With technology at their fingertips 24/7, itโs more important than ever to ensure that our children are behaving appropriately in the digital world.
It is with this in mind, that Union High School, Graaff-Reinet initiated its very first ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐ฆ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ช๐๐๐ today, Tuesday, 2 May.
The week was kick-started with two workshops โ one with the Grade 5s, followed by one with the Grade 6 learners.
๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐, ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ & ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐พ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ต๐ฎ-๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ Screen Smarts, the workshops were fun and engaging sessions, aimed at helping our learners reflect on how their digital lives impact their social and emotional well-being and teaching them digital citizenship skills to help them make smart choices online and in life.
Topics covered with the learners included, among other, their digital footprint, online predators, cyberbullying, online privacy and finding a balance between time spent online and in real life.
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to view more of the action.Tomorrow will see the Grade 7 and 8 workshops being held.
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด!
The evening forms part of a ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ that will be held at Union from 3 to 6 May, where learners will be engaged in a 4-day long interactive, fun, learning experience, during which they will be coached in managing screen time, digital life skills, cyber safety and everything else a netizen needs to know to make smart choices in cyberspace.