Broad Chalke CEPrimary School
The health, safety and well-being of our children is of paramount importance. Broad Chalke Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
We believe that we all have the right to be happy, to be safe and to learn regardless of age, gender, race, culture, sexual identity or disability. We will ensure that all suspicions and allegations of abuse will be taken seriously and responded to swiftly and appropriately.
All staff and volunteers working at our school have a responsibility to report concerns to the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) or Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL).
Heather Luft DSL Emily Patterson DDSL Hannah Ramage DDSL
Safeguarding Governor
(including online safety & attendance)
What is Safeguarding?
- Protecting children from abuse and maltreatment
- Preventing harm to children’s health or development
- Ensuring children grow up with provision of safe and effective care
- Taking action to enable all children and young people
- ‘The welfare of the child is paramount’ (The Children Act, 1989)
Across every year group we teach the children how to keep themselves safe and ensure safeguarding is woven through our curriculum provision.
Our PSHE scheme, Jigsaw, addresses key safeguarding themes in an age-appropriate way e.g. sexual harassment, child-on-child abuse and domestic violence. At Broad Chalke we also carefully consider each cohort and adapt planning to suit the needs of our pupils. For details of how safeguarding is covered through the scheme, please click on the PDFS at the bottom of the page.
At Broad Chalke we raise pupil awareness about sharing worries or anxieties through child-friendly safeguarding posters. These are displayed in classrooms and throughout the school. We also have a WORRY BOX in the central area where children can write notes for the Designated Safeguarding Lead or Deputy Safeguarding Lead.
On-line safety advice for parents
We have recently held an e-safety and cybersecurity workshop for parents, which was led by a Cyber Crime and Prevent & Protect Officer, a youth and early intervention PCSO and our school PCSO.
The following information was shared with parents:
Resources and websites to support parents with keeping their children safe online (please click on the icon)
For further safeguarding advice click on our school weekly newsletters.
15 apps parents should know about
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Safer Internet Day
Safer Internet Day 2024 will be celebrated on 6th February 2024
Safer Internet Day is celebrated globally in February each year to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.
Coordinated in the UK by the UK Safer Internet Centre the celebration sees hundreds of organisations unite to raise awareness of online safety issues and run events and activities right across the UK. For more information, please click on the links below:
- Safer Internet Day
- Supporting Young People On-line - information and advice for parents and carers
- www.saferinternet.org.uk
We believe in the educational benefits of Digital Technology for effective teaching and learning.
Please click on the links below for help and advice about online safety.
Please click on the hexagons below to watch parent information video clips about online safety. These information videos are provided by SWGfL through a subscription our school has with Online Safety Boost+
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Are you unsure if an app, game or film is suitable for your child? Common Sense Media is a fantastic site where you can find reviews of all apps, games and films. The site also has lots of useful advice about setting boundaries for the use of electronic devices. | ||
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Watch a series of cartoons illustrating the 5 e-safety SMART rules. Follow the SMART Crew of young people who guide the cartoon characters in their quest, and help them make safe online decisions. | ||
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Parental guides to: Cybersecurity, Cyberbullying, Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook. | ||
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A direct link to the CEOP’s (Child Exploitation and Online Protection)Thinkuknow website.https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/ | ||
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For up to date information about parental controls, staying safe while gaming and for links to other current e-safety topics. This site also links to Digiducks BIG Decision ebook used in KS1 to deliver the e-safety message. | ||
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Links to activities and information for all ages. | ||
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Explore the digital world with your child by clicking on the many links in this site. Aimed more at Upper Key Stage 2 with lots of advice about chat rooms, mobile phones, downloading media etc. | ||
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The UK Safer Internet Centre website provides e-safety advice for children and young people, parents and carers, teachers and professionals. | ||
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An online magazine with step by step e-safety guides to setting up security settings in Facebook, using Google Safe Search, parental controls in Microsoft Windows 7 and much more. (*May take a short while to load) | ||
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A NSPCC sponsored site providing guides to the social network and games sites children are using today. The site includes guides to privacy settings and reporting abuse on sites such as; Minecraft, Miniclip, Club Penguin, Instagram and WhatsApp. | ||
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Advice for parents about online bullying | ||
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If you are worried about online abuse or the way someone has been communicating online, let CEOP know. | ||
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