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Telephone: 0117 903 0077

Email: airballoonhillp@bristol-schools.uk

Headteacher: Tim Browse

Safeguarding

Safeguarding Children

The whole school community at Air Balloon Hill Primary have a responsibility to safeguard the children and young people who attend our school.

We ensure all staff have successfully completed necessary clearances to enable them to work with children. As well as all staff receiving safeguarding training we have a specifically trained and nominated Designated Safeguarding Lead and Safeguarding Team.

Our Safeguarding Team

Safe, Kind and Respectful

We have been talking to the children about ‘being safe’ during our first SKR week of the year.  A copy of the letter from Mrs Knight can be found here: Parent letter SKR Week Being Safe and information about the NSPCC PANTS campaign can be found below

NSPCC ‘PANTS’ Campaign

The NSPCC’s ‘PANTS’ campaign has been supporting and encouraging parents and schools to talk to primary aged children about saying safe. The PANTS tools and resources give adults clear and simple ways to open these conversations in a clear and child friendly way. This helps children to understand that their body belongs to them and that they should tell someone they trust if anything makes them feel upset or worried.

At Air Balloon, we fully support and deliver the PANTS message to our children. Click here for a Parents’ Guide We also recommend watching the ‘The Pantosaurus Song’ with younger children, which can be accessed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lL07JOGU5o

Prevent

What does the Prevent Duty mean for schools?

The Prevent Duty is about ensuring that appropriate support is available for individuals who may demonstrate vulnerabilities to radicalisation.

All schools have a duty to safeguard children from radicalisation and extremism.  This means that we have a responsibility to protect children from extremist and violent views in the same way that we protect them from any other forms of harm.

Mrs Knight is our DSL and Prevent Lead.  She can be contacted via the school office on 0117 9030077 or by emailing safeguarding@abhps.com

How do we approach this with our pupils?

At Air Balloon Hill Primary School, we build pupils’ resilience to radicalisation by promoting Fundamental British Values and enabling pupils to challenge extremist views. It is important to emphasise that the Prevent Duty is not intended to stop pupils debating controversial issues. On the contrary, school provides a safe space in which children and staff can understand the risks associated with terrorism and develop the knowledge and skills to be able to challenge extremist arguments.

It is important that all children feel safe in school and that they are able to express tolerance towards all cultures and religions, even when personal views may be different.  At Air Balloon, we approach this in a number of different ways. 

  • Our Inquiry curriculum helps children to understand why the world is like it is and how human behaviour can change it. By critically reviewing these human behaviours, children will then have the opportunity to consider how they might be able to make the world a better place.  Through our teaching we aim to challenge prejudice and discrimination and we take every opportunity to celebrate our diversity.
  • We have developed a special ‘Everyone Belongs’ curriculum that is delivered through assemblies and follow-up class discussions. This work looks at protected characteristics and in doing so
    promotes inclusion and equality.  This work also supports our work on British Values, promoting the importance of individual liberty, tolerance and respect.  During this work, we often explore what   discrimination can look like, and feel like, for those people who may feel like outsiders because of who they are or how they have been treated by others.
  • Our PSHE curriculum provides opportunities for children to explore feelings and opinions in a safe environment.
  • We have five ‘Safe, Kind and Respectful’ weeks every year. This provides us with the opportunity to explore key issues such as ‘being safe’ and trusted adults, bullying, online safety and diversity.

Staff at Air Balloon have completed the government’s Prevent training on how to identify radicalisation and extremism. We recognise that we play a vital role in keeping children safe from harm, including from the risks of extremism and radicalisation, and in promoting the welfare of children in our care.

Where to go for more information

If you have any questions or concerns about the Prevent strategy and what it means for your child, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Knight.  You can view our Prevent audit and action plan below.

The following websites gives parents/carers practical advice on protecting children from extremism and radicalisation:

Prevent Self-Assessment and Action Plan September 2022

Bristol City Council Safeguarding Information

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Telephone: 0117 903 0077 Email: airballoonhillp@bristol-schools.uk