CHILD SAFETY POLICIES - HAVE YOUR SAY

Community Consultation – Child Safe Policy

At Roxburgh Homestead Primary the safety and wellbeing of every child in our care is our highest priority. We are currently reviewing and updating our Child Safe Policies to ensure it reflects current best practices and meets the needs of our school community. Copies of our cuurent policies can be found here.

We believe that building a child safe culture is a shared responsibility. That's why we're inviting parents, carers, and community members to be part of the consultation process. Your feedback, thoughts, and suggestions are incredibly important in helping us create a policy that supports a safe, respectful, and inclusive environment for all children.

How to Get Involved:

Visit and read our schools dedicated child safety site and reivew our current policies (available on our website or at the front office)
Share your feedback via email at roxburgh.homestead.ps@education.vic.gov.au

Feedback closes on 14th March 2025.

CHILD SAFETY COMMITMENT

Roxburgh Homestead Primary School:

• Ensures that every person has a responsibility to understand the important and specific role he/she plays individually and collectively to ensure that the wellbeing and safety of all students is at the forefront of all they do and every decision they make.

• Is committed to safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. This will be the primary focus of our care and decision-making.

• Has zero tolerance for child abuse• Actively works to listen to and empower children so their voices are heard about decisions that affect their lives.

• Has systems in place to protect children from abuse, and will take all allegations and concerns very seriously and responds to them consistently in line with the organisation's policies and procedures

• Is committed to promoting physical, emotional and cultural safety for all children – with particular attention paid to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, students from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, all vulnerable students, in addition to the safety of children with a disability.

• Is committed to providing a safe environment for all students

COMPLAINTS POLICY

PURPOSE

The purpose of this policy is to:

• provide an outline of the complaints process at Roxburgh Homestead Primary School so that students, parents and members of the community are informed of how they can raise complaints or concerns about issues arising at our school

• ensure that all complaints regarding Roxburgh Homestead Primary School are managed in a timely, effective, fair and respectful manner.

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PRIVACY AND INFORMATION SHARING

(Child Safe Standard 2)

Critical Information

▪ As a school staff member you are permitted to share certain information about a child who has been impacted (or is suspected to have been impacted) by abuse with

▪ other staff members in order to enable staff to best support and protect that child

▪ an officer from DHHS Child Protection, if the information requested may be of assistance to DHHS Child Protection in their investigation of protective concerns

▪ Victoria Police if the information may assist in the investigation of potential criminal offences, or may aid in the immediate protection and safety of the child.

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SunSmart Policy

PURPOSE:

Our SunSmart policy has been developed to ensure that through the combined efforts of parents and staff, all students attending Roxburgh Homestead Primary School are protected from skin damage caused by the ultraviolet rays of the sun. This policy is to be implemented throughout the year by the wearing of SunSmart hats will be compulsory in Terms 1 and 4.

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Roxburgh Homestead Primary School Newsletter

Respect. Honesty. Pride. Success.

2025 - Term 1 Issue 3 · 03 Mar 2025

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