Unacceptable use of mobile phones in schools

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New to this board, my dc1 is still in year 6 but posting for advice for a friend. Her year 7 ds is in a class where many kids take phones to school. It transpires that one year 7 boy has been watching porn during breaktimes and showing it round. Apparently he has been disciplined for this previously. An overnight school trip is coming up and all kids have been told they can take devices including phones. My friend is waiting on a response from the school about how they can police internet use on devices, particularly when the kids are in rooms of 4-5 of them without a teacher in the room overnight.

What is your school policy on devices and personal internet use? We're not in the UK in case that makes a difference ....

In the meantime I'm that this even happening at school....

Many schools here do not allow phones at all during the school day. They can gave them in a pocket or bag but must be turned off. If a pupil is seen with one it usually gets confiscated.
Some schools do allow them to be taken out at break time though. Impossible to police what they are doing with them then, so the blanket ban is more common.

Ah, isn't that sweet? (friggin' little swines)

DC school allow phones to be openly used during breaks & sometimes teachers ask kids to use phones during class itself (to research something, etc). Phones are usually not taken off all the kids while on residential, though.

It sounds like the lad in question has video(s) on his phone, no Internet required. I imagine the school should come down like tonne of bricks.

Thanks both. I think he's using data to watch movies, they do unlimited data family packages or shared data here....

On some trips we take in phones and they have them for an hour in the evening.

My DD's school does not allow them at all during the school day: they have to be turned off and locked in in their locker and not touched until they leave school. Works very well.

DCs school policy is to encourage students to bring phones as many have long rural journeys and may need to contact parents in the case of transport disruption, early school closing etc.Phones have to switched off and put away in lessons.

OP I think you need to contact the school and make them aware.

Ours is the same as Casbots.

No sight, no sound during school day at all. If seen or heard, phone is confiscated till end of day. 2nd offence confiscated till end of week. 3rd time detention and confiscated till end of term.

Works well. Never gets to 2nd offence!

School would be coming down like the proverbial ton of bricks re. porn.

Our school has just got strict on phones and have said no phones during the day, apart from when they are being used for research purposes. They don't mind them having phones in their bags, but they not allowed to be switched on.

Our schools policy is no phones during school time. Must be switched off

Which country are you in? Check your country's laws on pornography, and maybe report it to the police, but definitely tell the school. DS had an overnight trip to London in Y6 (to watch War Horse at a theatre and go the the Imperial War Museum) and phones were locked away at night. He is now in Y7 and they are allowed to have phones but they must be on silent during lessons (and especially during Cathedral services - he goes to a CofE Cathedral school) and they must have them with them at all times (probably to reduce the risk of them being stolen). In lessons, with the teacher's permission, they can take pictures of the smart board if they haven't finished some work.

This is (kind of) irrelevant, but they were doing a history test and the TA drew a very detailed picture of a Viking on the board (how does the school afford to buy so many whiteboard pens?!)whilst they were working. Afterwards, all the kids were desperate to take pictures of it. The teacher has vowed to keep it on the board for as long as possible.