Child safety and wellbeing at Williamstown Primary School: information for families and the school community

Williamstown Primary School is committed to providing an environment where students are safe and feel safe.

Our child safety framework includes policies, codes and procedures that explain how we support and maintain the safety and wellbeing of our students and protect them from harm. These documents are available on our website: https://www.williamstownps.vic.edu.au/page/6/Policies

We are also committed to continuous improvement of our child safety framework. We are currently reviewing our child safety policies and practices to ensure they are up-to-date and effective.

Our students and families are important partners in this process. We welcome your feedback or ideas on ways we can improve our approach to child safety and wellbeing.

Attached is the draft version of 3 policies which have been updated. If you have any suggestions or comments, please contact Steven Puhar on at steven.puhar@education.vic.gov.au . Although feedback is always welcome, for these policies, could feedback, please occur before Wednesday, 7th August. This will ensure it can be included before the policies are approved at the next school council meeting.

School Policy Resources

Please find below a link to all available school policies.

These policies are updated regularly and where require community feedback is sought.

If you have any questions or feedback regarding any school policies, please contact the school office.

https://www.williamstownps.vic.edu.au/page/6/Policies

Policy and Procedure Reminders

Supervision

Student safety at Williamstown Primary School is our highest priority and the safe and appropriate supervision of students is an important element of our duty of care to students.

Part of this duty is ensuring parents and students are aware of our student supervision arrangements before and after school.

Before school: School grounds are supervised from 8:45am - 9:00am.

After school: School grounds are supervised from 3:30pm - 3:45pm.

Students on school grounds outside these times will not be supervised (unless they are attending a before or after school care program or supervised extracurricular activity).

Parents/carers are requested to ensure that students do not attend school outside of these supervised times unless they are attending before or after school care, or a pre-arranged supervised activity (i.e. sports practice).

Families are encouraged to contact Team Kids via the link below for more information about the before and after school care facilities available to our school community or if you would like any further information about our student supervision arrangements.

For a copy of our school’s Yard Duty and Supervision Policy please contact the school office. This policy includes Williamstown Primary School’s student supervision arrangements across the school day, including before and after school.