Safeguarding Blog

Mental Health and Wellbeing As part of World Mental Health day this week, we have been talking to children about mental health and wellbeing – what it is and what we can do to promote a positive mental health and wellbeing. In daily reviews and Friday’s safeguarding weekly theme

Fire Alarm This week we have been talking to children about what to do in the event of the fire alarm going off. We listened to the alarm and talked about the following process: When the alarm goes off, everyone needs to leave the building as quickly and as

Lanyards – what do they mean? This week we have been talking to children about the different lanyards that grown-ups wear. We shared the following information with children: We have blue lanyards for adults who we know are safe because they have had all of the safeguarding checks. Blue lanyards could be

Who keeps us safe at lunchtime? This week, we have been talking to children about our lunchtime leaders, helping them to remember who they are so that they know who to talk to at lunchtime if there is a worry or a problem. We share the following information in

What can I do if I am worried about something? This week, we have been talking to children about the different options they have if and when they are worried about something. The most important answer to the question above it to tell someone. In daily reviews and Friday’s safeguarding

Who are the Safeguarding Team? For our first safeguarding weekly theme of this Academic year, we have been talking to children about who the safeguarding team are. We will be reminding children that all adults are here to help and keep them safe and the safeguarding team help all adults

Online Safety This week we talked to children about being good digital citizens. Each year group had a focus area (outlined below) which they focused their discussions on. Y1/Y2 – Utilise proper online etiquette Y3 – Respectfully voicing your opinion Y4 – Respect others’ point of view on the

Keeping Safe in the Summer Holidays In our daily reviews and Friday’s PSHE sessions this week, we talked to children about keeping safe in the summer holidays. We shared ideas and then wrote them in our class floorbook based on the following questions: Do you have any worries about

Childline This week, we talked to children about Childline – what it is and how it can be used. We showed children around the ChildLine website and shared the following information: For more information about ChildLine, please following the link below: https://www.childline.org.uk/about/about-childline/

Child on child harm This week, we talked to children about child on child harm - what it is, how we manage it and what children can do if they see it happening. We shared the following information: What it child on child harm? Child on child harm is when a child or group of children deliberately/intentionally harm/hurt another child or group of children. This can be physically, emotionally, verbally and in person or online. (If bullying is mentioned, it is important that child understand that bullying is when a child on child incident happens repeatedly – a child/group of children are targeted again and again). How do we manage child on child harm at BPA? Use our approach to managing child on child harm to discuss this (see image below) What can children do if they see child on child harm happening? Encourage children to share ideas of what they should do if they saw a child on child incident, even if they aren’t involved. This is linked to anti-bullying alliance’s strategy to encourage ‘bystanders’ to become ‘upstanders’. For more information on this, please follow the link below: https://anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/tools-information/all-about-bullying/whole-school-and-setting-approach/peer-support-strategies-0