As part of our Health programs this term we will be implementing the new Child Protection Curriculum – Keeping Safe. It is designed to develop skills and strategies for personal safety and abuse protection. We have married this document with our existing Health document Bounce Back so the students benefit from both. The Child Protection Curriculum is divided into five levels or stages from Preschool to Year 12, with each comprising four focus areas namely-
• The Right To be Safe
• Relationships
• Recognising and Reporting Abuse
• Protective Strategies
In each stage two main themes are presented which are:
Theme 1: We all have the right to be safe.
Theme 2: We can help ourselves to be safe by talking to people we can trust.
In the Middle Years Band 6-9 concepts covered in the focus area The Right to be Safe include :
• Adolescents and the concept of safety
• Early Warning Signs- “Fight or Flight” response and external signs
• Risk taking and adolescents
• Personal emergencies
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