4.4.1 Maintain student safety
Understanding of the relevant strategies and issues to support students’ wellbeing and safety within the school environment is imperative from both an operational school process, ethical standpoint and legislative requirement. Keeping abreast of the changing department policies through their website, the code of conduct and safety documentation is imperative. Undertaking regular risk assessments on activities and involving senior staff are all imperative factors to keeping children safe and secure within a schooling environment. Attached is a copy of a teacher observation sheet completed in relation to a recent school excursion which I attended. The planning was conducted alongside the school/department safety requirements which outlines: number of student to teach ratio, student supervision, risk assessment of the excursion and parental permission to name a few.