The assembly theme this week is Anti-bullying

Bullying

What is bullying?

On purpose

Bullying is intentional (not an accident) a bully hurts someone on purpose

Repetitive

Bullying is repetitive. This means that the bully hurts someone over and over again; it isn’t an incident that happens only once.

Bullying is where one person acts like they have more power than another, and does whatever they can to hurt that person.

What kinds of bullying are there?

Different forms of bullying

Physical: kicking, hitting and damaging their belongings

Verbal: name calling, taunting, threats and making offensive remarks

Indirect:

spreading nasty stories about someone, gossiping and excluding people from social groups like games

Cyber: sending nasty emails, texts or making nasty phone calls

What is a

BY-STANDER?

What is a by-stander?

A witness

Would you support the bullied person?

What would make you decide not to help?

Did you know?

60% of the time, bullying will stop in under 10 seconds when peers (other children) do something about it

85% of bullying takes place with

by-standers present

On the playground, peers intervene and stop bullying in more cases than adults do

You have more of an impact!

Thoughts to consider

Get help, do not look on, do something!

Say no to bullying!

Don’t just stand there, do something!

A final

thought

How do you

get help if you

are being

bullied?

Who do you

tell?

At Horsendale Primary

School we all believe that we have the right to be respected and accepted for who we are.

We treat bullying seriously and we have strategies to deal with it.