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In Loco Parentis
In Loco Parentis We were taught at college that our primary responsibility, was to keep the children in our care safe! As has proven to be the case too often lately many of us will stand in front of a gun-weilding maniac, to protect the children in our care. What is the point of fussing …
If Only…
“Ýou meter want to have to say ‘If only.*: Quote from my mother. For the little girl in my class who died and her parents. Everything I Do. I Do It For You- Boyce Avenue Featuring Connie Talbot
The Perils of Gum Trees
Gum trees are dangerous. No they don’t wander around in marauding groups, capturing people They have the unnerving capacity to drop branches almost on a whim Preventing death and serious injury from falling trees and branches. Andrew Brookes La Trobe University, Bendigo I remember the first time I had heard how several members of a …
Doing Battle (Update 2022)
It is the subtle stuff, which has done the most damage over the years. As a teacher I have never been intimidated at the idea of voicing my concerns about children’s safety and education. I mean I made plenty of mistakes as a teacher. I have tried to help out where I can over the …
My First School Trip Away and Children’s Safety
As an eleven-year-old I went away for a week to a place called Duntisbourne Abbotts in the Cotswolds. (I later discovered my grandfather’s family originated in Gloucestershire.) We had a great time. Ìt had taken nun and dad almost a year to pay for it. I remember taking the money to school in clearly-labelled brown …
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