E-mail and Internet Use Good Practice
Rules for ICT Use – Pupils
We use the school computers and Internet connection for learning.
These rules will help us to be fair to others and keep everyone safe.
- I will ask permission before entering any Web site, unless my teacher has already approved that site.
- On a network, I will use only my own login and password, which I will keep secret.
- I will not look at, change or delete other people's files.
- I will not bring any storage devices such as portable hard drives and USB sticks into school.
- I will only use the computers for schoolwork and homework.
- I will only e-mail people I know, or my teacher has approved.
- The messages I send will be polite and sensible.
- When sending e-mail, I will not give my home address or phone number, or arrange to meet someone.
- I will ask for permission before opening an e-mail or an e-mail attachment sent by someone I do not know.
- I will not use Internet chat.
- I understand that an online ‘friend’ is anyone you have not met in real life; no matter how long you have been friends with them.
- If I see anything I am unhappy with or I receive messages I do not like, I will tell a teacher immediately.
- I know that the school may check my computer files and may monitor the Internet sites I visit.
- I understand that if I deliberately break these rules, I could be stopped from using the Internet or computers.
Useful websites:
www.safety.lgfl.net
www.ceop.gov.uk
www.thinkuknow.co.uk
www.getnetwise.org http://www.childnet-int.org/safety/parents.