Safe Schools

Byron Southwood School

2025-2026 Safe and Inclusive School Plan

Our school is committed to providing all students with a safe, caring, and inclusive environment free from bullying and harassment that promotes respect, acceptance, and empathy.
Our staff, students, parents, and community will work together as a team to make our school safe and welcoming for everyone.

Safe and Inclusive School planEnsuring Positive Learning Environments

This year our SISP Team will focus on promoting Safe Learning Environments for all Byron Southwood students. We will continue to present information about equity and inclusion with a specific focus on a clear definition of Anti-Racism, Racial and other Slurs and Epithets. As well, we will focus on the harmful impact of put downs, gossip, and rumours on students. Examples of discriminatory behaviour, gossip, and rumours, and appropriate responses to this behaviour, will be provided for staff and students. School-wide activities will be planned to foster acceptance, awareness, and Safety at Byron Southwood Public School. Students will be encouraged to recognize and respect human rights.

Throughout the year we will:

Develop a Non-Use of Racial and other Slurs and Epithets presentation for staff and students that highlights the Essential Conditions for Learning and Universal Ways to Address Concern. Our presentation will also include information about the harmful impact of put downs, gossip, and rumours on students.
Encourage educators to create Safe Learning Environments for all students, where students feel free to express their ideas, values, and needs with others. Members of the SISP team will visit classes to read a book from our library to celebrate diversity and the importance of being kind to others.
Provide strategies for students to appropriately respond to discriminatory language, put downs, gossip, and rumours and encourage respectful language within our school community.

Community and Home Connections

Continue to develop a multicultural library within our school
Share Diversity presentation with our Home and School to seek input.
Visit the TVDSB website for more information about Equity and Inclusion.

This Safe Schools and Well-Being portfolio collaborates to support staff through Tier-1, evidence-based practices. These foundational practices establish safety, connection, and regulation, which are essential conditions for learning. Through the important work, a deep understanding of students and relationships will foster the positive climate necessary for student well-being and achievement.

Students

Families and Caregivers

Community Partners

Developing a Safe and Inclusive Culture

Under the direction and guidance of the Ministry of Education (Policy/Program Memorandum No. 144 (PPM144), our School Board is committed to supporting schools to create and maintain positive school climates.

The Thames Valley District School Board would like to introduce the Safe and Inclusive School Plan (SISP). This plan replaces the former Bullying Prevention and Intervention Plan (BPIP), and the Safe and Accepting School Plan. This plan will be completed annually by every elementary and secondary school in the Thames Valley District School Board.

This important work is facilitated at the school-level by a school-based team. This team is composed of students, family members, teachers, support staff, community partners, and the principal and/or vice principal.

This important work is facilitated at the school-level by a school-based team. This team is composed of students, family members, teachers, support staff, community partners, and the principal and/or vice principal. The Safe and Inclusive School Team meets several times throughout the school year. During this time, school teams will identify one local priority, and create a plan to support the identified goal. As the plan is implemented throughout the year, the Safe and Inclusive School team will continuously support these goals and monitor the results.