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NSW students wave goodbye to their smartphones
High schoolers with smartphone separation anxiety can wave goodbye to playground Snapchats and swimming carnival selfies with a hard-line ban on mobile phones across all public schools starting on the first day of term four.
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At our school, we have had an off-and-away policy for two years. The first year was difficult until we had a confiscation policy where the phone, if seen on campus, is confiscated overnight and must then be collected by the parents. This has had a huge positive effect.