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The school adopts the Ministry of Education* (MOE) Cyber Wellness Framework.
It involves the Sense-Think-Act process, explained as follows:
- Sense: Identify the possible risks of harmful behaviors online and learn how to protect oneself.
- Think: Analyse, evaluate and reflect on the online situation based on the three Cyber Wellness principles.
- Act: Translate understanding into actions so as to be safe and have a positive presence online.
*extracted from MOE Cyber Wellness site @ https://www.moe.gov.sg/education/programmes/social-and-emotional-learning/cyber-wellness
The three Cyber Wellness principles are also described as follows:
- (Respect for Self and Others) Students need to:
- uphold their own dignity when online (e.g. share appropriate content and participate in only legal online activities),
- respect other people online (e.g. put themselves in others’ shoes, accept diverse views and opinions, give credit when using other people’s work and seek permission where necessary, avoid sharing hurtful materials).
- (Safe and Responsible Use) Students need to:
- have an understanding of the risks of harmful and illegal online behaviors, and take steps to protect themselves (e.g. keep their personal information private, verify the reliability of information using various sources, take steps to avoid dangers they may encounter online),
- make wise and healthy choices (e.g. maintain a healthy balance of their online and offline activities).
- (Positive Peer Influence) Students need to:
- be a positive role model online (e.g. share healthy and positive content, harness the affordances of technology to do good for society)
- advocate positive online behavior (e.g. stand up for their peers online, report cases of cyber bullying to a trusted adult/authority, post encouraging remarks on social media)
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