User Agreement
At Columba Catholic primary School we believe that access to technology is a right, not a privilege, but this comes with a level of responsibility. At the beginning of each year students in grades
3-6 will receive an ICT Acceptable Usage Agreement that all students in those grades need to read and sign with their parents.
The ICT Acceptable Usage Agreement will be collected by classroom teachers in the first two weeks of school year.
Child Safety
Stronger Standards, safer children
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Victoria’s Child Safe Standards are a set of mandatory requirements to protect children and young people from harm and abuse.
The Child Safe Standards (the Standards) commenced in Victoria in January 2016. After six years, we have seen how the Standards improve safety for children and young people.
Changes have been made to make the Standards even stronger. The new Child Safe Standards came into force on 1 July 2022 and organisations now need to comply with these new Standards.
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The new Child Safe Standards
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There are now 11 Standards, which include new requirements such as:
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involving families and communities in organisations’ efforts to keep children and young people safe
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a greater focus on safety for Aboriginal children and young people
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managing the risk of child abuse in online environments.
Victoria has over five years’ experience of mandatory Standards, so many organisations will already have well developed child safety frameworks. Most organisations will need to make some changes to comply with the new Standards.
The new Standards are outlined in the information sheet below.
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What does this mean for Columba?
We are currently working very hard to ensure all our policies and procedures are inline with the new 11 Child Safe Standards. Over the next month, you will see changes to our school web page, specifically our policies and Child Safe sections.
We are developing ways of being more culturally sensitive through the school and working to develop procedures that involve the community in the safety of our children
We have also appointed a new Child Safe Champion, Kate Muccignat. Kate is a brilliant prep teacher but one of many Columba staff who believe keeping our children safe should be the priority for all of us. We know that Kate will do an amazing job as another key part of the Columba Leadership Team.
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For more information, please visit the Commission for Young People CHILD SAFE STANDARDS Website
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Please visit the Parent Information section of this webpage and our school webpage which has further information on child safety at Columba.
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https://columbacpsbunyip.schoolzineplus.com/child-safety-and-wellbeing
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