During our assemblies this term, the children have been focusing on BEST and how we can follow this in all areas of our lives, no matter where we are or who we are with.

We have reminded our children about how they can keep themselves safe and how they may need to be brave when they have worries or when they feel frightened.

Within our school, all the adults understand BEST and how to keep children safe so the children are encouraged to speak with adults who they feel comfortable with. The children are also aware that we have a safeguarding team and sometimes information may be shared with them. The adults on the safeguarding team may also have further conversations with the children themselves and will then work with others, including parents, to ensure children remain safe, whether that be in school or at home or within another environment.

Throughout the school year, the children regularly discuss how to keep safe during general classroom discussions and through numerous specific learning opportunities, such as PSHE, so this information is not new to them; it is part of our ethos and culture. 

In particular, we have discussed how we might keep safe in and around our school. We have discussed the importance of wearing cycling helmets, how to keep safe online and what to do during a fire alarm along with reminders about where we should go and what we should do.

We have also reminded our children that sometimes an alarm might not be heard but an adult in school may tell us we have to stay in our classrooms to keep ourselves safe. This may happen for several reasons such as unusual weather, a dog running around the school playground or a drone over our school.

We have reassured our children that these reasons are very unlikely to happen, but we still must know how to keep ourselves safe.

Our children understand that we need to practise our fire safety along with how we might need to stay in our classrooms in other situations. They understand we practice these procedures so we can learn how to follow the rules to keep us all safe during these times.

 

Linked with our No Outsiders learning (all different, all welcome), we used a wonderful image of the London Eye, from the recent New Year's celebrations, to spark our thoughts and ideas about tolerance and respect.

We also listened to part of the speech that was included in the celebration called 'This is what England means to me'. We changed it so it was about our school:

"Because this is what Standens Barn Primary School means to me. It's about liking each other no matter what colour you are, where you're from or who your God is. Because this is our school, this is Standens Barn Primary School."

This term, the children have been sharing and discussing the following books with their teachers:

Reception: What's Your Superpower

Year 1 and 2: 

Year 3: 

Year 4: 

Year 5: 

Year 6: