Early Years @ Highfield - Whitehouse

All applicable laws, as well as additional guidelines and recommendations from the Suffolk Safeguarding Board, are complied with by the Center's child protection safeguarding policies.
If we continue to be worried or if we think the child is in danger, we will quickly send them to the appropriate services.
It might seem too early to start talking to young children about staying safe online and utilising social media in a positive way, but given how many different social media platforms young kids use today—including YouTube, Snapchat, Tik Tok, games like Roblox, Gatcha Life, and many more—we know it's not.
Therefore, it may not come as a big surprise that 48% of kids are using social media by the time they are seven.
It is never too early to start thinking about online safety since we know that Highfield's students are interested in the digital world they are immersed in and that many of them know how to use smartphones and tablets.
We want to support you in having early, crucial conversations with your kids about how to have positive relationships with social media.
The story #Goldilocks is included as a PDF attachment to this post.
It's a contemporary take on the traditional fairy tale that gives you and your younger kids a fun and approachable method to talk about everything social media-related.
Children can learn about the potential repercussions of being cruel, taking excessive selfies, or sharing too many photographs from the book, which depicts Goldilocks getting into problems with the three bears for her chase of likes on social media.
In their most recent online safety training, every member of the Highfield staff read the story, and we'd like to give you the chance to read it to your kids.
We also have printed copies of the same author's and illustrator's book "Chicken Clicking," which explores how internet connections could not be as genuine as they first appear.
Ask your child's class teacher if you want to borrow one to read at home.
If your child is being picked up by a stranger who is not a member of the staff, kindly let us know in writing or by phone.
Doors should not be held open for strangers as we want to make sure everyone is registered and the kids are safe.
If you are worried about a child's welfare, kindly seek assistance from any staff member.
Every half term, the Center conducts a mock fire drill.
We tell the kids that even though there hasn't been a fire, they should nonetheless follow these instructions if one did break out.
In the unlikely event of a real emergency staff will contact the emergency services and parents/carers.
Everyone who enters the Center must be safe and in good health.
If a risk is identified, however small, we conduct an assessment to consider if we need to make changes to reduce the risk and how we should do it.
We make sure to assist kids in developing the abilities to keep themselves secure.
To lower risk, this is a suggested best practise for all clinicians.