Today I had the opportunity to organise anti-bullying sessions as part of the S1 induction day. The task, although daunting, was worthwhile and I feel pupils found the sessions I ran challenging. I decided that, rather than formally present the schools anti-bullying policy to the pupils, it would be more helpful to have an informal discussion about the causes and effects of bullying. All classes were open and honest and appeared to display real empathy with the topic in hand. However, a question which kept on being raised was ‘are teachers doing enough to eliminate bullying?’ and ‘What does a zero tolerance approach to bullying look like in practice?’
See www.bullying.co.uk for more information.
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