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Personal Safety Information Evening for Parents 2014
Rationale
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Rationale (Mr Priestley)
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PC Bisset (Safer Schools Officer)
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The impact (Miss Anderson)
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E-Safety (Miss Carlin)
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Conclusion (Miss Anderson)
PERSONAL
SAFETY
PC Sally Bisset
SAFER SCHOOLS OFFICER
AREAS OF CONCERN CYBERBULLYING
SEXTING
ALCOHOL
DRUGS
CYBERBULLYING
WHAT IS IT?
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A PERSON OR GROUP
THREATEN, TEASE, EMBARRASS
SOMEONE ELSE
USING
MOBILE PHONE, INTERNET OR
OTHER TECHNOLOGIES
CYBERBULLYING
WHAT IS IT?
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A PERSON OR GROUP
THREATEN, TEASE, EMBARRASS
SOMEONE ELSE
USING
MOBILE PHONE, INTERNET OR
OTHER TECHNOLOGIES
ALCOHOL
•  NATIONAL CONCERNS OVER LEVELS
OF DRINKING
•  LINKED TO PRICE OF ALCOHOL
•  YOUNG PEOPLE STARTING TO DRINK
AT EARLIER AGES
•  HEALTH CONCERNS
CONCERNS
•  PARENTS ACCEPTING CHILD’S
WORD FOR WHERE THEY ARE AND
WHO THEY ARE WITH
•  BUYING ALCOHOL FOR CHILDREN
•  BEING PRESSURISED INTO
ALLOWING PARTIES
•  DANGERS OF EXCESSIVE DRINKING
•  VULNERABILITY WHILST UNDER
INFLUENCE
FACTS AND FIGURES
•  33 BOOZED UP CHILDREN ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL
EVERY DAY
•  7,034 UNDER 18’S TREATED FOR ALCOHOL RELATED
PROBLEMS IN 2011
•  CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 10 DRINKING TO DANGEROUS
LEVELS
•  111 ADMISSIONS TO LEEDS HOSPITALS IN FIRST HALF
OF 2011
•  UK HAS HIGHEST RATE OF ALCOHOL RELATED INJURIES
IN EUROPE
•  ALCOHOL CONTRIBUTES TO 5% OF DEATHS IN YOUNG
PEOPLE
HEALTH RISKS
•  CAN INTERFERE WITH CHILD’S
DEVELOPMENT – ALCOHOL TAKES
LONGER TO GET OUT OF SYSTEM THAN
ADULTS
•  DO LESS WELL IN LESSONS
•  LONG TERM DAMAGE
•  CAN HARM DEVELOPMENT OF BRAIN
•  MORE LIKELY TO BE INVOLVED IN
ACCIDENT
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
TALK ABOUT NEGATIVE AND SOCIAL SIDES
SET A GOOD EXAMPLE
RESPECT THE LAW – DON’T BUY ALCOHOL
SET CLEAR BOUNDARIES AND STICK TO THEM
ENCOURAGE DRINKING LOWER STRENGTH
BRANDS – NOT TO DRINK TOO QUICKLY
•  AGREE RULES AT PARTIES – BE AROUND IF
THEY HAVE A PARTY AT HOME
•  MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD CAN GET HOME
SAFELY
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RISKY BEHAVIOUR
•  LOWERS PEOPLE’S INHIBITIONS
•  1 IN 5 GIRLS AND 1 IN 10 BOYS AGED 14/15 GO FURTHER THAN
THEY WANTED AFTER DRINKING
ALCOHOL
•  ALCOHOL CAN LEAD TO BEING
VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
•  10000 FINES EVERY YEAR FOR BEING
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY 16-19 YR OLDS
•  CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 12 ARRESTED
FOR CRIMINAL DAMAGE AND DRUNK
AND DISORDERLY
•  YOUNG PEOPLE WHO GET DRUNK TWICE
A MONTH ARE MORE LIKELY TO COMMIT
CRIMINAL OFFENCE
•  CAN END UP WITH CRIMINAL RECORD
SEXTING – WHAT IS IT?
THE SENDING OF SEXUALLY
IMPLICIT MESSAGES
VIA
TEXT AND EMAIL
WHO DOES IT AFFECT?
OVER A THIRD OF UNDER 18S
HAVE RECEIVED
AN OFFENSIVE
OR DISTRESSING
SEXUAL IMAGE VIA TEXT OR EMAIL
4 STEPS TO TROUBLE
STEP 1
SARAH,14 TAKES A SEXUAL PHOTO OF
HERSELF ON HER PHONE AND SENDS IT
TO HER BOYFRIEND, JAMES 15
SARAH IS NOW POTENTIALLY GUILTY
OF DISTRIBUTING INDECENT IMAGES
JAMES IS NOW POTENTIALLY GUILTY
OF POSSESSING INDECENT IMAGES
STEP 2
SARAH DUMPS JAMES
OUT OF REVENGE JAMES SENDS THE PHOTO
TO FRIENDS AT SCHOOL
JAMES IS NOW GUILTY OF DISTRIBUTING
HIS FRIENDS ARE GUILTY OF POSSESSING
SARAH IS NOW EMBARASSED AS A SEXUAL
PHOTO OF HERSELF CIRCULATES SCHOOL
STEP 3
JAMES’S FRIEND UPLOADS THE
PHOTO TO A SOCIAL NETWORK
THE PHOTOS ARE NOW VISIBLE
TO THE PUBLIC
JAMES IS IN BREACH OF WEBSITE
TERMS AND GUILTY OF
DISTRIBUTING INDECENT IMAGES STEP 4
PAEDOPHILES BROWSE PROFILES
WITH LOOSE PRIVACY SETTINGS
AND FIND THE IMAGE OF SARAH
SARAH UNWITTINGLY BECOMES
THE SUBJECT OF CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY FOR DISTRIBUTION
AMONGST STRANGERS AND
PAEDOPHILES
THE LAW
Section 1 of the Protection of
Children Act 1978
Taking or distributing indecent
photographs or pseudo-photographs of
a child under eighteen years of age.
STAY IN CONTROL Four men jailed a.er admi/ng running a paedophile ring that sent millions of indecent images around the world – June 2011 Lincolnshire Police found a
powerful computer system
which allowed users to
share and view up to 3
million images, ranging from
the lowest severity to the
most extreme.
HOW TO STAY SAFE
•  DON’T TAKE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT
PHOTOS
•  DON’T ALLOW THEM TO BE TAKEN
•  RESIST PRESSURE TO TAKE
PHOTOS
•  ENSURE PHONES ARE PASSWORD
PROTECTED
•  TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR
ACTIONS
HOW DOES IT AFFECT SCHOOL?
•  FACEBOOK
•  NUMBER OF ARGUMENTS BROUGHT
INTO SCHOOL
•  STUDENTS NOT AWARE OF
CONSEQUENCES
•  ACCESSIBILITY – 24/7 MODERN
TECHNOLOGY
CYBERBULLYING
WHAT IS IT?
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A PERSON OR GROUP
THREATEN, TEASE, EMBARRASS
SOMEONE ELSE
USING
MOBILE PHONE, INTERNET OR
OTHER TECHNOLOGIES
HOW DOES IT TAKE PLACE?
•  GROUP OF FRIENDS
•  TARGET VICTIMS
•  ASK THEM TO COMMENT ON A
PHOTO OR A BLOG
•  ASKING THEM TO FORWARD IT ON
•  OFTEN DON’T REALISE THEY ARE BULLYING
CONSEQUENCES
Schoolgirl Megan
Gillian 15 years
committed suicide
after being
teased on social
networking site
Bebo
Facebook bully jailed:
Death threat girl,
Keely Houghton 18, is
first person put behind
bars for vicious
internet campaign
Sentence to 3 months
imprisonment
She was described as
“warped”, “nasty” and a
“coward” by Judge
KEEPING SAFE ON LINE
THREE SIMPLE STEPS TO SAFETY:-
1. ZIP IT
2. BLOCK IT
3. FLAG IT
ZIP IT
•  SHOULD NOT SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION
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FULL NAME
PHOTOS
ADDRESSES
SCHOOL INFORMATION
TELEPHONE NUMBERS
PLACES THEY GO
MAKE SURE PRIVACY SETTINGS ARE RESTRICTED!
BLOCK IT
•  BLOCK PEOPLE WHO SEND NASTY
MESSAGES
•  DON’T OPEN UNKNOWN LINKS
•  DELETE EMAILS FROM PEOPLE YOU
DON’T KNOW
•  MAKE SURE THYE KNOW ALL THEIR
‘FRIENDS’ – PEOPLE LIE
FLAG IT
•  ENSURE THEY FLAG UP IF THEY
ARE UPSET
•  OR SOMEONE ASKS THEM TO MEET
•  IF THEY ARE WORRIED OR
UNHAPPY
•  MAKE SURE THEY KNOW NEVER TO
MEET ANYONE THEY HAVE MET ON
LINE
ARE THEY WHO THEY SAY THEY
ARE?
•  Ashleigh Hall: 'one mistake' cost teenager her life. She arranged a secret rendezvous with a stranger posing as a teenage boy on an internet social networking site. OR NOT!
•  Peter Chapman posed as teenager – this is the real person
He used an
online photo of
a handsome
young man to
attract
Ashleigh Hall
to her death.
DO THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE
TALKING TO?
‘Depraved’ internet paedophile posed as
a 14-year-old girl and lured children
to perform sex acts on webcams
DRUGS
DRUGS MOST COMMONLY TAKEN BY
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE:
•  CANNABIS
•  MEPHEDRONE – MCAT
•  KETAMINE
WHAT IS CANNABIS?
•  Cannabis is naturally occurring - it is made from
the cannabis plant.
•  The main active chemical in it is
tetrahydrocannabinol (or THC for short).
•  THC is the ingredient in cannabis that can make
you feel very chilled out, happy and relaxed.
•  THC can also make you hallucinate, meaning that it
can alter your senses, so that you might see, hear
or feel things in a different way to normal.
CANNABIS – THE FACTS
•  A big myth about cannabis is that it’s safe
because it’s natural. Cannabis has some very real
effects on your mood, as well as creating longerterm problems:
•  Cannabis can make you feel very anxious and even
paranoid.
•  Using it has also been linked, in some people, to
serious, long-term mental health problems.
•  Cannabis is still the most commonly used illegal
drug.
POSSIBLE SIGNS
•  LOSS OF APPETITE, DROWSINESS,
POOR HYGIENE OR APPEARANCE
•  MOOD SWINGS
•  RED RIMMED EYES AND/OR RUNNY
NOSE
•  UNCHARACTERSITIC LOSS OF INTEREST
IN SCHOOL, HOBBIES AND FRIENDS
•  MONEY GOING MISSING REGULARLY
AND FOR NO APPARENT REASON
•  UNUSUAL EQUIPMENT AROUND THE
HOUSE
CANNABIS – THE EFFECTS
•  It can cause feelings of anxiety, suspicion, panic
and paranoia.
•  For people with illnesses such as schizophrenia,
cannabis can cause a serious relapse.
•  Increase in the risk of later developing psychotic
illnesses including schizophrenia
•  Cannabis can affect the way the brain works.
•  Regular, heavy use makes it difficult to learn and
concentrate and research has linked cannabis use
to poor exam results. This is a potentially serious
risk if you’re young, when the brain is still
developing.
•  People who take a lot of cannabis can also find
they lack motivation.
CANNABIS – COMMON BELIEFS
•  I CAN POSSESS CANNABIS FOR MY OWN
PERSONAL USE
•  I CAN SMOKE IT IN PRIVATE
“WRONG ”
•  SINCE 26th January 2009 Cannabis has been a
CLASS B DRUG.
•  It is a CRIMINAL and ARRESTABLE offence to
possess, supply or cultivate Cannabis
WHAT HAPPENS IF FOUND IN
POSSESSION?
1st Offence – Possession only
If small amount– dealt with under Schools
Discipline Policy in partnership with Safer
Schools Officer (No police record)
If outside school - would be arrested and
taken to Police Station and would receive a
reprimand (caution)
MEPHEDRONE
(MCAT)
•  PLANT DRUG CALLED MEPHEDRONE
•  STIMULANT DRUG
•  COMMONLY KNOWN AS MEOW, MIEOW,
MEPH OR 4MCC
•  WAS REGARDED AS LEGAL HIGH
•  NOT BABY BIO OR MIRACLE GROW
NOW ILLEGAL!
•  A CLASS B DRUG
•  MAXIMUM 5 YRS FOR
POSSESSION
•  ILLEGAL AS FROM 16TH APRIL
2010
•  MAXIMUM 14 YEARS FOR
SUPPLY
ADVERSE EFFECTS
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NOSE BLEEDS
COUGHING UP BLOOD
DIZZY
PARANOID
HEAD AND EAR ACHE
SPEEDS UP HEART RATE
PASSING OUT
LOSE USE OF LEGS
NAUSEA
KETAMINE – CLASS C DRUG
•  POWERFUL ANAESTHETIC
•  USED IN OPERATIONS ON
ANIMALS AND HUMANS
•  SHORT TERM EFFECTS
•  CAN CAUSE LOSS OF FEELINS IN
BODY
•  PARALYSIS OF MUSCLES
EFFECTS
•  GIVES FLOATING FEELING – MIND
AND BODY SEPARATED
•  CAN MAKE YOU INCAPABLE OF
MOVING
•  CAN CAUSE HALLUCINATIONS
•  PANIC ATTACKS
HOW LONG ARE DRUGS IN YOU
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Alcohol 12 - 24 hours
Amphetamine 2 - 3 days
Cannabis 2 – 7 days – 1 month (for regular users)
Cocaine 12 hours – 3 days
Crystal Meth 2 - 3 days
Diazepam 1 - 2 days
Ecstasy 2 - 4 days
GHB up to 24 hours
Heroin 1 - 2 days
Ketamine 5 - 7 days
LSD 2 - 3 days
Magic Mushrooms (Psilocybin) up to 8 hours
Methadone 2 days
Steroids 14 days (oral) - 1 month (injected)
The Impact
Exclusions (to date)
•  Total: 46
3 for Theft
10 for Smoking
10 for Physical Assault/Violent Behaviour (including fighting)
2 for Sexual Misconduct
6 for verbal abuse
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1 for possession of an offensive weapon
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3 for Challenging Behaviour
(These 35 account for approximately 77% of our total exclusions)
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The Impact (continued)
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Personal Possessions
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Social Events
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Theft
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Drugs
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Alcohol
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Peer Pressure
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Year 11 Lunchtime Procedures
RE/PSHE
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Aspects of PSHE (Personal, Social, Health
and Economic Education) and SRE (Sex and
Relationships Education) are taught at Key
Stage 4 through RE.
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The RE department follows the AQA
Religious Studies A at GCSE. It also follows
diocesan guidelines relating to the teaching
of SRE. All topics are taught in line with
Roman Catholic teaching, although
other Christian views are discussed.
Topics
Topics covered during the three years include:
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Prejudice and Discrimination
Sexual Relationships (age of consent, issues
regarding sexuality, contraception, STIs,
marriage)
Drugs (legal and illegal drugs)
Conflict (war & crime and punishment)
Euthanasia and Abortion.
Medical Technology
E-Safety (Miss Carlin)
What St. Mary’s does to promote safer internet
use
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What is Think U Know?
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How parents and carers can use these
resources
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CEOP
Thank You
Staff Available for questions and answers
Evaluation Sheet
Parent Group
The Presentation is available on the school
website.