The wellbeing and safety of our students is a priority for our staff and board of trustees. Please see information below regarding the Keeping Ourselves Safe programme which will be taught a little later this term.

Keeping Ourselves Safe (KOS) is a school-based personal safety programme that provides children and young people with skills to cope with situations that might involve abuse. It was developed by a partnership between the NZ Police and Ministry of Education, and is taught in most NZ schools.

What will our students learn?

They will learn:

• to work out when their safety is at risk
• how to keep safe when they meet and mix with other people
• who and how to ask for help if they, or someone they know, is being abused
• to go on asking for help until someone does something to stop the abuse
• that it is important to make and follow personal, family and school safety rules.

They will know:

• that abuse is never okay
• that abuse is never their fault.

You can also read further information for parents here: https://www.police.govt.nz/advice/personal-and-community-advice/school-portal/resources/successful-relationships/info-parents-whanau 

If you have any queries, then please feel free to contact your child’s whānau teacher or Tony - tony@teaomarama.school.nz