Massey High School’s integrated eLearning means it is recommended that students bring a device to school each day to support their learning. Students will access the internet using the wireless network on campus, and access learning materials provided by the school. This includes access to Office 365 and the school’s printing services. The most suitable device for learning is a laptop or similar with a keyboard capable of accessing Office365 online, with a reasonable screen size. A smartphone is not suitable for BYOD.  

At Massey High School, eLearning is utilised in classrooms to promote student engagement and to further enrich student outcomes. Furthermore, an interactive, digital learning environment, allows students to further develop digital literacy skills and 21st century competencies such as communication, collaboration, problem solving and creative thinking. The curriculum and learning activities in Year 9 have been adapted to ensure that devices supplement students classroom learning. 

Each student will be issued with a network username and password, which will allow them to log onto the school’s network when onsite. All students have access to the cloud-based Microsoft Suite – Office 365, which provides each student with an Outlook email account, document storage (OneDrive), and the ability to utilise all Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote etc).

Students engage in eLearning through Microsoft Teams and OneNote Classroom Notebooks. They will also be able to install the Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, etc.) on their Windows device. Chromebooks should be capable of accessing the cloud-based suite.  Most subjects also utilise Education Perfect, the cost of which is met by the school.

Retailers?

PBTech, Noel Leeming, Harvey Norman etc all do these products. If you have a specific model of laptop in mind, it may be worth checking out pricespy.co.nz which compares the price across all retailers.

Noel Leeming offer a damage protection insurance add-on, more information about this here or instore https://www.noelleeming.co.nz/protection

Lease Programme

At Massey High School we offer a lease programme for any families who are struggling to purchase their own device. This is to enable all students to engage in their digital learning. This is an important part of all subjects at Massey High School. The incoming Year 9s will be able to lease a Chromebook for $90 which they will be able to use at home and during holidays until the end of their time here at Massey High School, enabling them to access all their learning opportunities until the end of Year 13. There are a limited number of lease devices available and this is offered on a first come first served basis. The Chromebook can be leased through myKindo the school online payment system.

Student BYOD – Parent info (technical)

Note: Windows 10 is no longer officially supported as of October 2025. Although Windows 10 will continue to work for a time, it will lose compatibility with some apps and will receive no security updates. Existing Windows 10 computers with compatible hardware can upgrade to Windows 11 for free. For more information, please visit https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-of-support

Do I need to buy anti-virus?

Windows includes Windows Defender however retailers will often try sell Mcafee or Norton, or computers will come with these pre-installed. Windows defender is free, installed by default and is highly recommended as it works best despite its zero-cost point.

ChromeOS/Chromebooks do not get viruses at this stage; therefore no anti-virus software is available/necessary.