Kidsafe

Mrs Carter is our Kidsafe facilitator and will deliver sessions throughout our school.

The primary purpose of the Kidsafe children's programme is to equip participating children with effective skills to keep themselves safe from the various forms of child abuse without shattering their innocence.

The children's programme is delivered in the classroom setting with active participation from children and class teachers. The course material is age appropriate with key messages being delivered through a variety of media including song, rhyme and action, puppetry, group discussion, games and worksheets.

During the programme the children cover a range of topics including, their own feelings (happy/sad), respecting and valuing their own bodies, bullying, computer and internet safety, inappropriate touching and secrets in relation to abuse. Children devise strategies (as a group and as individuals) for keeping themselves safe. Strategies include the confidence and ability to say ‘NO’ to anything that makes them feel uncomfortable, and children identify their own support network of trusted adults that they can turn to if they are scared or worried about anything.

Since January 2003, the full Kidsafe Child Protection/Safeguarding Programme has been successfully delivered at schools with 1000's of children directly benefiting from participating in the programme.