Ditto's "Keep Safe" Adventure visits

On Wednesday students from K-2 attended the incursion, “Ditto’s Keep Safe Adventure” at Dominic College's Oratory Space.

Children are the most vulnerable members of society so it is never too early to begin talking about personal safety.

Providing age appropriate information around body ownership and a right to be safe from an early age allows for these messages to become part of the child’s everyday language and helps to build self-esteem and resilience in children.

The five basic principles that were taught to the children are:

• To trust their feelings and to distinguish between ‘yes’ and ‘no’ feelings
• To say ‘no’ to adults if they feel unsafe or unsure
• That they own their bodies
• That nothing is so yucky that they can’t tell someone about it
• That if they feel unsafe or unsure to run and tell someone they trust.

The students all responded enthusiastically to the program and have taken home booklets to complete and share with parents and carers.