On Wednesday, 18 March a team from the Police’s South Exploitation Team came into school to talk to Year 8 about Child Exploitation.
The team discussed what exploitation is and its various forms including Criminal Exploitation, Sexual Exploitation, County Lines and Online Exploitation. Examples of real life situations were used to show that no one is exempt from risk, how to minimise or eliminate risk and where to get support in and out of school if someone is being exploited.
The assembly was well received by pupils due to the interactive question and answer session and the interesting way it was delivered. Our visitors were impressed by the pupils and will return to repeat the assembly after Easter for Year 9.
Ms Smith said "We are grateful to the team for giving up their time and choosing Priory as a school to have face to face briefings with. With the introduction of the online platform Pol Ed this has been harder to achieve, but has far more impact when pupils are hearing advice from other adults and especially the police.
“This session adds to our current learning in Learning for Life Days and covers topics under Online Safety, Relationships and Sex Education, and Social Harms".
