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Keeping Children Safe at School and at Home
Introduction and content for the session: Welcome, introduce selves and our roles in school. Part of that role is to deliver awareness information sessions to you our parents The session we are going to deliver cover some aspects of safeguarding in school and home. The school’s safeguarding policy including collection of children, children walking on own etc. E-Safety – share aware, cyber-bullying, grooming, selfies, sexting, (I’ve seen your willy) social media CSE – The Pants rule Anti-Radicalisation – The Prevent Duty
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Our Safeguarding Policies
DSLs Training for all staff What we do if we have concerns Whistleblowing policy Child Collection Policy Children walking home on their own (road safety) Show poster of DSLs Refer them to the school website Briefly mention road safety and what to wear in winter months, & stranger danger, answering the door alone
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4 in 5 parents think they know what their children are doing on line
1 in 3 children say their parents have no idea
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E-Safety Our curriculum Share aware Cyberbullying
Grooming - Play clip (CEOP Jigsaw) Selfies and sexting (NSPCC) Social media - age and privacy settings Gaming Curriculum – e-safety sessions for all at start of the year and regular reminders when browsing the internet. All children and staff Sign code of conduct for using the internet. Cyberbullying - Can be defined as the use of ICT, particularly mobile phones and the internet, deliberately to upset someone else. It can be an extension of face to face bullying. It differs in several significant ways from other kinds of bullying, the invasion of home and personal space, the size of the audience, the perceived anonymity. This is linked to our anti-bullying policy. Offer reassurance and support. Don’t be afraid to ask questions Tell your child that if they are being bullied to always keep the evidence Block the bullies Learn how to report and where to go for further support What is grooming? A process by which an individual prepares a child for abuse. This is usually perpetrated by a significant adult in the child’s life either at home or somewhere else in the child’s environment. Grooming is a conscious, purposeful, and carefully planned approach used by the offender to gain access to the child, gain the child’s trust and compliance and maintain the child’s secrecy to provide opportunities to abuse and reduce the likelihood of being reported or discovered. Talk to your child about online grooming. Explain how easy it can be to lie online and the reasons why an adult may wish to contact them online. Talk about their online friends. Ask them to think carefully about who they chat and share information with. If they don’t know them in the real world they need to delete or limit what they share with them, such as their location, photos and videos. Let your child know that you are always there for support. Let them know that you understand how easy it can be to get into difficulties online. Get them to talk to you if anyone makes inappropriate/ sexual comments and that, no matter what’s happened, you are there to help. Learn how to report any inappropriate contact made to your child online. This can be done via the ClickCEOP button at CEOP.police.uk Selfies and sexting – Snapchat stores photos for a few seconds bur pictures can be saved and forwarded to others. Criminal offence! Social media – privacy settings to friends only, regulalry check them, only accept people they know, age for accounts is 13 Gaming – many different sites that allow you to play online with others e.g. minecraft, club penguin, Moshi Monsters, COD, GTA – remember to consider the age appropriateness of the sites and check the content.
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Privates are private Always remember your body belongs to you No means no Talk about secrets that upset you Speak up, someone can help.
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Child Sexual Exploitation
CSE – something that adults would rather not talk about but the best way of protecting children from harm is if adults do just that. It is a form of sexual abuse in which a young person is manipulated or forced into taking part in a sexual act. This could be part of a seemingly consensual relationship, or in return for attention, affection, money, drugs, alcohol or somewhere to stay. Sexual abuse thrives on secrecy. Talking to and listening to your child is the best protection. Monitor your child for signs they are happy. Attention – Be aware of who is paying attention to your children and who their friends are Respect your child's wishes if they don’t want to be with someone or stay somewhere Talk openly to your children about keeping safe, if your child does confide in you, listen calmly and be reassuring (Leaflet on this for Parents from Parents Protect website)
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Anti Radicalisation & The Prevent Duty
A couple of weeks ago a leaflet was sent home which explained about the Prevent Duty. - Not a new document – published in 2011 Part of overall counter-terrorism strategy Aims to reduce the threat to the UK from terrorism or stopping people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism Surrey Police have a prevent team which works closely with partners and communities to support the prevent strategy. Protecting children from the risk of Radicalisation is seen as part of the schools wider safeguarding duties and is similar in nature to protecting children from other forms of harm and abuse Radicalisation is the process in which a person comes to support terrorism and forms of extremism School staff use their professional judgment in identifying children who might be at risk of radicalisation and act proportionately which may include referral to the Channel programme. Schools must ensure that children are safe from terrorist and extremist material when accessing the internet at school. (monitor) Section 26 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 which states there is a duty for specified authorities to have ‘due regard to the need to prevent people being drawn into terrorism’ we are a specified authority What have we done? All Our staff have had compulsory Anti Radicalisation training We have a separate Anti Radicalisation Policy and it is also in our Safeguarding How do we prepare our children ? We are a Faith School we teach our children about respect, and tolerance. Our values are Forgiveness, thankfulness, Compassion and Fellowship. British values permeates the whole curriculum from Reception to Y6. look on our website.
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Together we can protect our children by teaching them to be smart,
And Finally… Children are our Nation’s most precious resource, but as children, they often lack the skills to protect themselves. It is our responsibility as Parents and Teachers , to safeguard children and teach them the skills to be safe. Together we can protect our children by teaching them to be smart, strong and safe
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