Safeguarding Blog

  Online Safety As you know, we always talk to the children about keeping safe online at the end of a term, ahead of a holiday where they’ll likely be spending an increased amount of time online.  Over the academic year we will talk to the children about:

Fire Alarm This week, we talked to the children about the fire alarm: What does it sound like? The alarm is a ‘wailing siren’ sound What do we need to do if and when it goes off? When the alarm goes off, everyone needs to

Attendance and Punctuality This week we discussed with the children the importance of coming to school every day and arriving on time. Coming to school regularly helps everyone feel part of the class, build friendships, and enjoy learning. We are here to help if

What to do if you’re worried about something? This week, we discussed with the children: What to do if you’re worried about something? Worries can be small, like falling out with a friend, or bigger – like feeling unsafe or scared. If we keep worries to ourselves, they

Safe Adults This week we have been talking to children about: Who the safeguarding team are:   Who their 5 safe adults are: A 5 Safe Adults plan is a safeguarding tool that helps a child identify five trusted adults they know they can talk to when they need

Water Safety This week, we talked to the children about water safety: What are the risks?  What can you do to keep yourself safe? In our daily reviews, we reminded the EYFS and KS1 children: Water is amazing—we can splash, swim, and have

   Sexual Harm This week we talked to the children about staying safe from sexual harm in a way that’s age-appropriate and gentle for them. We told our EYFS children: Your body belongs to you. The parts of your body

      Safe Play This week we talked to the children about safe and not safe play at lunchtime. We have included this as part of our safeguarding weekly theme curriculum because there seems to be an increase in children ‘playing rough’ or play fighting at lunchtimes.

Evacuation Drill This week, we talked to the children about what an evacuation drill is, ahead of our annual evacuation drill. We explained to the children that there may be a time where we need to leave the school site because it is unsafe – this could be

Children’s Rights During our final week 1 of this school year, we reminded the children about Children’s Rights – and tried to remember what we’ve learnt about them this year. Here are some of the rights that they remembered: The right to be safe