These Rich Learning Experiences will be evident in Schoology, and at this stage of the semester will be assessed against only SOLO Taxonomy in most cases. This gives us an indication of their depth of understanding mid-way through the course. We encourage you all to log in to Schoology with your children to look at the details of the learning task, the feedback given by the teachers after the first submission, how your child has responded to that feedback to improve on their learning, and their final grade. If you have any questions or issues, you can contact either your child’s Learning Advisor, or the Learning Area teachers directly.

There are some helpful pages on the Schoology Support website for navigating your’s and your child’s Schoology pages - in both the Parents and Students sections. Click here to access the site: https://support.schoology.com/hc/en-us/articles/201000833-Home-Page-Parents- 

Netsafe’s latest digital parenting research shows a mismatch between children’s online activities and their parents' awareness of what they are exposed to. Encouragingly, the results do reinforce that parents are trusted sources of support and that the pre-teen age bracket is an important time to teach online safety skills.

As the challenges tamariki face vary depending on their age and what they do, it can make it hard for parents to help. Netsafe's Online Safety Parent Toolkit is a seven step digital parenting programme to help parents close the knowledge gap and start a kōrero around online safety with their tamariki. Plus, there are translated versions available.

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