Safeguarding Blog

Speak out. Stay Safe. As we do at the start of each term, this week we have been talking to children about NSPCC’s Speak out. Stay Safe initiative. The purpose of this weekly theme is to help children know their rights – this has been really helpful to have

Online Safety In the last week of each term we always talk about online safety for our safeguarding weekly theme, this is because children are likely to spend more time online during the holidays. This week, our online safety theme across the academy was: Using the internet for good

Privates are Private! This week we talked to children about NSPCC’s PANTS initiative – whilst the video is aimed at young children, the message is important for all children and all of our children really enjoyed singing along! We used daily reviews and Friday’s safeguarding weekly theme session to

Physical Harm Across the year we have mapped out opportunities to talk to children about the four different types of harm, in an age appropriate-way and using child-friendly resources. This week we have been talking to children about physical harm – what it is and what children can do

Lockdown This week we spent time talking to children about our lockdown procedure – why we have a lockdown procedure, what our lockdown alarm sounds like and what to do in the event of the lockdown alarm sounding. In daily reviews and Friday’s PSHE/safeguarding session, we share the following

Road Safety Week As part of Road Safety week, in daily reviews and Friday’s PSHE session, we recapped the green cross code (follow links below for more information on this) and then we spoke to children about the following:  What should we do to keep safe whilst travelling

  On Monday, we talked about the theme of ‘kindess and inclusion’ as part of anti-bullying week and on Tuesday, we wore odd socks to celebrate difference and diversity. As part of anti-bullying week, our safeguarding weekly theme has focused on teaching children about child on child harm –

Speak out. Stay Safe. This week we have been talking to children about NSPCC’s Speak out. Stay Safe initiative. We introduced this to children last year and have regularly reviewed the children’s rights section. In daily reviews and Friday’s PSHE session, we talked to children about what we mean

Attendance and Punctuality This week we talked to children about attendance and punctuality – what they mean and why they matter. In daily reviews, we used the following questions to support discussion and share ideas on how to promote good attendance and punctuality: What is punctuality? What time does

Online Safety This week, we have been talking to children about how to be a Begbrook citizen online – ahead of the half term holiday where children likely to spend an increased amount of time on the internet.   EYFS In our Preschool and Reception classes, we have been