E-MAIL, INTERNET AND PUBLISHING
INTRODUCTION
Safe use of the Internet is of primary concern to all involved in education. Therefore it
safeguards need to be in place to ensure that both pupils and staff can safely benefit
from the wealth of resources and information available. These guidelines are not only
for use in school but to assist in safe surfing at home.
Isaac Newton School has a broadband connection to the Internet supplied through the
County Council’s Lincolnshire Schools Network system. All pupils and staff have a
personal e-mail address and access to the Internet. This document lays down
guidelines to ensure that Internet experiences are both safe and enjoyable for all
concerned.
Any personal information that is collected may be computerised and used for
administrative purposes within Lincolnshire County Council or by the Governors at
Isaac Newton School. All personal information computerised by the Council has to be
registered and may be used and disclosed only as described in the Data Protection
Register, which is available for public inspection.
Pupils will not access the Internet or Email without permission from either the Class
Teacher or the Technician. Pupils will not use any removable media in any school
workstation without the media being checked for viruses by the Technician. This
includes floppy discs, pen drives, CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, Zip Disks etc.
INTERNET
The Internet is filtered by Lincolnshire Schools Network using Netsweeper. Although
no system is guaranteed 100% failsafe the system is very good at filtering out
undesirable sites. Lincolnshire Schools Network will also add to list any undesirable
sites that are found accidentally.
The filtering software also stops any downloads of programmes and zipped files to
any of the schools workstations.
Although at times staff will want unrestricted access to certain items, the filtering
software will not be turned off for pupils at any time, unless prior permission has been
sought from the Head Teacher.
Before using any website with pupils it is advisable that teaching staff take time to
assess the website for suitability.
If any member of staff or pupil finds any website that may cause any distress the
Technician should be called immediately, so the matter can be dealt with in the
appropriate manner.
All pupils will need permission from their parents or guardians before they are
allowed to use the Internet or Email. If no reply is sent to school it will be assumed
that permission has been given by the parent or guardian.
There will be no use of chatrooms or newsgroups for pupils within school unless prior
permission from the Headteacher and parents is sought and only after the site has been
investigated as to suitability. Teaching staff are encouraged to join any relevant
educational newsgroups.
Access to resources and email on Lincolnshire Schools Network are available to
home users. This needs to be set up within school. For further guidance the
Technician will assist anybody who wishes to gain this access. Certain areas of
Lincolnshire Schools Network are not available outside of school i.e. Contacts.
No files, folders or emails on school systems are private and the Headteacher or
nominated person will be allowed to access to monitor contents.
EMAIL
Every pupil and member of staff has a personal email address as well as a general
enquiries account. This account is accessible by the Headteacher, Burasr and
Technician. Any emails will be passed on to the relevant person.
Pupils will not send any external emails from their accounts, all emails being sent to
the Technician for forwarding. This will prevent pupils email addresses being made
public. Once a relationship with another school has been verified pupils may be
allowed to email directly.
No email account except for authorised email accounts will be used by pupils in
school and personal accounts will not be accessed.
PUBLISHING
The school wishes to promote and celebrate achievements by individuals and groups,
both in the local press, school publications, and the school website, but to protect
individuals no surnames will be used.
GENERAL RULES
All Users will not:
Send or display offensive messages or pictures
Use threatening or abusive language
Insult others
Violate copyright laws
Using other peoples passwords
Access other peoples work or folders except by delegated staff.
Arrange to meet anybody over the Internet without informing an adult first.
Give out personal information, including
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Full name
Address
Telephone Numbers.
REMEMBER IF ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS WHILE USING THE INTERNET
GIVES ANY WORRIES OR CONCERNS SEEK THE HELP OF THE TEACHER
OR ANOTHER ADULT IN SCHOOL.
This Document is a working document and due to the ever changing ICT environment
changes will be made as and when appropriate.