Alsager Highfields Junior Safeguarding Champions
Alsager Highfields Junior Safeguarding Champions
“I have learned you are never too small to make a difference.” - Greta Thunberg
Who are we?
We are a group of children from Year 3 to 6 who work together to help our school to be safe for all of us, children, teachers and visitors. We are supported by Mrs Harrison (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead). We have voted for and elected our Junior Safeguarding Team for this year and they are all very excited to take on this role and formulate our actions.
The Aims of our Safeguarding Champions
- To make our school as safe as it can be.
- For all children and adults to feel happy, safe and included.
Our Role
- We will help to make sure the children at our school know how to keep themselves safe through half-termly assemblies;
- We will listen to the ideas, opinions and suggestions of our class;
- We will review and contribute to school policies;
- We will help to make our school rules, ensuring everyone stays safe;
- We will discuss our learning and how it could be made even better;
- We will check that children feel safe in and out of school as well as online.
Safeguarding Champion News
Last year we elected democratically our Safeguarding Champions who then met to discuss their roles and what they may work on over the year. The champions had an extremely busy year from then on, launching an anti-bullying poster competition, with the theme of 'Power for Good'. The winner of the competition had their poster displayed in each classroom. The champions continued to review and produce an up-to-date child friendly safeguarding policy and created a child-friendly online safety policy. Children were also reminded during assemblies about how to keep themselves safe over the holiday periods, in particular over Christmas where they may have had new devices. Road and rail safety were also discussed on the agenda last year.
Teachers shared the Childline website in each class, including the games and acitivites that reminded everyone of how to keep safe and look after their own well-being. Children and staff also led Speak Out, Stay Safe assemblines both in class and as a whole school.
To complete the year, the team led an assembly about diversity, equality and equity. They also launched a competition about 'My unique self', where children created an Elmer version of themselves, sharing everything that makes them a special and unique individual.
Watch out for news of our events this year.