Learn to notice the signs that a learner or a conflict is heading towards violence, what to do with each sign, and write a one-page safety plan for your own class.
By the end, you can
recognise warning signs of escalating violence, pass them to the right person, and write a safety plan for your own class.
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Spot the Warning Signs and Write Your Classroom Safety Plan
It didn't come from nowhere
A Grade 9 learner is stabbed in a fight between two groups. Everyone says it came out of nowhere.
It didn't. The groups had challenged each other all term: threats in the corridor, shouting at break, a video online.
Most serious incidents give warning. The skill is noticing, and acting before the crisis. 🔎
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How a group of teachers can talk honestly about violence they have lived through — house rules, what confidentiality covers and what it cannot, never forcing a story, and looking after yourself and others.
Apply the four stages to three school incidents — a fight at break, a knife in a bag and a parent shouting in the corridor — and see what each stage asks you to do.
Test your instincts on realistic school situations — WhatsApp groups, play-fights, a teacher's put-down, a leaked photo — and learn to sort violence from conflict, and what to do first.
A parent threatens you at the gate. A learner posts a video of you. A colleague will not stop. Work through real school scenarios and choose the response that protects you — without overstepping.
Map who you tell, who acts and who follows up when something goes wrong at your school. Work through real scenarios and find the gaps where incidents fall through the cracks.
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