Anti Bullying Day- 16th March

Admin — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 04:30:28 +0000

by Barb Bellesini

What are you doing for Anti Bullying Day?

Go to Bullying No Way to get lots of ideas for you and your students:

https://bullyingnoway.gov.au/NationalDay

Bullying is defined as a repeated pattern done to the same person/people, which is an intentional behaviour, causing distress and worry. Bullying can be in person or online, and can be hidden or obvious.

It can be Physical, Emotional, Cyber, Verbal or Social bullying. It is NOT a once off incident. One strategy the children are taught is to ‘TALK, WALK, TELL.’

TALK– say ‘STOP I don’t like …’ This often stops the behaviour. If not then ….
WALK– Get away, find a friend or adult; Walk away, don’t stay TELL– tell an adult, teacher or parent, and also TELL them how they FEEL.

ePoster Bullying TALK WALK TELL

The Cyber Bullying mantra is:
RECORD– Take a screen shot/photo/print/keep evidence
BLOCK- Block&/or Delete contact, REPORT them online
TELL– an adult, ask for help.

Cyber Bullying RECORD BLOCK TELL

Some things to cover when talking about Bullying:

EMPATHY- Try ‘walking in other people’s shoes.’ Understanding people makes it easier to get along, most bullies have been bullied, many don’t have friends, some just need a friend, if you are kind to someone it is harder for them to be unkind to you. Often people bully for attention, as they have no friends and a low self esteem. Get to know them and it will be much harder for them to bully you.

DON’T BE A BYSTANDER- Watching, encouraging or joining in are all passive bullying. If you see someone in trouble, tell the person to STOP if it is safe to do so, and remove the victim from the danger. If it is not safe to do that, find help- a teacher, adult, other friends or call the police if you are out.

ePoster Don’t be a Bystander

RESTORATIVE PRACTICE- Give everyone a voice, talk over the situation and see how it has effected others and what you can do to make things right.

Songs: There are plenty out there: THIS IS ME- by Keaka Settle. A current song from The Greatest Showman, is a great one to play and sing especially with Middles and Seniors and High School students. Get Along by Guy Sebastian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ka1Lgd3SAI For Gr 3 up an Stand the Anthem by Charleigh & Justin Gere http://www.schoolcounselingbyheart.com/2013/08/19/bullying-prevention-through-free-songs-posters-videos-dance-and-more/ For younger students there are many songs online e.g. Just Walk Away by Debbie and friends https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wlWLwP6etE

Make POSTERS. Here are some made by Yr 3-4 Students:

How will your school wipe out Bullying??

ePoster Set

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Ways to ‘Dis-empower’ a Bully

Admin — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 10:36:05 +0000

How can we Dis-empower Bullies??

Bullying is hurtful, if you let it go on, it can change your life. If you are Cyber Bullied or someone bullies you in person, there are ways to help and ways to stop it. You can help yourself and/or you can have others who see it happening help you.

Remember that bullies have often been bullied themselves, could be lonely with few friends, and often have a very low self-esteem– THEY need your help as well as the Victim!

Here are some of the ways the Gr 3-6 students thought of to

TALK– say Stop I don’t like it ;

WALK– walk away from the situation;

TELL– Tell an adult and ask for help

For CYBER BULLYING

SAVE– Print, screen shot, take a pic of the Cyber message for Evidence;

BLOCK– Block, delete and Report the contact;

TELL– tell an adult, show them your evidence, ask for help.

Stand up for the Victim

Step back

Ignore them

DON’T Cyber Bully or bully back

Show the evidence

Write the bully a kind letter, (telling them things that you like about them)

Change their mind

Don’t be a bystander

Get them to join in with you

Build victims confidence- talk to them, get them to play with you

Build the bullies self esteem – tell them about good things they can do, invite them to play with you, be kind to them- you might find they become kinder as well!

Use humour

Listen to both sides- ask Why they are bullying? How can we fix this?

Help to stop the fight

Be nice to them

Be friends with the person being bullied, stand up for them, play with them

Tell them something good about themselves

Don’t be a bystander, get others to help

Ignore and be friends again

Tell your teacher and mum and dad

Invite them to your place to play

Invite them to your birthday party

How will you Dis-empower and help both the Victims and Bullies????