Enrichment

Sixth Form IT Privileges

Sixth Form students may use personal mobile devices such as iPads, tablets, laptops and netbooks in the College. Sixth Form may also request the unblocking of a website once it has been verified as a suitable educational resource by their teacher.

Specific Unauthorised Activities

You must not make deliberate attempts to disrupt the computer system or destroy data. You should not attempt to go beyond your authorised access. This includes: attempting to log in through another person's account or sending e-mail while masquerading as another person. You must not use any facility to participate in any form of cyber-bullying. You must not engage in personal, prejudicial or discriminatory attacks. You should respect the privacy of any message sent to you and not re-send it to others without permission. The use of social networking sites such as Facebook, Instagram, snapchat, Twitter and YouTube is not permitted. The use of chat rooms such as MSN, Facebook Messenger etc. is not permitted. You must not use indecent, obscene, offensive or threatening language. You must not post anything on the Internet which identifies the College with unacceptable opinions or activities, or which would bring the College into disrepute. This includes using

computer facilities outside College to publish such opinions.

You must not attempt to access material that is profane or obscene, that advocates illegal acts, violence or discrimination towards other people. If you mistakenly access inappropriate

material, you should tell a teacher immediately. This will protect you against the accusation that you have intentionally accessed this material.

You must not plagiarise works that you find on the Internet. Plagiarism is taking the ideas or writings of others and presenting them as if they were your own. You must respect copyright. You must not use the Internet to download illegal software, pirated music or images.

Sanctions for Students

All network activity is logged. Depending on the severity of the offence, one or more of the following sanctions maybe applied if a student is found to have broken any of the above rules:

A formal warning Suspension of e-mail/internet access Suspension of computer system account Department from use of the College computer rooms Formal College detentions Fixed term or permanent exclusion from College.

All students must read the full policy displayed on our college website before signing the Acceptable Use Policy Statement.

Wednesday Enrichment

Students are allocated ‘Enrichment’ time on alternate Wednesday afternoons. During enrichment time students may choose to engage in: • Sporting activity as a private member at a gym or on a casual basis at Macclesfield Leisure Centre, e.g. swimming. • Arrange regular non-paid work experience to help further their skills. For example, as a classroom support assistant at one of our feeder primary schools, at a local nursing home or charity shop. • Engage in a skills based activity eg Learning to drive, First Aid, DofE etc. Or • Engage in a volunteer programme or community project, either in our own College or the local community. For example, working on our own College Farm, volunteering as part of the R.V.S., the National Citizens Service (NCS) or a social enterprise project.

Students will be required to commit to a project for a term and over the year should complete a minimum of 20 hours community or voluntary work as part of your Core RE

programme on Catholic Social Enterprise.

As this is an opportunity to develop skills that will enable students to compete in the current climate for university or employment, it is important that students both engage in a variety of activities and not simply use the time for college work. Where parents can help organise such opportunities or provide opportunities for other members of the Sixth Form we would really appreciate it. It is essential to point out that these projects will not be supervised by members of our