Lockdown Simulation – A Message to Parents and Carers
At Abbeys Primary School, the safety and wellbeing of our children and staff is always our highest priority.
As part of our ongoing safeguarding procedures, we periodically carry out lockdown drills to ensure that everyone in school understands what to do should we ever need to secure the building in response to a potential external threat or emergency situation.
Although I hope that we will never need to put these procedures into practice, it is important that children and staff are familiar with the routines and know how to respond calmly and safely. Practising these procedures helps us to be prepared, just as we practise fire drills.
I would like to take this opportunity to say a huge well done to all of our children. They approached the drill with incredible understanding and maturity, listened carefully to instructions and followed the guidance given by staff. I am so proud of the way they conducted themselves.
I understand that these types of exercises may raise questions, but please be reassured that they are a normal and important part of keeping our school community safe.
Thank you, as always, for your continued support. We are incredibly proud of our children and the way they look after themselves and one another.
AIM, ASPIRE, ACHIEVE!
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