Haygate House Handbook

Choosing House Life the right subjects for GCSE COMPUTERS/EMAIL Your son/daughter will make initial GCSE choices in The house so computers are for academic work only.

February that next year’s timetable can be blocked and staffing planned. They will confirm their choices at Please doofnot with any the computer the end thisfiddle term. There is theof opportunity to addsettings – if there is a problem please report it to a member of staff. any supporting comments on both initial and final option-choice forms if you feel particularly strongly Save your onthat to the network you will then be able to pick it up on any computer in about thework choices haveschool been made.

Once -the final school or at home! options form is submitted, the allocation of options will be made based on the information supplied on You may bring your own device to school but it is your responsibility to look after it. the form.

Ink and paper are expensive - please do not waste them by printing out unnecessary stuff!

Once choices have been made, the College reserves the right withdraw courses for the which there is network: Access to to your emailany address and College insufficient demand.

Your for the school network be your surname followed by your first initial. e.g. Joe Smith Weusername try to accommodate all subject choiceswill within = smithj. the prescribed framework. However, subjects are sometimes oversubscribed and availability of staffing First and second initials are used in cases where prevents additional classes.

If this is the case, we will the username is already in use by another pupil or staff member. e.g James Smith = smithja contact you to discuss alternatives.

On the following you will findof more information Houseparents willpages, be given a list usernames and passwords for their pupils for the start of the about each subject, as well as some useful advice from academic year by the IT Office. the Head of Careers and Higher Education, Sharon Allmark. will help weighing up theto access the system you need to log onto a school When youThese first arrive atyou thewhen College, in order various factors involved in making the most computer. There are computers in your House, the library and the ICT rooms for you to use. appropriate choices.

1. Log in using your username and the password given to you by your Houseparent.

2. You will now need to set your own password (please note the criteria below for setting your password). You will be asked to enter the ‘old’ password (the one given to you by your Houseparent) in the top box. Then enter a password of your choice in the ‘new’ password box Stephen Badger andHead again in the ‘confirm’ box.

Deputy (Teaching & Learning) 3. Passwords must not contain any part of your username. They must be at least six characters long and there must be at least one CAPITAL letter and at least one number.

4. If you forget your password you can contact the IT Office for help.

5. The College has a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) facility. Please refer to the College VLE for 02 10