Is My Child Safe at School?

Many parents often worry about the safety and security of their children when they are at school. Several unwanted incidents occur in the school premises or when the child commutes to or from the school via school transport. While some incidents lead to minor or major injuries, others can be life-threatening as well.

Hence it is important for parents to educate their kids about various safety rules in the school as it prevents them from getting into unwanted trouble. This is quite essential if it is the very first admission of a child in school.

Before we dig deep into the safety rules kids can follow when at school, let us know what school safety is all about.

What is School Safety?

Safety rules are very important, and they need to cover all the activities done inside the school premises. Safety rules help create a safe and secure environment for students and keep them safe from all kinds of physical and mental violence, harassment’s, or risks from any substances or place.

Safety rules at school should apply to all parts of the schools, whether it is the corridors playgrounds, classrooms or any space which has student traffic.

Safety Rules to be followed in Schools

Many parents brush off the need for safety rules as they believe that the safety of a student is the sole responsibility of the school staff and of course, the principal. A few essential steps taken by school will help ensure a ‘safe school experience.

Let us now have a look at some essential and basic school safety rules students should be aware of.

• Help the child memorize the emergency numbers. These are the numbers a kid can reach out to when they are in an awkward situation and need help. Every school needs to have an emergency procedure, which should be included in their handbooks and also posted in the classrooms. A few minutes of educative sessions on emergency numbers and procedures will help the child act confidently and quickly when the need arises.
• Students must inform immediately if he/she is not feeling well. In this case, the school can take immediate action or call for emergency health alerts too. Parents too need to inform the school authorities about any health or emotional concerns of their child.
• Students should not lock themselves or others inside toilets, classrooms, or any other confined places. In case they get into such situations, emergency numbers can be contacted. Brunhild Tech system has alert systems which can note delayed motion and precautionary alerts are sent.
• Schools should remain alert to possible security issues and should try and prevent them with the help of new technologies. For example, a swimming pool can be a dangerous place for kids if proper trainers are not available. So, no student should ever be allowed to use the swimming pool without proper trainers. The schools can use Brunhild tech alarms to alert the security in case of any misshapen.
• It is important to educate the students not to leave the school premises unattended. Kids often lose their sense of time or space when they are with their friends and can get lost.
• Playing or carrying with any dangerous articles is strictly prohibited at schools. Fire elements, crackers, matches, knife, and scissors should be strictly prohibited.
• Bullying should not be allowed inside schools. Students should not tolerate bullying and should report to their teachers immediately if any such incident occurs.
• Educate students not to move around in corridors or unrestricted zones of the school. Also, ask the students to refuse to follow a fellow student or a teacher alone to any secluded area of the school.
• Unauthorized persons or strangers should never be allowed to enter the school premises. The students should know and must be instructed in their behavior with strangers. Also, any information passed on by the strangers to the school should not be trusted unless the school authority verifies it.

Brunhild Tech helps in maintaining all the safety rules in school with the help of various alert systems. Safety rules and standards should also be followed and maintained in school buses as well as many bad incidents have been reported during commutation to school.

Here are some of the safety rules in the school buses to be followed:

• Students should be marked while they are picked up and dropped at their stoppages.
• Students traveling by school bus should inform the designated person if not attending school on a particular day.
• After picking up all the students, the number of students should be counted. Doing this will also help you to track the missing students while coming back from school.
• In case any students have the plan to go out of school earlier than the school hours, then designated person of school authority and bus authority should be informed.
• Parents should show their children some landmarks or the safe area between the school and home route.
• When students are going on a trip on the school bus, parents should know where they are being taken. Take the proper address and point of contact in that case. School and school bus should share all the information about the trip with the parents of the students.

Following these safety tips will ensure that both parents and students have a memorable back – to –school experience. With a sudden increase in the violence around us, the school environment is no exception. School safety can always stem from different situations, and it is important to re-examine the existing security systems in schools to ensure a safe and secure future for our children, and Brunhild Tech helps you with just that!