Children from year 3-8 have been all issued with a neat little flyer from the Ministry of Education called Step Up, Be Safe. This booklet which folds down into a pocket size, is an excellent resource that defines behaviours on promoting an awareness on bullying,friendships, types of bullying and some strategies to help children dealing with situations of bullying. You can access the booklet here.
Bullying has always been around in society and is very unsavoury and causes much distress. The power struggle usually centres around dominance for social gain. The key often is the group being totally intolerant of this behaviour and supporting the right behaviour. We aim to stamp all bullying out because it is totally unacceptable at our school and prohibits children's rights to be happy. As the booklet suggests - we have to all work together to beat the bullies, stick up for children, inform adults so that bullies can change their behaviour.
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