WHAT THE UPPER SCHOOL DIGITAL LEADERS HAVE BEEN UP TO:

Autumn Term:

During our first meeting, we shared the reasons why we want to be a digital leader with the rest of the group and we decided on what we wanted to include on our Digi Leader display in the corridor. In future sessions, we have reviewed the current online safety policy for the school and identified its strengths and areas for development. 

The Digi Leaders updated and shared the Acceptable Use Policy with their classes by explaining what it means to use the devices in school in a safe and responsible way, as well as who to contact in the event of an online issue. To ensure that all of the class understood the expectations, the class teacher, Digital Leader and all children in the class signed the policy to acknowledge that they have shared and understood the expectations with their peers. Subsequently, we conducted a learning walk and made sure that each class had signed their policies and had them on display somewhere visible. During the learning walk, we have made sure that each class and wing had a display or information regarding online safety and how to safely use the internet on display. Finally, we have set out our vision for the academic year and what we would like to do and achieve by the summer holidays.  

Spring Term:

Following on from a very successful Autumn Term, the Digi Leaders hit the ground running by preparing a presentation to inform all members of the school (both staff and pupils alike) about the Safer Internet Day theme for 2025, which was 'Too Good To Be True?' We researched the dangers of 'scamming' and 'phishing' schemes and raised awareness of these dangers by speaking to all of the children in an assembly. To make sure that they understood our important messages, the Digi Leaders decided to host a competition for the whole school where each child in the Lower School was asked to draw a poster to explain what to do if they came across a scam or a phishing scheme online, which was to STOP, CLOSE and TELL. The Upper School were challenged to create a digital entry informing people of the meaning of the terms 'scam' and 'phishing scheme' and what signs to look out for, as well as what to do if they came across one online. We later met as a group to review all of the entries (and we had loads to see!), before ultimately deciding upon winners and runners up for each year group. We then applied our digital skills to create a podcast episode on the PDCS Podcast that informed the school of the winners, and shared this podcast for all to listen to. Make sure you listen to the episode on the PDCS Podcast page by following the link. Finally, we reviewed our targets and desires that were created in Autumn ready to move onto the Summer Term.