Safeguarding

If you have concerns about a child's welfare or a child discloses information that causes you concern, please notify the Designated Safeguarding Lead or Deputy Safeguarding Lead.

(You can use these same contacts whether Home Learning or if your children are in school)

Designated
Safeguarding Lead:

Miss K Moneypenny
Headteacher

Deputy Designated
Safeguarding Leads:

Mr D Mattingly

Deputy Headteacher

Mrs L Dorrell
Learning Mentor

Mrs S Treveil

Learning Mentor

Nominated Governor for Child Protection:

Mrs V Baker
Governor

For further details on Safeguarding at Richmond, please read our school Safeguarding Policy

National Contacts if you are concerned about a child outside of school:

NSPCC	0808 800 5000
ChildLine	0800 1111 (Free phone)
Police	999 / 101

Online Safeguarding Information:

Keeping Children Safe online during Remote Learning

Remote Learning is a new way to help support your child and their education whilst they can not physically attend school.

Whilst it is an exciting and useful tool to be able to learn online, we would like to take the opportunity to remind you of the importance of online safety when remote learning and different online platforms are being used by your children.

Today’s pupils are growing up in an increasingly complex world, living their lives seamlessly on and offline. This presents many positive and exciting opportunities, but also challenges and risks. In school, we teach the children about these risks and how to stay safe when online.

To help support parents/carers with this when pupils are working from home, we would like to offer the following support / advice:

When watching online lessons – things to consider:

Ensure your child has a clear, quiet workspace
Make sure they have a comfortable seat and that the screen is at an appropriate height for them to look at for an extended period
Ensure your child has the required resources at the start of the lesson
Monitor your child to ensure they understand what is being asked of them
Remember you can email the school with work questions / queries via: homelearning@richmond-pri.southend.sch.uk

We can help protect our children by teaching them ‘critical thinking skills’ - a way of thinking that helps them spot potential harm and work out what to do.

Critical thinking empowers children because they can take what they know and adapt it to new situations or to solve problems that may emerge.

Thinking about what we see online – questions to consider: