Wellbeing News

Child Safety & Wellbeing: Creating Safe Spaces

Grade Prep and One

In Week 7, our students will participate in a Wellbeing lesson centered on Child Safety. The theme we will be exploring with the Preps and Ones is Help Seeking. This will build on the knowledge and understanding the students have been exploring through our Wellbeing Unit on Help Seeking. The student focus of the lesson will be to:

• RECOGNISE safe and unsafe situations and body clues. 

• REACT to keep ourselves safe.

• REPORT unsafe situations.

Grade Two, Three and Four

In Week 7, our students will participate in a Wellbeing lesson centered on Child Safety. The theme this year for ABCSL is Safe Spaces, emphasising how we can create safer environments for children in both their online and offline spaces. 

The lesson objectives for Grade Three and Four is to teach students to think critically about the environments they are in, helping them to confidently recognise, react to, and report unsafe situations. This lesson will build on the knowledge and skills the students have gained through the Inform and Empower workshops. 

Grade Five and Six

In Week 7, our students will participate in a Wellbeing lesson centered on Child Safety. The theme this year for ABCSL is Safe Spaces, emphasising how we can create safer environments for children in both their online and offline spaces. This lesson will build on the knowledge and skills the students have gained through the Inform and Empower workshops. 

The lesson content for Grade Five and Six explores how chatbots and AI companions can influence children’s lives and the spaces where they spend time. The main objective is to teach students to think critically about the environments they are in, helping them to confidently recognise, react to, and report unsafe situations or concerning behavior.  

Reminder to register for our free parenting workshop running onsite at SMDP in December.

We've partnered with the expert Children and Parenting Support Service unit from the Salvation Army to bring this valuable, one-off session right here to our school.

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain practical strategies and a deeper understanding of healthy digital habits for your children. Please use the QR code below or text the number to register for the one hour workshop to be run on the 3rd December at 9.30am.

Wellbeing Team,

Kathy Blythe

Wellbeing Leader

Chiara Genovese

Learning Diversity Leader

Simone Whitehead

Family Engagement Leader