Important Reminder RE Mobile Phones in School

Reminder regarding Policy on children's use of mobile phones in school:

We discourage pupils from taking phones to school, however, we appreciate that some parents need their child to take a phone to school to confirm home time arrangements etc. If this is the case, the following arrangements apply:

1. A letter must be sent to Mrs Monaghan explaining the circumstances.

2. The phone must be kept in the child's bag, switched off until home time. Important: pupils take phones to school at their own risk.

3. Pupils must not take photos with their phone, prior to arriving home / being collected.

4. Pupils must NEVER upload any messages or photos relating to school or fellow pupils to social networking sites.

We have had a recent instance of pupils uploading photographs taken in school to TikTok. We remind parents that primary school children do not meet the age restriction for the most popular social networking sites as advised in the ICT monthly newsletters sent home on Seesaw. (see below)