Protecting Our Children

At Sesame Lane, we’re committed to ensuring that every child can grow and thrive in a safe, supportive learning environment — a place where they can feel safe, be safe, and be heard.

Everything we do is driven by our promise to protect our children. Safety is not just a policy, it’s a culture that lives in every room, every playground, and every relationship. We believe that when children feel truly safe, they are free to explore, play, and learn with confidence, curiosity, and joy.

Our educators are equipped with the knowledge and skills to recognise and respond to the needs of every child, nurturing their sense of belonging and wellbeing through care, connection, and respect. We empower children to understand their own rights, to use their voices, and to trust that the adults around them will always listen, support, and act in their best interests.

At Sesame Lane, protecting our children means more than keeping them free from harm, it means creating a community where they are valued, included, and celebrated for exactly who they are. Because when we protect our children, we protect the future.

Keeping children safe and protected

Our Commitment to Protecting Children

We’re actively embedding the very best policies, practices, and training across all our centres to ensure every child feels safe, is safe, and knows their voice matters. Our approach goes...

Convention on the Rights of the Child

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is the world’s most widely ratified human rights treaty. It sets out the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural...

Our Queensland Children’s Rights Ambassador

At Sesame Lane, we’re proud to have a Queensland Children’s Rights Ambassador as part of our leadership team. A passionate advocate dedicated to ensuring every child’s voice is heard and...

Reporting Concerns

If you’re ever concerned about the safety, health, or wellbeing of a child, no matter how small or uncertain it may seem it’s important to speak up. Trust your instincts....

Safety Commitment

At Sesame Lane, safety means more than policies and procedures, it’s a feeling that lives in every interaction, every classroom, and every relationship.Our commitment is not just to ensure that...

Feel Safe, Be Safe: Protective Strategies

Protective strategies give children more than information they give them power. Through everyday conversations and intentional teaching, we help children understand that they have an absolute right to feel safe...

Requirements for Visitors

At Sesame Lane, protecting children from harm is our highest priority. To keep every child safe, we have clear entry requirements for all visitors, students, volunteers, and contractors on top of...

National Model Code

The National Model Code is a voluntary guideline developed for centre-based early childhood education and care (ECEC) services under the National Quality Framework (NQF) focusing on responsible use of electronic devices...

Child Safe Policies

Our Guiding Frameworks At Sesame Lane, we have a range of policies, procedures, and resources that guide the actions of every team member to ensure children feel safe and are...

Protect

Keeping children safe begins with a strong child safe culture. One built on awareness, accountability, and care. At Sesame Lane, that means continually investing in professional development for all our educators and teachers, ensuring that every team member has the knowledge and confidence to recognise, respond to, and prevent harm.

Safety isn’t something that happens by chance; it’s something we practice every day. With educator eyes on every child, in every centre, every day, we create environments where children are seen, heard, and supported to thrive.

Child safety is woven into everything we do;  from how we design our learning environments to how we recruit, train, and supervise our people. We go beyond compliance because we know protecting children is an ongoing responsibility that requires vigilance, reflection, and continuous improvement.

You can explore more about the steps we take to safeguard children from abuse, neglect, and harm throughout the pages above because at Sesame Lane, keeping children safe is not just our duty, it’s our promise.

Safety begins with us and belongs to every child.

Come for a tour, stay for a play.