This programme is run in New Zealand Schools in association with the NZ Police. This programme runs throughout our school every two years and this year it will be in Term 3. Constable Gordon, out local community constable, along with our staff will talk about the programme to parents and caregivers on Monday 28 July at 5pm in the staffroom.

Keeping Ourselves Safe is a comprehensive child abuse prevention programme for schools. Its purpose is to:

• teach students a range of safe practices that they can use when interacting with other people, both online and face to face

• teach students how to recognise the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships, and encourage students who have been or are being abused to seek help

• prevent abuse by making parents and teachers more aware of their responsibilities to help students avoid abuse.