Our Anti-bullying Policy links with our
school behaviour code which is based
on the following principles:
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Students, staff and visitors within the
school,
learning,
working
and
playing are in a safe environment
where bullying and violence are
unacceptable.
Individuals behave in a manner that
demonstrates respect for others,
themselves and property.
Individuals are responsible and
accountable for their behaviour.
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Verbal:
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Bullying ...What is it?
Bullying is repeated harmful behaviours
that deprive individuals and groups of
their rights, jeopardise physical and
emotional safety and undermine the
wellbeing of our school community and
society. (Based on a statement from the
Bullying. No Way! Website.)
Bullying can take many forms. We
consider the following behaviours as
some examples of bullying
Physical:
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Dominating others physically due to
size, strength etc
Hitting, kicking, punching, or pushing
or other unwanted contact.
Making rude gestures.
Taking or damaging something that
belongs to someone else.
Forcing others to give over food,
money or something that belongs
to them.
Making someone do something
they don’t want to.
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Name calling. Sarcasm.
Teasing, spreading rumours.
Threatening; Intimidation.
Threatening to use violence or
objects as weapons
Making fun of someone because
of
physical
characteristics,
individual or family, religious, sexual
preference, cultural background or
appearance.
Making fun of someone’s actions or
abilities.
Emotional:
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Using popularity to manipulate or
control others.
Using status in a group for example,
excluding, tormenting, humiliating,
mimicking.
Cyber/other technologies:
All areas of internet, such as using
social media as a means of
bullying another.
 Mobile phone threats by texting
messages and calls
There are many situations that may be
seen as bullying and many differing
factors that contribute to these
situations. For this reason we have
deliberately avoided stating individual
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specific consequences and outcomes
regarding incidents.
Strategies we will use to deal
with Bullying
At Craigmore South Schools we will:
 Openly talk about bullying – what it
is, how it affects us all and what we
can do about it.
 Use Program Achieve as a vehicle
for discussing and developing the
positive habits of the mind as well
as emotional resilience and getting
along skills.
 Teachers to use Child Protection
Curriculum to teach students skills
empowering them to recognise
prevent, and/or manage bullying
 Regularly review our policy with
students,
staff
and
school
community.
Responsibility of Staff:
To model appropriate behaviour
To record and deal with all
reported and observed incidences
of bullying.
 To protect the victim from further
harm.
If a witness reports the bullying this will
be handled sensitively so that the
safety and welfare of the person
making the report is maintained.
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Responsibility of Parents:
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To watch for signs that their children
may be being bullied inside and
outside of school
To speak to someone on staff at
Craigmore South Schools if their child
is being bullied or they suspect that
this is happening.
To instruct their children to inform if
they are bullied.
To monitor the ongoing welfare or
wellbeing of their child.
To work with the school to resolve
incidents of bullying and create
permanent change.
Responsibilities of Students:
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To not bully others.
To help someone who is being
bullied e.g. by telling the bully to
stop, getting the other person away
from the situation and informing a
teacher.
To inform others if they are being
bullied or if they see someone else is
being bullied– both at school and on
the way to and from school.
To be a witness and not be a
bystander
To persist … if you tell someone and
action hasn’t been taken to help
you, then tell someone else.
Reporting
DO NOT IGNORE BULLYING
To whom: Immediately report to staff,
parents or friends
How to:
Tell where and what is
happening, who is involved and what
you have done to try and prevent it.
What will happen?
The bullying behaviour or threats of
bullying will be investigated. This will
include
 Documentation of the bullying issue
 The victim will be supported and
involved/informed of progress to
resolving the bullying issue
 In serious cases parents will be
informed and participate in resolving
the problem
 Police will be consulted if necessary
 Students will be supported to
change bullying behaviour
 After the incident has been dealt
with, each case will be monitored to
ensure repeated bullying does not
take place
More information:
DECD Parent Helpline 1800222696
Kids Helpline 1800551800
www.bullyingnoway.com.au
For information on cyber bullying
www.cybersmartkids.com.au
www.netalert.net.au
Craigmore South Schools
Anti-Bullying Policy
Craigmore South Schools are
committed to providing
an environment that fosters
our school values of:
Collaboration,
Diversity,
Integrity,
Respect &
Responsibility.
Issue date 07/2012
Review date 07/ 2013