ANTI-BULLYING
DIRECTORY OF GOOD PRACTICE
2008/09 (Updated 27/09/12)
Poster by Alvin, 6 years
Farnborough Grange Nursery/Infant School
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Examples of Anti-Bullying Good Practice in Hampshire Schools
2008/9 (Updated 02.05.12)
Prevention
Policy
 Oakfield Primary (Elizabeth Smith)– Updated policy to appear on website,
designed by children.
 Testwood – Students discuss Anti-Bullying policy.
 Winton School, Andover - Anti-Bullying statement in school code on website.
 Oak Lodge School – Codes of Practice for Parents, Staff Action & Student Action.
 Priestlands School (Richard Glenny) – included representative group from pupil
body to review
 Test Valley (Davina Nicholson) – policy leaflet designed by pupils and delivered
to all pupils
 Fairfield Primary (Natalie Hartwell) – School Charter produced by the children
 Crookhorn (Tracey McCaw) - Confidentiality Policy specifically designed for
students
 Cherbourg Primary (Julie Greer) – Bullying and Racist Incident Monitoring form
(devised with children to simplify circulated version for primary school)
Anti-Bullying Week activities * see appendix 1 for more details
 Cams Hill (Ellie Stokell) – Presentations to peers, art display.
 St Mary’s Junior (Amy Matthews) – Balloon release, friendship wall, link with
local special school.*
 New Milton Junior (Pauline Williams)
 Oakfield Primary (Elizabeth Smith)
 Longparish Primary School – Pledges.
 Nightingale Primary School (Helen Moriarty) – Anti-Bullying Association lessons
plans and bubbles.
 Bridgemary Community Sports College – Graffiti wall and email support line for
parents and students.
 Toynbee (Vicky Phillips) – senior pupil presentations/assembly and ‘raise the
profile’ work, anti-bullying bands designed by school council.
 Priestlands School – pupil led assemblies, including Peer Mentors.
 Test Valley (Davina Nicholson)*
 North Waltham Primary School (Jeff Maidment)*
 The Westgate School, Winchester: (Andy Hider)*
 Vigo Community Junior School (Lesley Graham)*
 Westfields Junior School (Jo Patman) *
 Hounsdown School (Jenny Durrant)*
 Tadley Community Primary School (Clare Yockney)*
 Bay House School (Carolyne Downham and Colette Abery)*
 Osborne School (Penny Parkinson) – assemblies, including linking with Children
in Need
 Brighton Hill School (Pauline Combes) – powerpoint presentation produced by
peer mentors on “Stop and Think: Words can Hurt” (theme for 2011)
 Bedenham Primary (Jane Evans)
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Promoting Anti-Bullying
 Amery Hill (Rosemary Underwood) - Including parent leaflet distributed to all
pupils.
 Testwood – Leaflet and trained students.
 Lymington Junior School - Anti-Bullying guidance leaflet.
 Wicor Primary School – `Beat the Bully` children’s leaflet.
 St Faith’s, Winchester – ECM questionnaire by year 6 pupils led to playground
behaviour rules.
 Hounsdown School – Citizenship use of `Learning through Action` and Childnet
workshop; anti-bullying images from Year 8 used to produce posters.
 Toynbee (Vicky Phillips) – E Forum for primary feeder schools and anti-bullying
workshop for parents.
 Priestlands School – annually updated leaflets produced by Student Council
(guidance and staying safe in cyber world) – regularly flagged up in year
assemblies.
 Test Valley (Davina Nicholson) – Anti-Bullying PSHE sessions taught twice a
week for 5 weeks to KS3
 Crookhorn (Tracey McCaw) - Anti-Bullying Procedure Flowchart displayed in all
classrooms, PHSE - Anti-Bullying Pledge completion
SEAL – Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning
 Vigo Junior – SEAL resource school - parental involvement.
 St Mary`s Juniors Old Basing – SEAL resource school with extensive antibullying practice.
 Cherrywood Primary School – SEAL resource school – planning.
 St Marks C of E Primary – SEAL resource school – planning.
 Toynbee – SEAL programme in years 7 and 8.
 Priestlands School – resources used in years 7 and 8 PSHCE and transition project
used with Pennington Junior school around fear of bullying and ability to build
positive relationships.
 Test Valley (Davina Nicholson) – SEAL incorporated in most PSHE lessons for
all year groups
 Netley Abbey Junior (Shirley Nicholas-Bond)
SEAL/PDL & Drama resources
 Sun Hill Infant School (Emma Riley) – History link - Florence Nightingale/Mary
Seacole
 Cherrywood Primary (Jenna Neame) - Literacy link – Cinderella.
 Weeke Primary School (Elaine Mousely) – Literacy link – writing for different
audiences.
 Tadley Community School (Amelia Mohain) – Planning.
(see more plans on www.healthyschools.gov.uk/hampshire )
RRR – Rights, Respect, Responsibility
 New Milton Junior School (Pauline Williams)
 Fairfield Primary (Natalie Hartwell)
 Bedenham Primary (Jane Evans) – including class charter
 Netley Abbey Junior (Shirley Nicholas-Bond)
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MISP - Massage In Schools Project – child-child massage with an ethos of mutual
respect as all pupils gain permission from each other before they start.
 Hart Plain Infant ( Lynn Fairly Ratcliffe)
 Grayshott Primary (Carol Hartzenberg)
 Grange Infant (Linda Garwood)
PATHS - Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies – Whole school curriculum for
developing self control, awareness of emotions and problem-solving approach.
 Anstey Junior
 Shakespeare Infant
 Sarisbury Infant
 Hazel Wood Infant
Drama/Dance
 Petersfield School (Stuart Woods) – “Step in and Stop” performed at conference
2009
 Barton Peverill College
 Fernhill School (Helen Okoth and Clare Williams) – “Justice for Johnny” about
bullying of travellers, performed at conference 2011
 Totton College
 Bedenham Primary (Di Moran) – winner of Rock Challenge with performance on
Bullying
 Quilley School of Engineering (Clare Williams from EMTAS) – drama about
religious bullying and beliefs performed at conference 2012
Use of DCSF “Let’s Fight It Together” video on Cyberbullying
 Cams Hill
 Priestlands School – assemblies in Nov 2009 and in year 10 as part of Citizenship
local community action (this term’s focus on cyberbullying).
Changing environment
 Oakfield Primary
Parental Involvement - Family
 Cherbourg Primary (Julie Greer) – Family Learning Modules on
Cyberbullying
 Crookhorn (Tracey McCaw) – Purchase and distribution of booklet for parents
(101 Tips for parents – Preventing and dealing with bullying)
Training lunchtime staff
 Manor Field Nursery and Infant School (Janet Pywell) – SEAL primary
project focus.
Playground Buddies
 Whiteley Primary – Playleaders to support lunchtime play (Sarah Hemsley)
 Bedenham Primary (Jane Evans) – years 5 and 6 lunchtime playleaders
 Netley Abbey Junior (Shirley Nicholas-Bond)
Study Buddies
 Toynbee (Vicky Phillips)
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Young Interpreters
 Kings Furlong Infant (Elizabeth Perry)
 Fairfield Primary (Natalie Hartwell)
Peer Mentors * more details in Appendix 1
 John Hanson School (Eleanor Jakeman)
 Court Moor School (Linda Keegan)
 Toynbee School(Vicky Phillips)
 Priestlands School (Richard Glenny) – fully trained, on duty every lunchtime,
attached to tutor groups/Year assembles – key role is to raise awareness of
what to do if bullying takes place.
 Hatherden Primary (Amanda Dee)
 Test Valley (Davina Nicholson) – dividing into working groups and attached
to all year 7 tutor groups
 Abbotswood Junior School (Fiona Brocklesby)*
 Swanmore Community College (Claire Barker) – including peer mentors for
young carers
 Brighton Hill School (Pauline Combes)
 Crookhorn (Tracey McCaw) – two specifically trained to present assembly on
‘Stop and Think Words can Hurt’
Circle Time
 Abbotswood Junior School (Phil Bagge) – Citizenship/ICT/Circle time Year 6
module - Cyberbullying.
School Councils
 Toynbee School (Vicky Phillips) – divided into working groups.
 Priestlands School (Richard Glenny) – review policy and produce leaflets.
 Crookhorn (Tracey McCaw) - Designed ‘Zero Tolerance to Bullying’ poster
displayed in all classrooms
 Bedenham Primary (Jane Evans)
 Hatherden Junior (Stephen Biggs) – “Hatherden Happiness Handout”
 Netley Abbey Junior (Shirley Nicholas-Bond) – review of policy
Pupil participation in poster competition (2009)
 Brookfield Community
 Castle Primary (Kevin Patterson)
 Crestwood College (Carol Lee)
 Farnborough Grange Nursery/Infant (Mrs Kernot) – winning poster, used on
Directory of Good Practice
 Greatham Primary (Miss Badawi)
 Hart Plain Junior (Fiona Smith)
 Hook Junior
 Hounsdown School (Mrs Farmer)
 Northern Junior – winning poster, used on conference folder
 Oaklands (Liz Crane)
 Perins (Miss Parisi)
 Portchester (Alec Roberts)
 Priestlands – winning poster, used on conference bag, plus 2 posters used on
HCC documentation
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The Hayling College
Westfields Junior School
Pupil participation in monologue competition (2009)
 Court Moor School (Naomi Dicken)- winning entry performed at conference
 Everest College (Catherine Clark)
 The Petersfield School (Stuart Woods)
 Westgate School (Mrs Baker) – 2 winning entries performed at conference
Pupil participation in multi-media competition (2010)
 Osborne School (Mr Dlugokecki) – winning entry show cased at conference
 Ranvilles Junior (Suzanne Holmes) - winning entry show cased at conference
 Whiteley Primary (Alex Jeffries-Hill) – winning entry show cased at conference
 Cams Hill (Ellie Stokell) - winning entry show cased at conference
 Otterbourne Primary (Carole Reeves)- winning entry show cased at conference
 Test Valley (Davina Nicholson)
Pupil participation in leaflet competition (2011)
 Rownams St Johns CE Primary School - winning entry show cased at conference
 Bartley CE Junior School - winning entry show cased at conference
 St Mary’s CE Junior School - winning entries show cased at conference
 Hounsdown School - winning entries show cased at conference
 Portchester Community School - winning entry show cased at conference
 Botley Primary School
 Abbotswood Junior School
 Quilley School of Engineering
 Preston Candover CE Primary School
 Northern Junior School
 Colden Common Primary School
 Botley CE Primary School
Pupil participation in poetry competition (2012)
Knightwood Primary - winning entry read out at conference
Halterworth Community Primary - winning entry read out at conference
Newtown Primary - winning entry read out at conference
Ranvilles Junior - winning entry read out at conference
Brune Park - winning entry read out at conference
Hounsdown - winning entry read out at conference
Henry Cort - winning entry read out at conference
Ringwood - winning entry read out at conference
Itchen College - winning entry read out at conference
Queen Mary’s College - winning entry read out at conference
North Waltham Primary
Botley C of E Primary
Droxford Junior
St John’s Rowlands Castle Primary
Haselworth Primary
Northern Junior
Hook Junior
Winklebury Junior
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Greatham Primary
Fairfields Primary
Heatherside Junior
St Mark’s C of E Junior
Quilley
Bay House
Quayside Education Centre
Crofton
Calthorpe Park
Horndean
Cams Hill
Petersfield
Test Valley
Portchester
Make It Count Award winners (2012)
Bay House
Interventions
Reporting Systems
 Talk Box
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Toynbee School (Vicky Phillips) – anti-bullying boxes.
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Netley Abbey Junior (Shirley Nicholas-Bond)
Support Group Method – G Robinson and B Maines – a group-based process which
brings together non-involved children with those suspected of being involved in
bullying. A child suspected of being involved in bullying others is not directly
accused or sanctioned, but is introduced to a process of understanding the feelings of
the bullied and finding ways to improve the situation.
 North Waltham Primary (Sue Sharman)
 Lord Wandsworth College (Diana Geig)
 Horndean Technology College (Jo Skeet and Andrea Marr)
 Portchester School (Kim Domicen)
 Uplands Primary (Patricia Mitchell)
 Foxhills Junior (Jan Robinson)
Method of Shared Concern (Pikas) - a counselling-based approach for situations in
which a group of pupils have been bullying.
 Shamblehurst Primary
 Foxhills Junior (Jan Robinson)
 John Hanson (Joan Robinson)
Restorative Justice - restorative approaches work to resolve conflict and repair harm.
 Winton School, Andover
 Cherbourg Primary (Julie Greer) had INSET day and now use restorative
practices and restorative conversations.
 Cantell College
 Farnborough Sixth Form College (Sarah Bryant)
 Shamblehurst Primary
 John Hanson (Joan Robinson)
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Crookhorn (Tracey McCaw) - Conflict Resolution Approach to managing
bullying incidents, Mediation and Restorative Justice for both victim and
perpetrator
Prospect School
Mediation
 John Hanson (Joan Robinson)
 Crookhorn (Tracey McCaw)
Peer Mediators
 Whiteley Primary – work to resolve issues at lunchtime (Sarah Hemsley)
Peer Counsellors
 Toynbee School (Vicky Phillips) – also training in other secondaries
Circle of Friends
 Elson Junior (Heidi Adams)
 Harrison Primary
 Redlands Primary
Counselling
 Test Valley (Davina Nicholson) – offered to those experiencing difficulties
with bullying
 Crookhorn (Tracey McCaw) - for those who have been bullied and those who
have bullied
 Netley Abbey Junior (Shirley Nicholas-Bond)
ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant) work on bullying
 Crookhorn (Tracey McCaw) – building resilience
 Anstey Junior (Jenny Jones) – friendship groups, e.g. group of girls who
regularly “fall out” and then pick on each other
 Netley Abbey Junior (Shirley Nicholas-Bond)
Building Resilience through work on: assertiveness, “fogging” (deflecting verbal
attacks), friendships and social skills
 John Hanson (Joan Robinson)
 Crookhorn (Tracey McCaw) - Social Skills Workshop Programme, bespoke
contracts to help students manage their relationships
 Hatherden Junior (Stephen Biggs)
Resiliency (Friendship, Social Skills and Assertiveness) workshops for parents by
Parent Support Adviser
 Netley Abbey Junior Junior
 Crestwood College (Theresa Holman)
 Shakespeare Junior (Theresa Holman)
 Park View Infant
 Kempshott Junior
 Testwood (Louise Evans)
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See “Tackling Bullying in Schools” produced by the Anti-Bullying Alliance for more
details on many of the approaches mentioned and others not covered
http://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/downloads/pdf/aba_tackling_bullying_in_schools.pdf
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Appendix 1
Anti-Bullying Week Activities
Amy Matthews, Assistant Headteacher, St. Mary's CE VA Junior School, Basingstoke
At St Mary’s we have had a focussed Anti Bullying Week every year since 2005. We always
carry out a range of activities related to anti bullying - these are all cross curricular.
Over the years we have carr8ied out a range of additional work during the week. Examples
include:
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holding a number of celebration assemblies (in family groups from across the
school). Parents are invited and the children share the work which they had done
during the week. These assemblies are lead by the children.
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A significant number of Junior children go to our feeder Infant school to work with
the classes. They have carried out a number of activities exploring the idea of
anti bullying and friendship. All children involved love this experience.
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I always take an assembly at the feeder Infant school on the theme of anti
bullying and friendship – Junior children normally help with this (drama etc)
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In 2010 and 2011 we decided to support Children in Need (as these children are
often the victims of bullying and this fell in anti bullying week) and challenge the
classes to make the biggest spot they could out of 1p and 2p coins. This raised
over £600. The children came dressed in spots. In previous years we have held
'Blue Friday' and have held a mass balloon release along with the Infant school
as well as make a human chain around the whole school.
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all children complete an anti bullying survey
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all parents complete an anti bullying survey. They were also given a copy of the
anti bullying policy and guidelines
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anti bullying family activities are sent home each year for parents to complete at
home with their children.
Lesley Graham, SENCo, Vigo Community Junior School
In our school the word Bullying was being over-used to cover any minor incident/falling out,
both by the parents and the children. We have developed a definition for the school of what
bullying is = STOP (Several Times On Purpose). This was shared with the whole school
community and is always used in discussions with children and parents and it has
transformed the culture of the school.
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During the AB week The upper school children always take the assemblies. They write
their own mini-plays and perform them to the whole school linked to the focus of the week e.g.
bystanders, cyberbullying etc. This certainly gets the message across much better than an
adult led assembly! We also use the SEAL materials for assembly work within the week.
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Posters are made and displayed around school each year.
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We always support Blue day, but in the last couple of years it has coincided with
Children in Need so the children have become spotty for the day too!
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We have produced 2 booklets for parents which go home every year- ‘What to do if
your child is being bullied.’ and ‘What to do about Cyber-bullying’. The booklets also include
website addresses to sign post parents to useful sites.
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We have also produced 2 booklets for the children and they receive a copy each AB
Week - ‘What to do if you are being cyber-bullied’ and ‘Beat the Bullies’
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We use questionnaires to parents and children to regularly monitor what is happening
in school and, if necessary, have follow up focus group interviews to unpick any incidences
that may be causing concern to parents and children.
Carolyne Downham and Colette Abery, Bay House School (2011)
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Selling beat bullying bands (50p each)
Lessons in citizenship
Pupil-led assemblies
Andy Hider, Pupil Support Worker,The Westgate School, Winchester (2010)
1. RAT campaign! A couple of years ago we put up around the school some
pictures of a rat. This sparked conversation amongst the pupils and they
started to wonder what it was all about. This was a week before our anti
bullying week. On the actual start of the week, we put up posters which
explained what RAT was about. We used three simple things to encourage
people to do, when they are bullied or see bullying happening:
R - Record down what is happening - get a written account of names and
dates and what is being done.
A - Ask for help - at our school it is really easy to ask for help. My
office has a post box outside which students can pop notes into.
T - Turn away from whats happening - don't get sucked into the comments
and get angry or sad - be confident in who you are and walk away knowing
that the bully has the issues.
This has worked really well in school and every student is reminded of
the RAT every year. (see attched poster)
2. CHILLAX - we offer a lunchtime club just for Year 7's which is a safe
and secure environment for them to hang out in. It has videos, computers
and board games there and also has some of our peer supporters and myself
who staff it.
3. Peer Supporters - we train our Year 10 and 11 students up in peer
supporting. They attend the peer supporters conference each year and also
receive in house training on listening skills, communication and other
key issues. They then are used around school in a variety of ways.
4. Pupil Support Worker - my role in school is very unique to schools.
Full time in the school, with my own office, I am simply called Andy by
the pupils and wear casual clothes. This breaks down barriers and allows
students to self reffer to me to chat about whats troubling them. I also
run lunch clubs, hang out around the school, co-ordinate group work, one
to one counselling and offer support and encouragement where I can. My
time is very flexible, allowing me to come in and out of situations very
quickly.
5. Anti Bullying Board - we have a huge board near the reception of the
school which promotes key websites, tips and info on combatting bullying.
This is in a main area of the school and is read by many students. I also
have a board outside my office which is regularly changed to promote
different issues.
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Jeff Maidment , Headteacher, North Waltham Primary School (2010)
As a school we did a range of things. We had a focus on Cyber-bullying and had Paul
Hay from Gatehouse (ICT) who worked with all the children in the morning and then
delivered a presentation to parents in the afternoon. Our local PCSO spoke to the
Year 5 and 6 about cyber-bullying as a follow up a week later.
One class focussed on an explanation text where they had to write about an antibullying machine. Another class had an anti-bullying poem competition. Two classes
linked their work for that week to the books' The Whisperer' and 'Something Else'.
Jenny Durrant, Assistant Headteacher, Hounsdown School (2010)
We had a varied menu of activities relating to anti-bullying week, with the week itself
being used as the focus week but activities going before and beyond the week.
Most of the materials were from the website, and activities were chosen for the year
group by their Year Leader and tutor teams, and delivered through assemblies and
tutorial discussions, and by peer leaders such as junior form prefects and mentors.
Examples:
Yr 11 – Watched the ‘Let’s fight this together’ clip and followed with pupil managed
discussion groups
Yr 9 – The Year 11 attached prefects ( Junior form prefects) initiated and worked with
their tutor groups on creation of an up-dated class charter (they did one in Yr 7) –
together with peer mentoring sessions around relevant issues – sharing experiences
and strategies.
YR 8 – Tutors used the anti – bullying leaflets and posters ( sewn-shut mouth) as
discussion and P4C activities in tutorials, in addition to clips from the DVD
YR 7 – Tutors used the anti – bullying leaflets and posters ( sewn-shut mouth) as
stimulant for discussion activities in tutorials
Other groups used the display of posters created by the cyber-mentors, focusing on
cyber-bullying.
Internet safety was revisited
Pupils created their own movie which was used in tutor groups to create discussion
The ‘credit-card’ style help numbers were raised and distributed.
All mentors had the ant-bullying booklet to use in mentor sessions as an aidememoir/part of their tool-kit.
Clare Yockney, Tadley Community Primary School (2010)
Our theme for this year’s anti-bullying week was ‘Taking Action Together’. At the start
of the week we held a whole school assembly during which we discussed themes like
‘Bullying will stop if we take action together’ and ‘If you see something, say
something!’ The Stay Safe team all took part in the assembly and did some role play
to demonstrate bullying to the rest of the school.
We also ran a competition throughout the week, in which the children had to find as
many posters around the school with the message ‘Stand up. Speak out. Take
Action.’ At the end of the week, prizes were awarded to those who had taken part in
the competition and we discussed what appropriate action should be taken if
someone were to see someone else being a bully.
PSHE that week was also focused on the Anti bullying message with many classes
taking part in role plays, drama techniques and encouraging children to find their own
voices to take action for themselves.
Fiona Brocklesby, Dep Head/Michelle Read, Abbotswood Junior School (2010)
Currently we are on the list for the cyberbullying (Phil Bagge) and this is still working
very well in school.
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We have also started a peer mentoring scheme in school which is very successful.
36 children are trained for 6 hours. They have regular meetings with their line
manager, Michelle Read, and their client base is enormous. With the mentoring and
other work on bullying and RRR, we had no bullying incidents last term - which for a
school of 600 is amazing! Michelle has the training documentation and runs the
training.
Jo Patman, PSHE Co-ordinator, Westfields Junior School (2010)
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Westfields Junior School did take part in anti-bullying week again. This year we
thought about the theme individually in year groups and also the whole school took
part in the Big March, with nearly every child in the school creating their own avatar
with a message to join in the march. Each class discussed different types of bullying
and carried out a number of different tasks throughout the week to raise awareness
about bullying, including role play and hot seating. This year we also felt it a good
idea to share the school's policy with the children, the parts necessary for them to
hear, as we felt that although parents are given a copy, children do not always know
what is on it, what the school does or in some cases that we even have one! The
children responded very well to this.
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Each class was also asked to re-produce two of their favourite avatars, with their
favourite slogans, to be made into a display to go in the school hall in order to keep
the schools views on bullying high-profile.
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