After much consideration Bill, Bex and Jay have decided to trial allowing senior students to keep their mobile phones on them while at school. Children in the middle and junior school will still be expected to hand their phones in to Hela before school starts each day.
The reason for allowing senior students to hold on to their phones is that, we believe, mobile phones can be a valuable learning tool in the classroom. Some ways in which we will be encouraging senior students to use their mobile phones will be to encourage them to use the camera, calculator and internet functions on their phones.
The responsibility for looking after a mobile phone will reside with the kids, which links directly to developing the key competencies from the new curriculum. Children will be welcome to continue to leave their phones with Hela during the school day, if they choose to.
The trial will last until the end of Tern 4.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
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