Social media is becoming a large part of the world we live in and as such at Montessori Kindergarten Ilfracombe we need to make sure we protect our children by having procedures in place for safe use. We use Facebook and Instagram to share pictures of the activities the children have accessed at nursery. 

In order to safeguard children we will: 

• Ensure all children in the photographs or posts have the correct permissions in place from their parent / carer.

 • Not allow others to post on our Facebook page, i.e. only named people (Karen Harris, Chloe Dutton & Sharna Embrey) can post on the page. 

• Monitor comments on all posts and address any concerns immediately

. • Facebook admins have training on safe practice with sharing events, i.e. sharing historic events, not planned outings, and checking authorisation of photos with parents. 

 

Parents and visitors’ use of social networking

 

 We promote the safety and welfare of all staff and children and therefore ask parents and visitors not to post, publicly or privately, information about any other child on social media sites such as Facebook and Instagram. We ask all parents and visitors to follow this policy to ensure that information about children, images and information do not fall into the wrong hands

. • We share pictures of children securely on their online journal and ask that parents do not screen shot or share images that contain other children on their personal accounts. 

• Parents are requested to refrain from contacting staff on social media. If a query is urgent the nursery Facebook page endeavours to have ‘out of hours’ response.

 • On special occasions, i.e Graduation, Christmas performance we ask that parents respect the Managers directions with regards to photography

 • Parents are requested to give consent at application. If anything changes this should be in writing or by email. 

 

We ask parents not to:

 • Screenshot or share any posts or pictures from their child’s Tapestry account on social media platforms (these may contain other children in the pictures) 

We ask parents to: Share any concerns regarding inappropriate use of social media through the official procedures (please refer to the partnership with parents policy, complaints procedures and grievance policy).