Spring Gully Primary School has recently achieved its status as an eSmart school. Our school has worked hard to put lots of different things in place to achieve our eSmart status, keeping our students and community safe online and eSmart. Well done Spring Gully Primary School!

 

 

eSmart Schools, an initiative of the Alannah & Madeline Foundation, helps teachers, librarians and the greater community to best manage cyber risks, bullying and cyber bullying issues so students feel safer and supported. It is a framework that sits across the entire community – teachers, students, parents and the library community. eSmart Schools is a long-term change program designed to educate, track, monitor and prevent bullying and cyber bullying.

eSmart Schools and Libraries are tailor-made and designed to effect change in that specific environment. eSmart Schools also supports schools and libraries to embrace the benefits of technology while reducing childrens’ exposure to cyber risks, such as cyber bullying, online sexual predation, sexting, identity theft and fraud. It is not a band-aid or a quick fix, and, based on documented evidence, it was created to address cyber risks and help schools meet their duty of care. Our goal is to keep children safe from bullying, cyber bullying and violence. eSmart is a way to achieve this.