Digital Citizenship Week at UHS

With technology at their fingertips 24/7, itโ€™s more important than ever to ensure that our children are behaving appropriately in the digital world.
It is with this in mind, that Union High School, Graaff-Reinet initiated its very first ๐——๐—œ๐—š๐—œ๐—ง๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—–๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ญ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—›๐—œ๐—ฃ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜๐—ž today, Tuesday, 2 May.
The week was kick-started with two workshops โ€“ one with the Grade 5s, followed by one with the Grade 6 learners.
๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜, ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ & ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—š๐—พ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ต๐—ฎ-๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† Screen Smarts, the workshops were fun and engaging sessions, aimed at helping our learners reflect on how their digital lives impact their social and emotional well-being and teaching them digital citizenship skills to help them make smart choices online and in life.
Topics covered with the learners included, among other, their digital footprint, online predators, cyberbullying, online privacy and finding a balance between time spent online and in real life.
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Tomorrow will see the Grade 7 and 8 workshops being held.
๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด!

Parenting a Digital Native

Are you ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ in a world you didnโ€™t grow up in?
Perhaps your son plays Fortnite or watches YouTube clips?
Perhaps your daughter adores TikTok or Instagram?
As parents, we need to use technology to our advantage, and take back control of our childrenโ€™s digital spaces.
๐—œ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜, and you are battling to manage your childโ€™s screen time, you have to attend this event!
โžผ ๐—ข๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐Ÿฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ, ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€’ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜, ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ & ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—š๐—พ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ต๐—ฎ-๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€.
In an endeavour to improve the entire digital landscape of the Union and Graaff-Reinet community for our kids, the event will be ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ-๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.
Topics that will be covered with parents include:
โ€ข A parent’s role: Monitoring & Mentoring
โ€ข Harmful content
โ€ข Pornography & addiction
โ€ข Online predators
โ€ข Filtering software
โ€ข Safe Gaming
โ€ข Social Media
โ€ข Sexting & Cyberbullying
โ€ข Setting boundaries & digital citizenship
โ€ข Being a digital role model
The evening forms part of a ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ that will be held at Union from 3 to 6 May, where learners will be engaged in a 4-day long interactive, fun, learning experience, during which they will be coached in managing screen time, digital life skills, cyber safety and everything else a netizen needs to know to make smart choices in cyberspace.
๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด!
โžผ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜: bit.ly/screensmartsparentsevening
(๐—”๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€: ๐—ฅ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ.)
๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐— ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—น๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—นโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜.