Devices & Apps
At Clearwater Bay School, our students use a variety of learning technology devices, equipment and apps. During their time at school, students will use…
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Digital Citizenship & Internet Safety
CWBS has adopted the Common Sense Media curriculum for digital citizenship education due to its proven effectiveness, alignment with educational standards, comprehensive coverage of essential topics, and practical focus. This curriculum equips students with the knowledge and skills to navigate the digital world safely and responsibly, covering media balance, cyberbullying, online relationships, media literacy, privacy, and digital identity. Supporting resources enhance the learning experience, ensuring students are well-prepared for the challenges of the digital age.
Key Themes and Topics
1. Media Balance and Well-Being
2. Cyberbullying, Digital Drama, and Hate Speech
3. Relationships and Communication
4. News and Media Literacy
5. Privacy and Security
6. Digital Footprint and Identity
Important Notes for Parents
Time
Many parents have concerns about how long their child should be spending using technology, devices or watching screens. In the past, various organisations, including the American Paediatric Association, suggested ‘screen time’ limits for children based on their age. However, as not all ‘screen time’ is created equally, these time limits are no longer suggested.
Television and movies
When children are watching television or movies, these will often last longer that 20 minutes. In these cases, we would encourage children to be balanced when watching large screens and spend time outside too!
Homework
When children have to work for longer than 20 minutes on a computer for home learning or other creative tasks, we would encourage a ‘get up and walk around’ break every 20 minutes. Again, children need to balance this time with time spent outside and playing.
However, we believe that 20 minutes is plenty of time for our children to be using a small screen, and will be promoting this with the school community throughout 2018.
Tech Helpdesk
Welcome to the Technology Helpdesk pages for parents!
We hope that this page will help to answer your questions and solve common problems you might encounter with children using technology at home.
Frequently Asked Questions
Cahoot is built on a Google Site and is only accessible when students log in with their GSuite account. If you try to log on at home, and you have a personal GSuite account, the website may return an error.
Cahoot is our Virtual Learning Environment designed for students. Parents must access their child’s username and password.
If your child is in Y1 & Y2 or is new to CWBS, we will paste the username and password into the front of your child’s diary. If your child forgets their password, they must come to see Mr Knight or Mrs Chan for it to be reset.
Please contact your child’s class teacher about MyMaths account details.
Home Learning is posted onto Cahoot. Please click onto the appropriate year group page and look for the HL logo. You can find Chinese Home Learning on the Chinese page of Cahoot.
Please click here for Seesaw help.
You can set up devices at home to protect your child, monitor their activity and allot screen time. However, Restrictions aren’t foolproof, and technology should always be used with adult supervision.
For more information about parental controls:
Technology Glossary
Cahoot is the name of Clearwater Bay School’s ‘Virtual Learning Environment’ or VLE. The VLE is a special password protected website for children at Clearwater Bay School. On Cahoot, students will find resources to help with their learning.
The Gateway is ESF’s information portal for Parents. On the Gateway, parents can view student reports and assessments, complete permission forms and update information about their child/children.
GSuite (previously known as Google Drive) is a collection of tools used by students and teachers to create, collaborate and communicate.
Students are introduced to GSuite tools from Year 2 onwards, with Google Drive providing a space to save their digital work.
GSuite is linked to Cahoot through a single sign on. Student passwords will be posted in the student diary. If your child forgets the username or password, please contact their class teacher.
Sometimes remembering passwords can be difficult, but it is an important 21st Century skill which we teach the students.
We expect students to manage their own Cahoot & GSuite log in details and passwords. Students in Y1 & Y2, as well as those new to CWBS will find their passwords in the student diary. If they forget, or have any problems please contact their class teacher. The TechTeam will be able to help your child at school.
Family passwords for Gateway are managed by the school office. Please contact the office if you have any problems.
Usernames are generated automatically by ESF admissions while passwords can be reset in school.
Seesaw is used for our student-led digital portfolio and learning journals.
Seesaw enables students (and teachers) to collect evidence of learning and experiences at school and share them with their parents and other members of their class. Parents have access to only their child’s portfolio/journal through a dedicated password or app.
Your child’s class teacher manages Seesaw and parent login details.
You can find out more on our dedicated helpdesk site here