What parents need to know

	This website is updated once a term to introduce that term's work schedule.
	Occasionally the website is updated weekly, when there are special changes.
	Encourage your child to consult the website on a daily basis, and transfer the            dates of assignments into his/her homework dairy.  Occasionally, I have a few dedicated students who check out the web page every day and regularly submit work in advance.  This can only be to the pupil's advantage.
	CAT is not a subject which allows for downloading of pictures, movies or music from the Internet. These slow down our network and there always seem to be a few pupils who wish to download inappropriate content from the Net.   We teach software applications and how to use them.

What pupils need to know

	As stated in the requirements section, pupils need regular access to a computer. Pupils who cannot do this at home are expected to stay after school to use the computers and to logon to the website.
	I expect pupils to logon to this website every day when coming into class.
	I also expect pupils to transfer all their work from their home computers into their personal school folders on the network EVERY DAY.
	I do not accept, as an excuse for homework which is not handed in on time, that "It's on my computer at home, Miss".  I have no way of checking your child's computer at home.  EVERYTHING for CAT which is on a pupil's home computer must be transferred into his school folder the very next day.
	Pupils will not know when I decide to mark a document electronically.  This could be any assignment which they were have completed by the deadline.  Sometimes I mark these electronic versions myself, and sometimes we do peer marking.
	For the above reasons, I feel it is important for your child to have ..... �... a flash disk. We have upgraded our main lab with computers which have only USB ports - no A: or D: drives for stiffies or CD ROMs. The computers in the CAT labs have USB cables so that pupils can use their flash disks. Flash disks are getting cheaper all the time. If your child brings his own flash disk, he/she should also bring the driver, in case our system does not support that particular brand.  Our network administrator will be happy to install the driver on the server for your child.  (Note of caution:  we have found that some makes of flash-disk simply will not work on our system.  Contact me for further information.) ?.... Internet access I know that this is not possible for every household, but we will accommodate your child in the Internet lab every afternoon (except Friday), provided that he writes his name on the list before second break. There are occasions on which I expect pupils to email me their homework, but as we only teach Internet and Email in the 3rd term, I expect them to use flash disks for data transfer until then.

I trust that together we can make your child's CAT experience an enjoyable and a fruitful one.  I love teaching the subject.  The classroom has a relaxed atmosphere and, provided that pupils co-operate and don't break the rules, we can establish a good relationship. We usually have a lot of fun in the CAT class, but the idea is to LEARN the appropriate knowledge, and the learning comes first.