List of School Activities
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The School
has identified the following Risk of
Harm
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The School has
the following Procedures in place to address risk identified in this
assessment
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Training of school personnel in
Child Protection matters
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Harm not recognised or reported
promptly
Staff being unaware of procedures
New staff untrained
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Child Safeguarding Statement
reviewed by all staff & DES procedures made available to all staff
DLP& DDLP to attend PDST face to
face training
All Staff will view Túsla training
module & any other online training offered by PDST. All new staff will be
required to view this module and produce the required certificate.
BOM minutes record all records of
staff and BOM training
The Child Protection Policy is put
into the Welcome Pack which is given to all new staff. This Welcome Pack is
kept on the table in each class for casual substitutes.
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One to one teaching
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Harm by school personnel
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Glass in window in most areas.
The photocopying room cannot be used
for testing until there is a new door, with glass, fitted.
Art work sometimes blocks the doors
but there will always have to be some glass free.
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School toilet areas
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Inappropriate behaviour
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Ensure that there is only one child
at a time in the bathroom.
Children change costumes in class
under supervision
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Curricular Provision in respect of
SPHE, RSE, Stay safe.
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Non-teaching of same
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School implements SPHE, RSE, Stay
Safe in full.
This implementation needs to be
reflected in the Cuntas Miosiul.
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Care of children with special needs,
including intimate care needs
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Harm by school personnel
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Policy on intimate care
An individual staff member will
never be alone if intimate care is needed.
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Daily arrival
and dismissal of pupils
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Harm from older pupils, unknown
adults on the playground
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Arrival and dismissal supervised by Principal
and Teachers.
Children have to be collected by
their parents, in person, before they can leave the premises.
Children cannot come inside the gate
before the principal collects the children in the morning.
Staff cars cannot be moved before
the buses have gone.
Each teacher is responsible for
getting their own classes onto the buses safely.
The children who are being collected
have to wait, inside the school gates, until the teacher is back from the
buses and can dismiss them safely.
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Sports Coaches
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Harm to pupils
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Policy & Procedures in place
The sports coach will not be left
alone with the children.
All sports personnel are Garda
vetted
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Students participating in work
experience
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Harm by student
Being with children in an
unsupervised capacity
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Will not be left alone with the
children
We will not take children under 16
on work experience unless they are Garda Vetted by their school.
Fully compliant with Garda Vetting
Child Safeguarding Statement.
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Recreation
breaks for pupils
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Unauthorised adults on yard
Staff not vigilant enough
Children on our Open Day who are not
aware of the yard rules.
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Adequate supervision and locked
school doors.
Adults on Supervision must not use
their mobile phones.
Gates are not locked because of the
need for emergency service access.
Staff need to spread out around the
entire yard.
Gates to go in at both sides of
school to minimise risk of unauthorised adults accessing the yard.
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Classroom
teaching
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Harm by school personnel
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All personnel are Garda Vetted.
All personnel have been trained in
new legislation.
All personnel are aware of the Child
Safety Statement and have been involved in the creation of the Risk
assessment.
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Outdoor
teaching activities
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Meeting a stranger on school grounds
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Children are supervised at all
times.
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Managing of challenging behaviour
amongst pupils.
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Injury to pupils and staff
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Health & Safety Policy
Code Of Behaviour
This will need review depending on
the children that are enrolled. It is not something that arises very often.
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After school
activities
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Unauthorised people gaining access
to the premises.
Unknown people collecting the
children.
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Door is to be kept secure during
after school activities.
Children will not be released to
unknown and unidentified adults.
The parents should have the phone
number of the adult running the class.
The adult in charge will not leave
until all the children are collected.
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School outings
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Children coming in contact with
strangers
Children being left behind
Supervision for toilet breaks.
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Learning about stranger danger.
Children to be in sight and counted.
Children never left “lagging”
behind. There should be one adult at the end of the line and one at the start
of the line.
Cross checking numbers of children
during the outing.
SNA will not be left alone with a
child, who may be ill, on outings.
School Tours Policy
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Administration
of Medicine
Administration
of First Aid
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Children will not be alone with an
adult during the administration of medicine.
Children gaining access to medicine
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Administration of medicine policy.
Each individual child has a medical
procedure and indemnity document.
All medicines are in a locked
cabinet
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Door bell
ringing when secretary is not there.
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Children allowing unknown adults
into the school.
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Children must never answer the door,
even when they know and trust the adult.
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Use of
external personnel to supplement curriculum (Visitors to the school)
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Children alone with adult visitors
to the school
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Children will never be left alone
with any visitors to the school. This is especially important when there is a
talk/exhibition in the hall.
These visitors will always be
accompanied by a vetted member of staff.
The children cannot stay behind to
chat without an adult present.
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Annual Sports
Day
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Big opportunity for unknown adults
to be on the school premises.
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Children will be supervised by
school staff at all times.
Children will not stay behind to
“tidy up” without a member of school staff being present and the children
being in sight at all times.
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Fundraising
events involving pupils
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Opportunity for unknown adults to be
on the school premises.
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Children to be supervised at all
times.
There will be a designated adult in
each area, for each activity, especially on charity day.
We have designated entry and exit
points for members of the public and these are supervised.
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School
transport arrangements including use of bus escorts
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Unauthorised people collecting the
children at bus stops.
No one to collect children at the
bus stop
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Children are escorted on and off the
buses.
There is a bus escort on each bus
and they are fully Garda Vetted and have been trained in Child Protection.
See also arrival and dismissal
section of this document.
Parents remain in contact with Bus
Escort by text.
Children will not be released to
unauthorised adults.
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Use of
off-site facilities for school activities
(Swimming)
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Visiting the toilet
Adults in the changing area while
the children are changing (This, unfortunately, cannot be changed.)
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Children need to inform a member of
staff when they are going to use the toilet and they need to be supervised. 2
adults will go to the toilet area when each child needs to be supervised OR 2
adults will stay in the changing area for the duration of the lesson.
Boys will use the disabled toilet as
it is a self-contained unit and can be supervised from outside by staff.
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Management of
challenging behaviour amongst pupils, including appropriate use of restraint
where required
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Danger to staff and other children
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In the future, we will revisit our
policies and make any changes that may be necessary.
Behaviour Policy
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Curricular
provision in respect of SPHE, RSE, Stay Safe
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The only danger would be if these
subjects are not being taught properly and thoroughly.
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Monitoring of these subjects through
the Cuntas Miosiul.
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Recruitment of
school personnel including –
TeachersSNA’sCaretaker/Secretary/CleanersSports
coachesExternal
Tutors/Guest Speakers Volunteers/Parents
in school activitiesVisitors/contractors
present in school during school hours Visitors/contractors
present during after school activities
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Harm not recognised or properly or
promptly reported
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Child Safeguarding Statement &
DES procedures made available to all staff
Staff to view Tusla training module
& any other online training offered by PDST
Vetting Procedures
Policy on Parents / Volunteers
Policy on Visiting Contractors
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Use of
video/photography/other media to record school events
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Material appearing in inappropriate
places
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Media policy
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Use of
Information and Communication Technology by pupils in school
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Bullying and access of inappropriate
content
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ICT policy
Anti-Bullying Policy
Code of Behaviour
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Application of
sanctions under the school’s Code of Behaviour including detention of pupils,
confiscation of phones etc.
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Children being left in classrooms to
complete work
Children being left in corridor to
complete work
Unsupervised detention
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Code of Behaviour to be carefully
followed
Reminder: Children are not kept in
at break times as a sanction
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