Digital Learning

At Abbey Primary we use Google Workspace for Education. Consent is sought from each parent upon enrolment of their child in Abbey Primary.

Students would use their Google Workspace for Education account for the following:

• Login to their own account on Chromebooks/laptops: each child will have their own Workspace credentials (username and password) to allow them to access their own personal account on our school Chromebooks. This allows them to save their work to the cloud after each lesson making it accessible to them from other devices within the school and at home. With these credentials they can also use other Google tools such as Google docs, slides, forms.  

• Digital portfolio: students will keep the same credentials for their time in Abbey Primary. This means that by the time they graduate they will have a store of learning to look back on from their time in primary school. 

• Access Google Classroom: Google Classroom is a virtual learning space. This learning space would be led by the class teacher. Google Classroom allows the teacher to set activities for the class to work on either individually or collaboratively both in school and at home during Home Learning. We hope to begin using Classroom in the older classes in 2023/24.

• ​Learn 21st century digital citizenship skills: our aim is to provide students with the skills required to develop good digital citizenship. For example, children will gradually acquire privileges for their accounts as they progress up the school.  For example, children may just use the credentials to open the Chromebooks, whereas by Sixth Class, the aim is that students will have learnt how to comment on each other’s posts and content appropriately and be able to work collaboratively on documents and projects responsibly.

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Google Workspace for Education Notice to Parents and Guardians

This notice describes the personal information we provide to Google for these accounts and how Google collects, uses, and discloses personal information from students in connection with these accounts. 

Using their G Suite for Education accounts, students may access and use the following “Core Services” offered by Google (described at https://gsuite.google.com/terms/user_features.html): 

• Google Classroom

• Cloud Search

• Contacts

• Calendar

• Google Chrome Sync

• Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms

• Drive

• Sites

• Vault

In addition, we also allow students to access certain other Google services with their G Suite for Education accounts. Specifically, your child under supervision of a teacher, may have access to the following “Additional Services”: 

• YouTube clips sent by the teacher, Google Maps

Google provides information about the information it collects, as well as how it uses and discloses the information it collects from G Suite for Education accounts in its G Suite for Education Privacy Notice. You can read that notice online at https://gsuite.google.com/terms/education_privacy.html. You should review this information in its entirety, but below are answers to some common questions:

What personal information does Google collect?

When creating a student account, Abbey Primary will provide Google with certain personal information about the student, including, first name, last name, email address, and password. Google may also collect personal information directly from students, such as telephone number for account recovery or a profile photo added to the G Suite for Education account. These account settings should only be changed with parental permission under the direct supervision of parents in the home.

When a student uses Google services, Google also collects information based on the use of those services. This includes:

• device information, such as the hardware model, operating system version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information including phone number;

• log information, including details of how a user used Google services, device event information, and the user's Internet protocol (IP) address;

• location information, as determined by various technologies including IP address, GPS, and other sensors;

• unique application numbers, such as application version number; and

• cookies or similar technologies which are used to collect and store information about a browser or device, such as preferred language and other settings.

How does Google use this information? 

In G Suite for Education Core Services, Google uses student personal information to provide, maintain, and protect the services. Google does not serve ads in the Core Services or use personal information collected in the Core Services for advertising purposes.

In Google Additional Services, Google uses the information collected from all Additional Services to provide, maintain, protect and improve them, to develop new ones, and to protect Google and its users. Google may also use this information to offer tailored content, such as more relevant search results. Google may combine personal information from one service with information, including personal information, from other Google services.

Does Google use student personal information for users in primary schools to target advertising?

No. For G Suite for Education users in primary and secondary (K-12) schools, Google does not use any user personal information (or any information associated with an Workspace for Education Account) to target ads, whether in Core Services or in other Additional Services accessed while using an Workspace for Education account.

Can my child share information with others using the Workspace for Education account?

We may allow students to access Google services such as Google Docs and Sites, which include features where users can share information with others or publicly. 

Will Google disclose my child’s personal information?

Google will not share personal information with companies, organisations and individuals outside of Google unless one of the following circumstances applies:

• With parental or guardian consent. Google will share personal information with companies, organisations or individuals outside of Google when it has parents’ consent (for users below the age of consent), which may be obtained through G Suite for Education schools.

• With Abbey Primary Workspace for Education accounts, because they are school-managed accounts, the administrator (principal) has access to information stored in them.

• For external processing. Google may provide personal information to affiliates or other trusted businesses or persons to process it for Google, based on Google’s instructions and in compliance with the G Suite for Education privacy notice and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.

• For legal reasons. Google will share personal information with companies, organisations or individuals outside of Google if it has a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to:

  • meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request.

  • enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations.

  • detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues.

  • protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Google, Google users or the public as required or permitted by law.

Google also shares non-personal information -- such as trends about the use of its services -- publicly and with its partners.

What choices do I have as a parent or guardian?

First, you can consent to the collection and use of your child’s information by Google. If you don’t provide your consent, we will not create a Workspace for Education account for your child, and Google will not collect or use your child’s information as described in this notice. 

If you consent to your child’s use of Workspace for Education, you can access or request deletion of your child’s Workspace for Education account by contacting the school office. If you wish to stop any further collection or use of your child's information, you can request that we use the service controls available to limit your child’s access to features or services, or delete your child’s account entirely. 

If you have questions about our use of Google’s G Suite for Education accounts or the choices available to you, please contact our the principal. If you want to learn more about how Google collects, uses, and discloses personal information to provide services to us, please review the G Suite for Education Privacy Center the G Suite for Education Privacy Notice and the Google Privacy Policy.

The Core Workspace for Education services are provided to us under Google’s Apps for Education agreement.