BYOD – Bookable laptops available from the Library and Po​​​​​​​ds

32 laptops are available for short term loan by students from the school library. This puts the onus on the students who have not got their device to go to the library and have one checked out for a lesson or a day. Students may loan these laptops before school, at interval or at lunchtime.  The laptops need to be returned by the end of the day and are not to be taken home.

A key part of the curriculum is around managing self, so it becomes the students’ responsibility to make sure they are prepared for learning, especially around NCEA assessments.

We advise teachers to encourage students to use the loan system but the library staff are not always available to loan laptops during class time.  Teachers have the option during class time to use a number of laptops from the COW/Pod nearest to their classroom if needed. Teachers record the numbers of the laptops taken manually and cross them off when they are returned. This is an option if you have a few students in your class without a device and you have decided to change your lesson and require all students to have access to a computer.  It is very important that teachers also check that the laptop is in good condition when it is returned at the end of the period.

Students who are hardship candidates are dealt with through their Head of School. Please speak to them in the first instance if you think this may be the case rather than contacting home directly. (See ‘Procedures for provision of digital devices for students’ for further information around this).

Pods/COWs are available in:

Languages                  D block – D3 (7) and D5 (5)

Science                       A block downstairs in staff workroom (11)

Mathematics               S block (15)

English                        Staff workroom upstairs R block (11)

Student Support          O block (22)

Technology                  H block (7) and W block (9)