The eSafety Commissioner website is a great resource for parents to maximise online safety in
the home, or a student’s personal device (phone).

Parental controls | How to keep your child safe

At times, during the school day, staff observe students discussing content that they’ve viewed online, outside of school hours, on platforms such as TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram.

Did you know that TikTok has a feature called ‘Family Pairing’ which allows parents to manage screen time and restrict content? Snapchat also provides parental controls in its ‘Family Centre’. This includes the ability to monitor who the young person is communicating with.

Without these safety measures in place, what a young person can access online will not always be safe, respectful and age appropriate.

Jade Hughes
Acting Assistant Principal (Year 7-12