As you would have seen promoted earlier in the term, we have two opportunities scheduled for families to attend a Keeping Safe Child Protection Curriculum Parent and Carer Workshop. The first of these two opportunities is on this Wednesday, commencing at 8:45am in the new Learning Hub. For those who are unable to make this weeks workshop, a second evening session is scheduled for Wednesday, 26th July. Details for this Wednesday’s event are below.
Date: Wednesday 29th March
Time: 8.45 -10.15 am
Venue: St Dominic’s ‘Learning Hub’
(Please note this parent workshop is not suitable for children to attend)
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Did you know?
Approximately 1 in 5 children will experience child sexual abuse.
Reference: JPrice-Robertson, Bromfield and Vassallo, 2010; Mills, Kisely, Alati, Strathearn, & Najman, 2016; Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, 2017
In at least 90% of child sexual abuse cases, the offender is known to the family.
Reference: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2017; Quadara, Nagy, Higgins & Siegel, 2015.
It is a requirement of the Non-Government Schools Registration Standards that all students receive a protective behaviours and sexual abuse prevention education.
The Keeping Safe: Child Protection Curriculum (KS:CPC) is a child safety and respectful relationships curriculum for children taught in all year groups at St Dominic’s School.
The program provides age and developmentally appropriate strategies to increase children’s safety.
On Wednesday, parents, carers and grandparents are encouraged to attend the Keeping Safe Parent/ Carer Workshop, presented by Justine O’Malley, St Dominic’s School Social Worker, to learn how they can reinforce the Keeping Safe themes, focus areas and topics at home:
Theme 1: We all have the right to be safe ·
Theme 2: We can help ourselves to be safe by talking to people we trust
Focus Area 1: The right to be safe ·
Focus Area 2: Relationships ·
Focus Area 3: Recognising and reporting abuse ·
Focus Area 4: Protective strategies
Leon Bolding/ Justine O’Malley
Principal/ Social Worker