � holding your head up straight � making eye contact � using your voice calmly yet firmly (do not express anger) � having a pleasant but blank facial expression. Note: If you keep a 'poker face', the bully will not be able to tell how you are feeling. This is important, as a bully wants the person who they are bullying to feel hurt, sad, confused, upset or angry (or a combination of these). If you remain emotionless you will not provide any feedback to them Talk to someone - if you are being bullied, it is important to tell an adult you trust, e.g. a teacher, parent or counsellor. When you speak to this person, try to take your time telling your story - be honest about who is hurting you and what you would like done about it. If you speak to a person at school and the bullying continues, ensure you go back to that person and let them know. It can also help to keep a diary of bullying incidents including who was involved, the time it occurred, what happened and who you told about it It's important to respond when you see others being bullied! If you see someone being bullied at your school, it is really important that you do not stand around and watch it happen. Take a stand against it by speaking to a teacher, one of our behaviour support teachers or guidance officer. If every student acts when they witness bullying, it will go a long way to stopping it. Regards, Alison Rodgers “Honour, Serve and Obey”
Newsletter No. 8 1:1 eLearning Program Update School Bag = Laptop this is the sum all students must equate with! Regardless of whether a student is a HP device user, Acer laptop user or school computer user, all students must take this calculation seriously. Damage caused to laptops can incur a fee and in some cases this is for the full replacement of the damaged part (eg HP laptop screens $467 and Acer screens $257-ex GST). This fee is charged in cases of negligence or deliberate damage and billed to the offender/s of the damage. Students need to be mindful of how they use their device, when they use their device and where they use/leave their device. Responsible choices are required at all times! This means students need to be aware of their own device, other student devices and their actions around these. Students are responsible for the correct care and maintenance of their devices including, but not limited to, ensuring their device is contained within the carry case when not in use. Specific Information Regarding Acer Laptops Acer has clarified the damage claim process and supplied our school with further details regarding warranty, accidental damage warranty and non-warranty damage claims to assist parents/guardians in understanding the agreement. The following table outlines some examples of damage classifications made by the vendor as well as payment amounts where applicable: Warranty This is the standard case type. This case type is used when clearly the product has failed due to a manufacturing defect i.e. sported stripes on the display. Accidental damage Non-warranty damage Accidentally dropped the notebook, which results in physical damage/s to it. Accidentally spilling liquid over the keyboard. Any keys being removed from the notebook‘s keyboard due to excessive force applied. Leaving objects (such as pens) on the keyboard when closing the notebook lid and as a result the LCD display is damaged. Leaving the notebook unattended and as a result it was damaged by someone or something else other than the user or assigned owner. No explanation whatsoever can be provided for how the resulting damage occurred. Repeating cases for the same notebook which may have previously been termed as accidents. Related standard recovery amounts: Warranty N/A Nil Accidental Non-warranty 1st $50.00 2nd $100.00 3rd $150.00 All subsequent incidents $150.00 Repair, excluding repair or replacement of LCD screen Repair, including repair or replacement of LCD screen $147.00 excluding GST $257.00 excluding GST “Every bag in the school is likely to contain a laptop. Consider your actions!” Deb Brown| HOD Business & Technology Behaviour which is acknowledged or praised tends to be repeated. Page 3 YOUNG CHEFS COMPETITION The Young Chefs Competition is up and running again this year at Proserpine State High School. During the competition students were able to demonstrate their cooking skills, their creativity with table setting, experience the demanding situations in the kitchen under strict guidelines while proving their organisational and planning skills and still having fun. With sixteen junior pairs from year 8 and 9 and three senior pairs from year 10 and 11, this year has been our biggest year with student participation. It was wonderful to see so many enthusiastic students wanting to enter and I was extremely impressed with the students‘ enthusiasm, cooking skills and team work. With the assistance of all the judges involved we were able to choose our winners to compete in Mackay on May 26. The students who go to Mackay will compete against other schools in our region. Students will have to prepare a two course main meal and dessert for two people within a 1 hour 45 minute time frame. Congratulations to our senior winners, Melanie Hines and Sarah Botta. Thank you to Jessi Large who assisted Melanie in the school heats. The team cooked fried lamb chops, roasted spiced potato and chilli wrapped carrots. Congratulations to our junior winners Kyra Hadley and Rhylee Goodwin, who prepared chargrilled lamb with cream cheese polenta. The teams are currently working hard on the planning of their meals and preparation skills. I look forward to going to Mackay with the students and watching them as they compete in the Rotary Young Chefs Competition. Sarah-Jane Teakle Teacher “Honour, Serve and Obey”
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