BIS students are asked to change the wallpaper of their iPad so that their photo, name and class are displayed. When a teacher opens the iPad, they can clearly see who owns the iPad.  

The iPad is used to enhance the learning process throughout the day. It is used on a needs basis, as directed by the class and specialist teachers. There is no set time limit but teachers are aware of both the benefits of using the iPads and the negative effects of too much screen time, and as such will monitor this. 

Please refer to this page: Screen Time. Using Apple Family Sharing, it allows you to control what apps and sites your child has access to everyday. 

Yes, your child should bring the iPad fully charged to school everyday. Your child can bring the iPad home at the end of the school day. 

No. When students move to Year 7, they need to bring a laptop for the secondary BYOD programme. 

Your child's iPad will be stored in their classroom. 

At BIS HCMC, we have had a BYOD laptop programme in the school over the past few years. Our technology support team have been supporting students for the past four years. 

One of the reasons we are changing our BYOD programme to a BYO-iPad programme is that the iPad is an extremely reliable device.  Also all students will have the same device. This makes it easier for the teacher to support their students if there is an issue. Teachers are being trained in how to use the iPad and the settings required. 

There may be some maintenance of storage on the iPad. If you choose to buy an iPad with 32 GB of storage, it should be sufficient. However, please understand that this will require regular storage management. Most of the files will be stored locally on the iPad or on Google Drive. 

Click here to see the accessories required for the academic year 2023/2024. 

We do not recommend an iPad with cellular capabilities as this will allow your child unfiltered access to the internet as well as the potential for a large phone bill due to excessive cellular use. If your child's iPad does have cellular capabilities, they will be asked to join the BIS Student WiFi network and to remove the SIM card. 

Yes. We will provide a list of required apps for the academic year 2021/2022. However, there are some apps that are not appropriate for school: Social Media apps, e.g. Tiktok, Facebook, etc. 

Apps can be offloaded during the school day and re-downloaded in the evening or weekends. When you offload an app, you do not lose any of your data. Click on this link to learn how to offload apps. If a child has an app that is not on the required apps list, the teacher will ask the student to offload the app. 

The iPad will only be used during class time unless there is a special learning based reason and under supervision e.g. to survey children at break time.