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Source domain: sunningdaleprimary.co.za
Collected on 6 August 2026
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What this means
This document is the “Information Systems and Social Media Policy” for Sunningdale Primary School, approved by the school governing body in April 2024. It sets rules for how educators, non-educators, learners, and parents/guardians/caregivers may use the school’s information systems and social media, including privacy limits, monitoring, and prohibited conduct. The policy also covers internet and e-mail use, specifies approved communication platforms (e.g., WhatsApp, Prosum, Facebook, ClassDojo, Google Classroom), and lists prohibited activities such as harassment, discrimination, unauthorised access, copyright infringement, and cyber-misconduct.
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Key Takeaways
- Document title: Information Systems and Social Media Policy (April 2024)
- Applies to all users of the school’s information and information systems
- Approved by the school governing body
- School may intercept communications conveyed through its systems/social media (Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-related Information Act 70 of 2002)
- Incidental personal use allowed if it is trivial and does not interfere with school activities
- All hardware/software are property of Sunningdale Primary School; school owns file contents and transmitted messages
- School may access information without prior notice for genuine business need; may audit periodically
- Internet access requires formal application and must use the school’s approved internet service provider
- Internet use is monitored via web content filtering software and firewalls; sexually explicit/profane content blocked
- E-mail privacy/confidentiality not guaranteed; e-mail may be inspected; commercial use prohibited
- Prohibited activities include copyright infringement, political lobbying/personal gain/commercial use, unauthorised software installation, harassment, discrimination, illegal material, unauthorised access, and obscene material
- Cyber-misconduct prohibited: cyber-loafing, circulating racist/defamatory/sexist/pornographic material, derogatory messages about school/staff/learners, breach of trust
- Only authorised persons may communicate on behalf of the school on social media and must identify themselves
- Sunningdale Primary School
- School governing body
- School management
- Principal
- IT administrator
- Educators
- Non-educators
- Learners
- Parents
- South Africa Constitution (1996)
- South African Schools Act 84 of 1996 (SASA)
- National Education Policy Act 27 of 1996
- Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-related Information Act 70 of 2002