Useful organisations Anti-bullying Alliance (ABA) - www.anti-bullying.org Brings together more than 65 organisations with the aim of reducing bullying and creating safer environments in which children and young people can live, grow, play and learn. Mencap – www.mencap.org Mencap is a learning disability charity that provides information and support to children and adults with a learning disability, and to their families and carers. Educational Action Challenging Homophobia (EACH) – www.eachaction.org.uk Educational Action Challenging Homophobia (EACH) is a charity and training agency helping people and organisations affected by homophobia. The website gives guidance, contact details and a freephone helpline. School's Out – www.schools-out.org.uk Childnet International – www.childnet-int.org Childnet International - The UK's safer internet centre NSPCC/ChildLine- www.nspcc.org.uk, www.childline.org.uk ChildLine is a private and confidential service for children and young people up to the age of 19. NSPCC run several campaigns to support young people around bullying and internet safety Show Racism the Red Card – www.theredcard.org.uk

 

Our whole school vision is:

Springbank Primary is a place where all of our children and staff will have the opportunity to excel. Everyone will be safe, happy and cared for. Our curriculum and values will inspire everyone in the

school family to be motivated and curious learners and offer core skills, knowledge and enrichment to enable all to gain the foundations for a quality future and a love for life-long learning.

In all we do we remember our school motto:

Caring-Happy-Healthy - Sporty  

School Values

Sportsmanship-Tolerance- Appreciation- Respect-Friendship-Integrity-Sensitivity-Helpfulness

Anti-Bullying Information for Parents and Carers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

               Definition of Bullying The repetitive, intentional hurting of one person or group by another person or group, where the relationship involves an imbalance of power. Bullying can be physical, verbal or psychological. It can happen face-to-face or through cyberspace. http://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/about-us.aspx How does bullying differ from teasing/falling out between friends or other types of aggressive behaviour? • There is a deliberate intention to hurt or humiliate. • There is a power imbalance that makes it hard for the victim to

defend themselves. • It is usually persistent. What does bullying look like? Bullying behaviour can be physical, verbal or emotional and includes: • physical assault • taking or damaging belongings • name calling • taunting • mocking • making offensive comments • cyber bullying - inappropriate text messaging and emailing; sending offensive or degrading images, impersonating and hacking into accounts online using internet enabled devices. • producing offensive graffiti • gossiping and spreading hurtful and untruthful rumours • excluding people from groups  

I feel bullying is when someone hurts you physically or upsets you over and over again – even when you have asked

them to stop.

If your child is being cyber-bullied • Make sure your child does not retaliate or reply to cyber-bullying messages of any kind. • If you need to, you can help your child to change their contact details (email, online username, mobile phone number). • Use the security tools on your family’s computer, on websites or on your child’s mobile phone. • Save evidence of offending emails, text messages or online conversations. • Report cyber-bullying. You can report the incident to school, the website or service provider, and, in serious cases, the police.

At school I created a poster about cyber bullying. It helped me understand the meaning of the word and how it can make people

feel.

 

Cyber-bullying - bullying that occurs via mobile phone or the internet. Key rules for your child • Think before you send a picture or message about yourself or any other

person. It doesn’t take long for it to be shared with every single person you know. What you think of as a joke might be really upsetting for the other person.

• Never give out personal information when it can be shared with others. You may trust your new friends but you don’t know his or her friends.

• Treat your password like your toothbrush – don’t share it with anyone! • If you receive nasty messages, texts, comments etc, block the person sending

them and always report it to an adult (your parent, teacher). • Don’t reply to a bullying message but do keep it – whether it is a picture,

message or online posting.

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What to do if you think your child is being bullied • Encourage your child to talk to you. • Praise your child for telling you. • Help your child feel valued and important. • Make sure your child knows who to go to for help. • Tell your child you need to involve the school. • Collect any evidence eg who did what, when, and what was said and done. • Keep any text messages, emails or website comments. What to do if your child is a witness to bullying Help your child to tell you what is happening. Remind your child that they are not ‘grassing’, they are helping stop a dangerous situation. Talk to your child about what they can do to help a child who is being bullied: • tell a teacher/lead behaviour/safeguarding officer/headteacer what is

going on • be friendly to the other child • include the other child in games What to do if you are told your child is bullying others ü Listen to their side of the story. ü Try not to call them a ‘bully’ – it’s a label that sticks. ü Remind them that you love them – it’s the behaviour that you do not

like. ü Talk to them about other people’s feelings and how much their

behaviour hurts, upsets and frightens the person they are bullying. ü Talk to them about anything that is making them unhappy or angry.

If I am worried about bullying I know I can talk to my mum, dad or grandma or granddad. They are always really kind and

will phone school so we can sort it out.

Facebook requires everyone to be at least 13 years old before they can create an account.

Apps parents should know about…

Yubo (Formally Yellow)

Yubo users need to be at least 13 years old to sign up for the app and require parental permission.

The terms and conditions of the app Musical.ly state that it is not suitable for young people under the age of 13 and that users should be 18 years of age.

Monkey is rated as 13+ but there is no age verification required.

Snapchat has "Terms of Use" that need to be read and discussed. These terms include verifying the user is at least 13 years of age and, if under age 18, they have parental permission.

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TELL SCHOOL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Systems for reporting: • Children and young people in school including bystanders should

report their concerns immediately to: the class teacher, Mrs Aubrey (Anti-bullying co-ordinator) or Mrs Wigley (Safeguarding officer)

• Parents/carers should report all incidents of bullying to Mr Adam Lumley (School and Family Support lead)

The school will take the following steps: • Interview all parties • Inform parents of everyone involved • Implementing appropriate disciplinary sanctions in accordance with

the school’s Behaviour Policy. These will be graded according to the seriousness of the incident but will send out a message that bullying is unacceptable

• Be clear that responses may also vary according to the type of bullying and may involve other agencies where appropriate

• Following up, in particular keeping in touch with the person who reported the situation

• Having a clear complaints’ procedure for parents/carers who are not satisfied with the school’s actions

• Having a range of follow up responses and support appropriate to the situation for all involved such as - solution focused, restorative approach, circle of friends, individual work with victim, perpetrator and bystanders, referral to outside agencies if appropriate

• Working with the wider community if the bullying is taking place off the school premises i.e. in the case of cyber bullying or hate crime.

   

 Strategies for preventing bullying

1. As part of our on-going commitment to the safety and welfare of our pupils, we at Springbank Primary School have developed the following strategies to promote positive behaviour and discourage bullying behaviour: • Involvement in Character Education. • Anti-Bullying week annually in November. • PSHE/Citizenship lessons drop down days and cross curriculum themes. • Specific curriculum input on areas of concern such as cyber bullying and

internet safety • Student voice, school council. • Peer mentoring schemes and/or Playground Buddying and other student

lead initiatives 2. Reactive programmes for vulnerable groups or groups involved in bullying. For example: • Restorative Justice • Counselling and/or Mediation schemes • Small group work 3. Specific initiatives for identified groups such as young people whose first language is not English, SEND/disabled students, children who have been bullied or are displaying bullying behaviour 4. Support for parents/carers • Parent groups • Parent information events/information

         

Me and my mum met with Mr Lumley. We were able to talk about everything that was worrying

me and make sure it didn’t happen again. I know I can talk to any teachers about bullying and they

will always listen.

It has been great having the chance to meet with Mrs Wigley. It makes me feel much better and now I know

lots of great tips to stop me feeling angry. I look forward to going to school everyday.