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St Brendan’s

Child Friendly Child Safe Policy

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Introduction

Our school is responsible for our care, safety and wellbeing.

We have a Child Safe Policy so that everyone is respected and feels safe.
It is important that we are listened to and have an opportunity to share our thoughts and opinions.

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Purpose

The purpose of this policy is to make sure that all students feel comfortable with the people around them.

Our teachers care about us and also make sure that we feel safe when we are at school, excursions and on camps.

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Rights & Responsibilities

We have the right to be safe

We have the right to be respected

Everyone has the right to learn

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Commitment to Child Safety

Our school is committed to keeping our students safe from poor behaviour.

Every student has the right to feel and be safe.

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Managing Risks

The school keeps us safe by:

closing the gates
teachers on yard duty who wear bright vests
‘children only’ toilets

Adults at our school must use adult toilets / visitor toilets:

Before every event, excursion or camp our teachers think about how to avoid situations that might be dangerous or that may hurt us.

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Code of Conduct

Our school makes sure there is a Code of Conduct for all teachers, helpers, receptionists, Casual Relief Teachers, parent helpers, other volunteers and workers that describes how they should behave.

Just like we have the St. Brendan’s Expectations for students, the Code of Conduct is the expectation for adults.

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Hiring Staff To Work With Us

At St. Brendan’s, our Principal Mrs Carr makes sure that the right person gets the job to work with us and that they are committed to keeping children safe.

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Inclusion and Empowerment for all Students

St. Brendan’s Primary School works with students to…

ensure that they are empowered to understand their rights
recognise what abuse is and encourage them to speak up when they feel uncomfortable or afraid
lead with or without the badge

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Valuing Differences

At St. Brendan’s we value everyone's individuality.

We look after children with different abilities, backgrounds, beliefs and appearances. We aim to make everyone feel comfortable.

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Visitors Must Sign In To The Office

All adults in our school need to sign in to the office.

If you see an adult without a school lanyard / name badge

you should let a teacher/ LSO know so they can take that person back to the office to sign in to our visitors register.

This includes:

Parent helpers
Visitors
Maintenance people like electricians, plumbers and builders

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Responding & Reporting

Our teachers as well as other adults will listen to our problems on the yard, in the classroom and if we are having an issue at home. If it is a big problem sometimes other people are called in to help us solve the problem.

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The Principal and teachers at St. Brendan’s Primary School understand that it is important for all students to feel safe.

If you don’t feel safe at school you can….

Let the teacher know you want to talk
Ask a Grade 6 student on the yard
Tell the teacher on yard duty
Tell your class teacher or Learning Support Officer (LSO)
Tell a buddy
Let the office know there is an adult without a lanyard/ name badge
Fill out the St Brendan’s Student Suggestions Google Form

St Brendan's Student Suggestions

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If you don’t feel safe out of school you can…

Talk to one or both of your parents/carers
Tell a trusted adult on your safety network
Call the Kids Helpline on 1800 551 800
Tell a staff member at school
Fill out the St Brendan’s Student Suggestions Google Form