Crawford Preparatory Sandton Tuesday 28 April 2015 Newsletter no. 13/2015 Legal, Disciplinary and Reputational Risks of Social Media – Emma Sadleir Emma Sadleir will be hosting an information talk on Thursday, 7 May in the Hall at 18:00. By way of background, Emma’s areas of expertise include all aspects of print and electronic media law, with a particular focus on defamation, privacy and social media law. Having followed a career as an attorney, much of her work now involves creating social media strategies and policies for corporate and schools, drafting social media agency agreements and providing training and workshops on social media law. She also teaches media law to journalists and lawyers and lectures personal reputation management on various MBA programmes. She has also anchored for Carte Blanche as well as a legal commentator for BBC during a high profile trial. Pupils of Grade 5, 6 and 7 will be involved in a talk with Emma on the morning of Thursday, 7 May and parents from any grade are invited to join us in the evening. Both talks will be addressing the dangers and implications of social media. “BE A BUDDY, NOT A BULLY” As of the Monday, 4 May, our school will be participating in a psycho-educational workshop for the pupils which will focus on Bullying. We will first work with the Foundation Phase and later with the Intersen Phase. The objective of the programme is to educate and facilitate topics that encourage critical thinking and meaningful discussions about the social and emotional impact within different contexts. The workshop is fun, interactive, and operates at the appropriate developmental stages of the children. By the end of the programme, the pupils would have had the opportunity to improve social skills, understand that they have control of their own behaviour and, most importantly, recognise that they hold the potential to foster a school environment that is friendly and values socially appropriate behaviour. Parents are welcome to contact the school counsellor for more information at asurtie@crawfordschools.co.za. SPORTS FIXTURES: All pupils at government schools are only allowed to leave their schools at 14:30 for sports fixtures. Please be informed that fixtures against these schools will begin later in future. Private school fixtures remain unchanged. FIXTURES: NETBALL: Tuesday, 28 April vs King David (Linksfield) Under 9/12/13 – Home Under 10/11 – Away SOCCER : Wednesday, 29 April vs Crawford (Lonehill) Under 9/10/11 – Away ; Under 12/13 – Home NETBALL : Thursday, 30 April vs Buccleuch Under 9/12/13 – Home ; Under 10/11 – Away UNDER 8 SOCCER : Thursday, 30 April vs Crawford (Lonehill) - Home NETBALL : Tuesday, 5 May vs King David (Sandton) Under 9/12/13 – Away Under 10/11 – Home .. / 2 2 UPGRADING OF SCHOOL FACILITIES: As mentioned in last week’s newsletter, improvements were made to the sports change rooms, the hall and the new waiting area which should be completed shortly.. Below are some pictures of the renovations. New Sports Change Rooms New carpet in Hall New waiting area …/3 3