What is Facebook?
Facebook is a social networking website where users can post comments, share photographs, and post links to news or other interesting content on the web, chat live, and watch short-form video. Posts can be shared publicly. Our school Facebook account is Westwood with Iford School. Followers Facebook users are able to follow or be followed. Following somebody ensures that all of their activity and comments appear in the followers news feed and that the information you broadcast is instantly distributed. Users can also private message each other when they don’t want conversations to appear. Westwood with Iford School will not enter into private discussions with others. Reactions Clicking Like below a post on Facebook is a way to let people know that you enjoy it without leaving a comment. Just like a comment, anyone who can see the post can see that you liked it. Reactions are an extension of the Like Button to give people more ways to share their reaction to a post in a quick and easy way. The collection of reactions include Like, Love, Care, Haha, Wow, Sad and Angry. |
What is the primary purpose of the Westwood with Iford School Facebook page ?
The Westwood with Iford School page will be used principally to share and promote the children’s learning and the wonderful activities that take place in our school. It may also be shared to other Facebook pages and groups.
We will also be using it to advertise and remind parents and carers of special events in school, complementing the traditional forms of communication such as the newsletter and School Gateway messages you receive.
Who controls the content for the Westwood with Iford School Facebook page?
The uploading of content for Westwood with Iford School will be controlled by the Administrative Officer and Headteacher. They are responsible for password protection and ensuring that any inappropriate followers or messages do not make it to the Westwood with Iford School feed.
What is inappropriate content and referencing and how will it be dealt with?
Westwood with Iford School welcomes any referencing, mentions, or interactions that credit the school in a positive light only. Any of the following will be deemed as inappropriate:
At the beginning of each academic year, each parent is asked for their permission to put their children’s image on the school website. These permissions now include Social Media - Twitter, Facebook and Instagram (this is part of the home-school agreement). Where the parents do not wish their child’s image to appear on the school website or on Social Media, the school will aim to follow these wishes.
The Westwood with Iford School page will be used principally to share and promote the children’s learning and the wonderful activities that take place in our school. It may also be shared to other Facebook pages and groups.
We will also be using it to advertise and remind parents and carers of special events in school, complementing the traditional forms of communication such as the newsletter and School Gateway messages you receive.
Who controls the content for the Westwood with Iford School Facebook page?
The uploading of content for Westwood with Iford School will be controlled by the Administrative Officer and Headteacher. They are responsible for password protection and ensuring that any inappropriate followers or messages do not make it to the Westwood with Iford School feed.
What is inappropriate content and referencing and how will it be dealt with?
Westwood with Iford School welcomes any referencing, mentions, or interactions that credit the school in a positive light only. Any of the following will be deemed as inappropriate:
- Offensive language or remarks aimed at the school, its staff, parents, governors or others affiliated with the school;
- Extremist views or radical views or opinions as in line with the prevent duty
- Unsuitable images or content posted into its feed;
- Unsuitable images or content finding its way from another’s account into the Westwood with Iford School feed.
- Images or text that infringe upon copyright;
- Comments that aim to undermine the school, its staff, parents, governors or others affiliated with the school.
- Any inappropriate content will be deleted and its users will be removed, blocked, and, depending on the nature of the comment, reported to Facebook;
- Furthermore, incidents of a more serious nature may be reported to the appropriate authority.
At the beginning of each academic year, each parent is asked for their permission to put their children’s image on the school website. These permissions now include Social Media - Twitter, Facebook and Instagram (this is part of the home-school agreement). Where the parents do not wish their child’s image to appear on the school website or on Social Media, the school will aim to follow these wishes.