Anytime Anywhere Learning (AAL)
As a Google reference school we use Google Suite for Education for Teaching and Learning. We encourage all students to purchase or lease a Chromebook. The school runs a scheme called Anytime Anywhere Learning (AAL). For Year 7 we will launch this scheme with parents in Autumn B November 2025 with the portal opening to communicate payment plans and information about buying a Chromebook. The Chromebooks then get distributed to students in Spring B February 2026 to students. There are options to buy out right or over a payment plan pay either 1, 2 or 3 years.
There is an option if you already have a Chromebook or want to purchase one yourself and not join the scheme that you can pay £50 to have the safeguarding software added to your device, which the school will do to ensure that your daughter is safe when working online.
PLEASE NOTE WE ONLY ALLOW CHROMEBOOKS IN SCHOOL - no Windows or Mac computers as they do not run on our operating systems.
Any specific questions please email AAL@stphils.org.uk
The Acceptable Use Agreement outlines how we expect all children, young people and adults involved in the life of St Philomena's to behave when they are online, and/or using school networks, connections, internet connectivity and devices, cloud platforms and social media (both when on the school site and outside of school).
Please read through the Acceptable Use Agreement carefully with your daughter and use the link to submit your agreement to this document using the online form.
Acceptable Use Agreement Form Link
Please ensure that you have submitted your agreement as soon as possible, and at the latest by Friday 2nd May 2025.