Digital Technology, Cyber Safety, BYOD

At Greenhithe School, we foster a culture of digital innovation and creation. Students actively engage with a diverse range of digital tools to collaborate on projects, approach challenges with creative problem-solving, develop innovative solutions, and confidently express their ideas through digital mediums. They become digitally fluent learners, thoughtfully selecting and articulating their reasons for using specific technologies, such as creating video explanations for concepts or co-creating ideas in shared Google documents.

We believe in empowering students to be creators of digital solutions, not just consumers. Digital technology is seamlessly woven into learning across all curriculum areas to achieve this. Our students develop essential digital skills, starting with tangible programming experiences (like sequencing actions physically) and progressing to online coding platforms like Scratch. They also explore the exciting world of robotics using tools like Blue-Bots (controlled by direct instructions) and Ozobots (programmed through drawing and online applications).

Greenhithe School provides a well-resourced digital learning environment for all our students. In Years 1 and 2, students learn with iPads. From years 3 to 6, Chromebooks and iPads are utilized. For students in Years 4, 5, and 6 who wish to bring their own device, our BYOD program is available. Please refer to our BYOD policy for more information.

Linewize

We have partnered with Linewize, one of the leading cyber safety companies in the world. Linewize provides us with a suite of tools to closely manage and monitor what our children are doing online. It also provides us with greater control over what the children are using technology for in the classroom and provides all of our parents with an app, providing them with the ability to have greater transparency over what, when, and how your children are using the internet at home. Visit the Greenhithe Online Safety Hub for the latest advice from experts and for information on how to access the parent Qustodio app.  Greenhithe Online Safety Hub

We have invited students from years 4, 5 and 6 to bring in a device so that they have more opportunities to use technology and enhance their learning. We want to try leveraging students’ attachment to their own devices to deepen learning and to make learning more personalised and student-centred. And as a result of this, students who do not have personal devices will have greater access to school owned chromebooks. This opportunity is not compulsory. It is an invitation, not an expectation, and we are not insisting that students purchase or bring a device. We are giving you the choice. We want students to be comfortable using digital devices so they can transition to intermediate school smoothly. And students will be better prepared, not only for intermediate school but also for the future. Having their own device will empower students to learn at a pace and method that suits them. They’ll be able to explore which digital tools are best to help them with their learning. Chromebooks are the only digital learning tool that maybe brought to school. MacBooks, tablets, phones, and iPads will not, because they are not able to run the Chrome browser extensions that we use to monitor student behaviour online.