30/03/2017
Keeping Ourselves Safe programme at Sunnybrae Normal School During the first four weeks of Term 2 all classes will be taking part in the personal safety programme called Keeping Ourselves Safe. This programme has been developed by the New Zealand Police and the Ministry of Education. The unit will be taught by your child’s class teacher. Our Police Education Officer, Steve Harwood, will also take some of the lessons. The programme provides children with the skills to cope in situations that might involve abuse. It has three overall aims: - To develop and strengthen skills children need to keep themselves safe. - To support and encourage abused children to get help from caring adults. - To make parents and teachers more aware of the need to keep children from being abused by adults or older children. The students will learn to: - feel positive about who they are - identify and share their feelings; particularly when they feel unsafe or frightened - use correct names for body parts - recognise different types of touch and have strategies for dealing with unwanted touch - keep themselves safe online - cope confidently with situations where people ask them to keep secrets, trick them or try to bribe them - decide who they can trust and ask these people for help - help set and follow personal family safety rules - develop resiliency to support themselves now and in the future A parent meeting will be held next Wednesday 5 April from 9am – 10am in the staffroom with Constable Steve Harwood and Jennie Stewart to share information about the programme and answer any questions you may have.