An A to Z of DUCKS
An A to Z of DUCKS
Special Events At DUCKS we share the children’s achievements and reflect on events and festivals through performance and experiences in the school and wider community. You will be invited to attend many of these events and we hope you can join us to support and celebrate the children’s accomplishments. Children will take part in a Christmas party, an Easter celebration and Fun Day. Ducklings will also join the Sports Festival and have a Celebration of Learning at the end of the Summer Term when the children showcase their success made during the year. All children are also involved in focused weeks such as Book Week and STEAM Week. Each year the children in the Infants’ School will present a class Celebration of Learning based on their current learning. In the Summer Term, Year 2 use the Edward Alleyn Theatre on the main College site/ campus for their final play and also present their Leavers’ Assembly to parents/carers. These are fantastic opportunities for the children to develop the confidence required to express themselves to an audience. The children also participate in the following events, to which parents/ carers are invited: • Christmas celebration at DUCKS • Easter celebration at St Stephen’s Church • Inter-school swimming galas • Inter-school sports days • String and piano concerts • Class Celebrations of Learning • DUCKS sports day • Parent and carer week` Full details of all events will be communicated via the newsletter sent by DUCKSPost on a Friday.
Safer Recruitment We operate the following procedures to ensure the safeguarding of children at DUCKS: • We provide adequate and appropriate staffing resources to meet the needs of children. • Applicants for posts at DUCKS are clearly informed that the positions are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Candidates are informed that appropriate checks will be carried out before posts can be confirmed. Where applications are rejected because of information that has been disclosed, applicants have the right to know and to challenge incorrect information. • We abide by Ofsted and ISI requirements in respect of references and police checks for staff and volunteers, to ensure that no disqualified person or unfit person works at DUCKS or has access to the children. One person on every interview panel has completed safer recruitment training. • Volunteers, including students, do not work unsupervised. • We abide by the Protection of Children Act 1999 requirements in respect of any person who is dismissed from our employment, or resigns in circumstances that would otherwise have led to dismissal for reasons of child protection concern. • We have procedures for recording the details of visitors to DUCKS and take security steps to ensure that we have control over who comes into DUCKS, so that no unauthorised person has unsupervised access to the children. All visitors must wear a visitor’s badge on a red lanyard. • The deployment of staff within the setting allows for constant supervision. Where children need to spend time away from the rest of the group, any intervening doors will be left ajar. Social Networking Sites At DUCKS we are aware of how social networking sites allow you to share messages, images and videos instantly after an event and that many of our families have friends and relatives across the world with whom they want to share their child’s school achievements. However, we must ensure our Safeguarding Policy and procedures are upheld. We request that any messaging, images or videos that you want to share with friends is done through a social networking site that is password protected such as flickr. Please do not post any DUCKS messages, images or videos on platforms such as Facebook/Instagram that have privacy settings but are not password protected. We ask that you do not share any photographs or recordings of children other than your own on social media unless you have each parents’ permission.
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