Mobile Phone Use Procedure

Years 7 & 8

•  Students will give their mobile phones to their Ako Teacher at the beginning of the day and have them returned at the end of the day (or at the time most convenient according to timetabled classes)

Years 9 -13

•  Phones are expected to be kept out of sight in bags or pockets during class time, except for medical purposes (eg diabetes).

•  The only time when mobile phones can be used is with teacher permission for a valid reason, or at teacher discretion when they are required to be used as a learning tool (eg calculator, quick information search, interactive quiz).

•  If, after usual classroom management actions, a student continues to use a mobile phone without permission, teachers have the right to confiscate the phone. A confiscated phone will be taken to the Main Office, and it can be collected at the end of the day by the student. If this happens a second time, and the phone is removed to the office, a parent or caregiver will be required to collect the phone.

•  A book will be kept in the Office to record phone confiscations. This is both to ensure the property is kept safe, and also to note any patterns of confiscation.