Keeping children safe is the most fundamental responsibility I hold, and it extends beyond physical safety to children's emotional wellbeing and their right to be heard. As a teacher I have legal obligations under child protection legislation and the NQF, including mandatory reporting and supervision requirements (ACECQA, n.d.). The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (United Nations, 1989) highlight and protect children as citizens with rights whose voices must shape decisions that affect them, a view Kessler and Swadener (2019) also advance. Recognising children's voices is therefore central to keeping them safe, as children who feel heard are more likely to communicate concerns to the adults responsible for their protection (United Nations, 1989). I selected the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations (Australian Human Rights Commission, 2018) because they set out ten principles for building a culture where children are safe, informed and empowered (Figure 9). This resource provides me with a range of online training and guides and helps me to embed safety into everyday practice rather than treating it as compliance alone.