Mount Hawthorn Primary School

Our intent is to grow our school and communities understanding of social media and to make connecting with our school more convenient. We wish our content to be more accessible and to also tap into the knowledge and support base of our parent community. Our school’s Facebook page allows our community to keep up to date with activities through a medium preferred by many. The primary purpose is to publicise school and local community events and opportunities, the page will allow us to seek your input on issues. But overwhelmingly, our Facebook page is a place where we build our community by building school spirit. We ask that our community accentuate the positives and bring to everyone’s attention the little things that make our school community great.
OUR CODE OF CONDUCT
Using Real Names
All users interacting with Mount Hawthorn Primary School Facebook page, by either liking or commenting on posts must do so using a Facebook account that clearly identifies them by their real name.
Raising Issues and Not Including Names
Mount Hawthorn Primary School is happy to be alerted to issues via its Facebook page but does wish to remind the community that some things are best dealt with privately. Issues involving any of the students or staff must not be raised in the Facebook page. We will not support interactions that incite or fuel overly negative sentiments. We also ask that you do not use the names of our teaching and administration staff, students or any other member of the community in any issues based postings.
Posting to the page
We wish our Facebook page to be used to build spirit; patting someone on the back publicly goes a long way to building the school we all want. Posting is decided by school page administrators and will remain focused on publicizing school community news.
How to Interact with the Facebook Page
Initially, users will be able to comment on the school’s postings and on comments by other users. Users will also be able to ‘like’ a post or comment by clicking on the like button. Users are able to author a posting of their own, however, these will be monitored and may be removed at the discretion of the school appointed Administrator. User rights will be reviewed over time and assessments made on liberalising access.
Underage Facebook Users
Mount Hawthorn Primary School does not endorse children under the 13 year old threshold imposed by Facebook creating their own Facebook account. We encourage children under parental supervision to view our school’s Facebook page and contribute to content through their parents account. We believe our communities conduct on our Facebook page will serve as role modelling for our students as to how to behave in social media spaces.
Moderation and Blocklisting
Mount Hawthorn Primary School reserves the right to set the strength level of the Facebook profanity filter and to add additional words and names to the page’s blocklist.
Actions Resulting from any Breaches of the Code of Conduct
Mount Hawthorn’s Primary School reserves the right to ban any user from interacting with its Facebook page for breaches of the Code of Conduct.
The Law and Facebook’s Terms
Mount Hawthorn’s Primary School Facebook page operates under the Commonwealth Telecommunications Act and Facebook’s Terms.