We are discussing anti-bullying this week in school. Mrs Finley launched the message with her assembly on Monday and all classes will be discussing this across the week.
Please see below for some information about this year’s theme.
The theme for this year’s Anti-Bullying Week is to choose respect over bullying.
Following a consultation with over 800 children, teachers and members of the Anti-Bullying Alliance, it emerged that a top priority was showing that bullying is a behaviour choice, and that children and young people can set a positive example by opting to respect each other at school, in their homes and communities, and online.
The aims of this week are to support schools and other settings to help children and young people, school staff, parents and other professionals who work with children to understand:
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The definition of respect
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That bullying is a behaviour choice
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That we can respectfully disagree with each other i.e. we don’t have to be best friends or always agree with each other but we do have to respect each other
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That we all need to choose to respect each other both face to face and online