Say No to Bullying

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Useful Resources: Knowing the difference between someone being unkind or rude and bullying can be difficult for children. This Bullying Scenarios in the Classroom PowerPoint covers different bullying situations and how to spot them. Don't tell people where you live or which school you go to. NEVER arrange to meet them. If a stranger asks you to meet them, see this as a warning sign and tell me or tell a grown up, a responsible person, about this. Confide in someone you trust. If you call a helpline, the volunteer might ask you some basic questions but that is OK provided you telephoned the helpline and they did not phone you. Verbal – spoken or written words, name calling, teasing, putting someone down, threats to cause harm Bullying can happen to me or you or anyone. Millions of children around the world are bullied every year, but there are things that we can all do to help. What is bullying?

Bullying is when someone makes you feel bad or hurts you again and again. Bullying can happen at school, out of school or online. Bullying includes: Sometimes the problem continues even after you've followed your employer's grievance procedure. If nothing is done to put things right, you can consider legal action, which may mean going to an employment tribunal. Get professional advice before taking this step. Talk to your parents or teacher or an adult that you know well if you see bullying or if you are worried about a friend.

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The term “bullying” can sometimes be misused, so it is vital to explain what bullying is to children and adults as well. It’s easy for children to mistake a random unkind act, argument or disliking someone as bullying. However, bullying is more than this. The Kids Help Line describes bullying as “An ongoing or repeated misuse of power in relationships, with the intention to cause deliberate (on purpose) psychological harm.” Bullying can make working life miserable. You can lose all faith in yourself, you can feel ill and depressed, and find it hard to motivate yourself to work. Useful Resources: Help young children learn to celebrate differences and be accepting of others with the Twinkl Originals Story “ We Are All Different”. After reading the story you might like to talk about differences in your own class using these We Are All Different Discussion Cards. For older children, this Embrace Our Differences PowerPoint has some handy information about discrimination. Not everyone accused of being a bully is necessarily a bully in our view. A bully can be very clever and will often want to point the finger at another person. This is not an uncommon strategy - form of defence. How to spot the genuine bullies from those who are accused (by others) of being a bully (typically by a perpetrator of bullying with a motive), can be extremely difficult.

Have a whole-school approach to preventing bullying. By activity encouraging the school community to get involved in awareness events like Anti-Bullying Week, everyone can work together to create a better school environment.

Useful Resources: This Anti-Bullying PowerPoint will help children become well-informed about bullying. Do not be ashamed to tell people what's going on. Bullying is serious, and you need to let people know what's happening so they can help you. By sharing your experiences you may discover that it's happening to other people, too. Get advice An 8 year old boy said recently; "I know I am a bully and it makes me feel good to bully someone - but later on, before I go to sleep, I think about what I have done and I feel really sad and lonely". This 8 year old boy is crying out for help too. Proper guidance and expert counselling will help.

There are also many different types of bullying and understanding this is the first step to recognising it with your children. They include: Criminal Charges may be brought under The Harassment Act and other legislation that is there to protect you and your child. Talk to your family and those who you trust. A problem shared is a problem halved ! If you ever come across anything on the internet that makes you feel uncomfortable, no matter where it is, pleas e report it. Be Cyber-Savvy in all your on-line activities. Teach your children how to be Cyber-Savvy. Being Cyber-Savvy is the new "Don't talk to strangers" Any child can be a victim of bullying; however, statistics indicate that those children who belong to certain groups, or are viewed as being different from their peers, tend to be more vulnerable (Australian Education Authorities 2019). Children who are more likely to be victims of bullying include: Thank you so much, your words triggered an emotional response that empowered me, it wasn’t much but a gentle reminder from the universe that ‘I got this’ after several conferences and some assistance from Kent Police, whom also reminded me who I am and what I represent (I’m a rather loud voice for domestic abuse awareness) I dropped my son off this morning with some empowering motivational words and silently prayed to whichever God, deity, angelic presence may be listening to send him the strength to stand up for his right to feel safe in his school environment. We had safeguarding plans put in place and fingers crossed we are moving closer to a resolution. Social - lying, spreading rumours, playing nasty jokes, purposely leaving someone out, embarrassing someone in publicSay sorry if you are mean to someone. You can write a message or talk to the person. Think about how to be kind in the future. Children who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, or children with intersex variations