December 2017
Dear Parents /
Guardians,
At St George
Catholic College we constantly strive to keep all your children as safe as
possible.
Whilst accepting
that the use of new technologies is now common place and although most of our
students use their mobile phones in a sensible way, we now believe that in
order to ensure that no student is subjected to any acts of cyber bullying,
sexting, sending or receiving inappropriate pictures/information whilst on site,
the following will now be implemented.
From Monday 8th January 2018 the use of mobile phones /
digital devices will be banned during the school day. They must be kept in the student’s
school bag at all times.
This means that all students will not be allowed
to use their mobile phone / digital devices at all on the school site at any
time and for any purpose. This includes
break and lunchtimes.
We do understand
that you may feel that your child is safer carrying a mobile phone to and from
school. However, it must be switched off throughout the school day, including
break time and lunchtime:
· 08:40 till 16:00. If students needs
to contact their parents within the school day, they may go to reception or
talk to their Progress Leader.
Please do not ring
your child during the school day. If you need to contact your child, please
ring reception and a message will be passed on.
Should a student be
seen with his / her mobile phone / digital device on site, then it will be
confiscated and placed in the school safe. On the first instance your son /
daughter will be able to collect their phone at the end of the day from the
office. If this happens again, parents will be invited to come to school to
collect it at the end of the day. Should this reoccur, the device will be
confiscated again and you will be invited to a meeting.
Failure to comply with this rule will fall under the refusal to follow the college’s rules and will be dealt with under the behaviour policy.
The misuse of mobile phones and other digital devices can put students at risk and can trigger interventions from the police.
We hope you will support us in our efforts to keep all our students safe and happy whilst at school.
Yours faithfully
James Habberley
Head of School