All Children Being Safe

All Children Being Safe is an Early Primary School Protective Behaviours program developed to provide early primary school students (ages 5 to 8 years) with non-threatening ways to help them feel strong and stay safe in their communities. The program explores safety messages with students using bush animal stories.  Stories about the kangaroo, echidna, kookaburra, koala and king parrot are told and supported by dance, activities and craft. 

The stories and activities help students identify safe and unsafe feelings, safe people, safe and unsafe places and encourages children to talk with trusted people who will support them.

The program was developed in participation with children from Greenhill Public School in Kempsey NSW and helps children indentify their own strengths, builds resilience and introduces them to the idea of support services. The program is run over six weeks and is facilitated by community workers, teachers and local Aboriginal Elders.

The children created the artwork for the story books and the training package funded by NAPCAN's KiDS CAN program. The NSW Department of Community Services has recently engaged NAPCAN to train Aboriginal Community workers to deliver All Children Being Safe in five communities across NSW.

To learn more about All Children Being Safe please contact Angela Walsh on 02 6584 4326 or on angela.walsh@napcan.org.au.

To view the teacher programme for All Children Being Safe please click here.