Child Safeguarding (Child Friendly)

Feeling safe and happy at ASIS


At American Standard International School, we want to make sure that you feel looked after, safe, and happy both in and out of school.

Sometimes we don’t know if something bad is happening, so you need to tell us.

This policy looks at keeping children safe and what you can do when you think you are being abused or when you think someone else is being abused.

We can help you by:
 Teaching you what safeguarding is.
 Teaching you what to do if you feel worried or scared.
 Making sure you know who you can speak to if you are worried.
If you don’t understand something or have any questions about what you read, please ask
your teacher for help.

What Does Safeguarding Mean?

Safeguarding refers to the process of protecting children to provide safe and effective care. This includes all procedures designed to prevent harm to a child.

Safeguarding means that staff will:
 Protect you from harm.
 Make sure that nothing stops you being healthy or developing
properly.
 Make sure that you are looked after.
 Make sure that you have the best life chances and can grow up happy
and successful.

We will ensure that the school is a friendly, welcoming and supportive
place to spend time in, making it somewhere you want to be.

We want to make sure that you know who to ask for help, and will plan lessons to help you know how to look after yourself online and in the real world.

Staying Safe

If you are worried about something, you can talk to an adult in school. This could be
your teacher or any other staff member.

We will provide a safe environment for you to learn in, as we want to make sure you remain safe at home as well as in school. If you need to talk, we will listen.


We respect you and want to keep you safe, so we will do our best to help you to make progress in your learning and to be happy. We will also teach you how to recognize risks and how to stay safe.

We think it is important for you to know where to get help if you are worried or unhappy about something, and we will do our best to spot if there is a problem.

We will listen to you if you want to talk to us or need our help, and we will always take
you seriously.

We will always make time to listen and talk if you need us, please remember:
 You are important to us.
 It’s never your fault if someone is hurting or abusing you.
 There is always someone that can help you and you will not be in trouble.
 If someone is hurting you, they may also be hurting someone else, so it is important that
you tell someone to make it stop and know that you will be kept safe.
 Every child should enjoy the right to a happy and safe childhood; do not be scared to tell
someone if there is anything worrying you.

Who To Talk To

It’s important that you tell someone you trust if someone is:

 Bullying you.
 Saying things to you that make you feel upset or uncomfortable.
 Touching a part of your body you do not like.
 Hitting or hurting you.
 Taking your things.
 Sending unkind messages on the internet or to your phone.
It is important you tell someone as soon as you think that you are being abused, or
you think that someone else is being abused.
Speaking to someone like your parent, caregiver, or teacher will mean that we can make sure the abuse stops and doesn’t happen again.

DSL stands for Designated Safeguarding Lead. In most schools there is always somebody who has the responsibility to keep you safe, and all staff have to tell that person if they are worried about you.

Staff have training and are taught how to keep children safe, as it is the most important part of their job. These people who are the DSL may have other job titles; you may recognize them as a safeguarding officer or safeguarding manager.

The list below shows the people at our school that you can speak to:
 Ms. Rubayat, Vice-Principal, DSL
 Ms. Noreen, Senior Coordinator
 Ms. Priti, ESL Coordinator

If you wish to seek further help, you can call us +8802 222296917 or email us at office@asisbd.org

Bullying

Bullying is a type of abuse that takes place when someone tries to hurt another
person on purpose. People can be bullied in many different ways:

Emotional bullying includes hurting someone’s feelings, by leaving them out or
bossing them about. People can sometimes use emotional bullying to take advantage of you to get their own way by making threats or making you feel like you have to do something for them.

Physical bullying can include hitting, kicking, shaking, biting, hair pulling or purposely
hurting someone.

Verbal bullying can include insulting someone because of how they look or because
of their personality, and it can often go beyond that. People can also use verbal bullying to be racist, sexist, or homophobic.

Racist bullying is bullying someone because of their race, skin colour, the country they are from or the religion they believe in.

Homophobic bullying means bullying someone because of their sexuality; calling someone gay or lesbian to hurt their feelings would be homophobic.

Sexist bullying is bullying someone because of their gender; bullying someone because they are a boy or a girl would be sexist.

Cyberbullying includes any kind of bullying that takes place online; cyberbullies send insulting messages over the internet and sometimes share secret information online to hurt someone’s feelings.

Bullying is not always done by one person and can often involve a group of people ‘ganging
up’ on someone—if you ever see someone being bullied, never join in and always tell a teacher.
The bully could be one of your peers, an older or younger child, or an adult. It’s important that you tell someone if you think you are being bullied.

Internet Safety

Internet safety is an important part of keeping children safe at our school. We implement numerous safety measures, monitoring them both within and beyond the school premises, to ensure the safety of our students.

Computers and mobile phones help us all to share things and talk to friends or family, but they can also make it easier for bullies and other people to hurt you or to get close to you. 

It’s crucial to understand how to stay safe on your computer, phone, and on websites. It is important to know how to keep yourself
safe on your computer, your phone, and on websites.

The school will help if you get mean messages or if someone online has made you feel uneasy.

If you are unhappy with any comments or photographs you’ve seen on your
computer or mobile, you can tell a staff member in school.

We have an Online Safety Policy which is there to protect you.

Relationships

Any relationship you have should be positive and make you feel safe, happy and
comfortable.

A negative relationship might make someone feel scared, confused, worried, and even unsafe.

It is essential to understand the difference between a positive relationship and a negative relationship.

Positive relationships
 You are comfortable around that person.
 You can be honest with that person.
 You can say how you feel and what you are thinking. and you listen to each other.
 You support each other and treat each other well.
 You feel safe.
 You trust that person.
 You do helpful things for each other.
 You are never pressured to do anything that makes you feel uncomfortable.
 You feel looked after.

Negative relationships
 The person might push you, hit you, or break your things.
 The person might tell you what to do, what to wear, or who you can see.
 You might feel scared—they might say they will hurt you if you don’t do something.
 The person might make threats or do harmful things if you do something they did not want you to do.
 The person calls you names, makes you feel bad in front of other people, and makes you feel negative about yourself.
 The person becomes angry easily, and you don’t know what will make them angry—it might make you feel nervous.
 The person might pressure you to do things you don’t want
to do or are not ready for.
 The person might not take no for answer when you say you don’t want to do something.

School Building & Play Areas

All school staff will do their best to make sure the building  is safe for you to learn in and spend time in.
We will make sure that you know who everyone is in school by asking visitors to sign in when they arrive at
school. 

You will always know who a visitor to the school is because they will have a special badge to wear.

If you see someone acting suspiciously or trying to gain access to school grounds, you should report this to a teacher. People that we do not know will never be allowed to spend time with you on your own
and they will not be allowed to walk around the school without a member of staff.

Let's Keep American Standard International School a safe and happy place for everyone.