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ConnectBullying No Way! Awareness Week
Back to NewsBullying No Way Week is Australia’s key bullying prevention initiative for schools. It provides an opportunity for schools to create a shared understanding about bullying behaviours and share their bullying prevention policies and strategies.
Care Group activities
During Care Group, students focused on activities to engage students in meaningful discussions about bullying prevention. The activities were designed to encourage reflection and teamwork.
Assembly
Year 9/10 attended an Assembly run by our Student Leaders.
BBQ
To wrap up the week, our Student Leaders ran a free BBQ at lunchtime for all students.
Bullying No Way! Awareness Week Resources
Bullying No Way Awareness Week is Australia’s key bullying prevention initiative for schools. It provides an opportunity for schools to create a shared understanding about bullying behaviours and share their bullying prevention policies and strategies. Please see below a variety of resources for parent and students.
What is bullying?
Bullying is when one person (or a group of people) with more power than someone else tries to upset or hurt them. This power can come from being more popular, stronger or part of the group. They might repeatedly try to hurt them physically, socially isolate them, or say and do mean or humiliating things to them.
Bullying of any form or for any reason can have long‐term effects on those involved, including bystanders. Bullying can happen in person or online, and it can be obvious or hidden.
If someone behaves in a mean or aggressive way on one occasion it isn’t bullying, even though it is not respectful or acceptable. A fight or disagreement between two people of equal power or status isn’t bullying.
Bullying is not OK. It feels awful. You feel like you can’t stop it. You have the right to feel safe.
Definitions
Facts
Signs of bullying
Each individual student who has been bullied or is bullying others will respond and act differently. A student’s behaviours and moods can also change for a variety of reasons. However, the following are some signs that may indicate a student is experiencing bullying:
Types of bullying
Bullying is usually described by the types of behaviours involved, so we talk about verbal, social and physical bullying.
Bullying is sometimes also labelled by where it occurs or by what type of harm is done. These words can be used alone or in combination. It can be confusing! The most common ways that bullying is described are outlined below.