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Skool Loop Using your phone: 1. Go to the Google Play Store 2. Search for Skool Loop 3. Press install (and then continue) 4. Put your password in using your email account 5. Wait for the installation to say installed 6. Use Chrome 7. Skool Loop needs access to Calendar (accept) 8. Open 9. Select your school 10. Go to New Zealand, the Coromandel and select the tick by Moanataiari School 11. Then press choose 12. You then must agree to permissions by accepting which permissions you want.

Introduction Over the last few years I have seen quite a few things go wrong online and they can happen to anyone. I'm not a Facebook user but at some stage I set up an account and then let it sit because I just don't have time to get to it. Anyway the short story is, I don't know how it happened, but my Facebook page was taken over by someone who appeared to be a blonde female.  A more recent event involved a scam that used my principal email. A staff member was asked to make some purchases on my behalf which lead to them being substantially out of pocket. As a result of this I had a visit from two constables from the Thames police station which lead to a discussion about an ever increasing number of fraudulent activities online that are impossible to trace and prosecute. Internet safety and children Having the children online for learning can be very beneficial to their development but it is not without risks and it needs to be managed with care. At ...

Key Dates Dates to pay attention to and exiting Covid-19 in schools Wednesday April 15th School restarts for term two. Monday April 20th Cabinet meeting. Decisions about how the lockdown may or may not continue depending on what level the government determines our risk to be. The Cabinet won't make a final decision on leaving Level 4 until two days before 22 April, because it has to base that decision on the latest data. Wednesday April 22nd Tentative ending of the lockdown as originally planned at midnight. Thursday April 23rd and Friday April 24th Schools may be able to fully access school sites to undertake a property inspection and necessary maintenance and cleaning. Teachers may be back to school prior to students returning. Monday April 27th Public holiday (Anzac Day) Tuesday April 28th Will be a staff-only day according to information provided. Wednesday April 29th Schools may reopen to some degree.  Not everyone wil...

Internet safety: Email addresses With more of us online these days and crime statistics declining around the world, one area that criminals can still target is access to our personal, financial wealth. With over 9.5 billion email accounts having been hacked around the world there is a good chance that one of your email accounts has been hacked. Here are seven things that a hacker can do if they have gained access to your email: 1. Send emails from your address 2.  Send phishing emails i.e. a scam email to get other information 3. Access your online accounts 4. Access personal information 5. Steal financial information 6. Blackmail you 7. Steal your identity Indirectly there is a possibility that if you are hacked the information of others may be compromised. Here's what you can do to see if your okay Go to  Have I been pwned: Email check I checked three email addresses that we use as a family or professionally. Professionally my principal e...

Logging in for the first time into Google Classroom From the 'Students Quick Guide to Google Classroom" by Kasey Bell Sign in  for the  first time Go to  classroom . google .com and click Go to  Classroom . Enter your username and click Next. Enter your password and click Next. If there is a welcome message, read it and click Accept. You are using an Education account, so click I'm A Student Click  Get  Started. Click this link open file for more information about how to use Google Classroom:  Students Quick Guide to Google Classroom

30 April 2020 Classroom upgrade boost for regional economies Hon Chris Hipkins Education Classrooms at 600 remote or small schools to be upgraded 250 projects restarting, including new schools, expansions and redevelopments Additional projects valued at over $100 million underway in the coming months First round of school sustainability fund projects confirmed Projects at 149 schools underway from Schools Investment Package funding Classrooms at hundreds of state schools and kura that are small or remote will be upgraded as part of a $160 million property improvement programme, Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today. “The Government went hard and early on our package to support businesses, and we’re now bringing forward infrastructure projects to reboot the economy,” Chris Hipkins said. “This upgrade package is part of a pipeline of investments to improve our schools and it will create and support jobs for local tradespeople and bu...