Anti-Bullying Week @ KHS 2015 A Guide for Parents, Carers & Governors

There’s No Place For Bullying at Kettlethorpe High School

Aims of Anti-Bullying Week 2015 Understand what bullying is and the consequences it can have Know and understand the different types of bullying Know what to do if your child or someone you know is being bullied

What is Bullying? Goes on for a while Deliberate. The other person wants to hurt, humiliate or harm Involves a power imbalance

What Bullying is not! A one off fight or argument A friend sometimes being nasty An argument with a friend

Different types of bullying Verbal bullying – hurting someone's feelings Name calling, teasing, abusive remarks, threats, insults Physical bullying – hurting someone’s body Hitting, kicking, pushing, biting, hair pulling, or damaging someone’s property Indirect bullying Excluding, ignoring, isolating, spreading rumours, embarrassing or humiliating people in public, rude gestures such as eye rolling Cyberbullying Making prank phone calls, spreading rumours , threatening or saying hurtful things on social media When asking learner about the definitions of bullying, learners will probably have mentioned the various types of bullying that you may already have taken a note of. Generate a discussion about the types of bullying behaviour. Explain that there are four main types of bullying behaviour. These include: verbal, physical, cyber and indirect. You may need to explain or prompt further discussion about the notion of indirect bullying. Alternatively, learners may know this as psychological bullying. Put simply, it’s about deliberately hurting or harming someone’s friendships/relationship with other. Ask which of these types of bullying do they think happens most frequently (generally) or in their school. What do they think is the most difficult type of bullying to stop? How might each type of bullying make people feel? Which type of bullying do they think hurts the most?

Do you know what to do if you or somebody you know is being bullied?

What to do? Report it!

Who can I tell? Your child’s tutor Your child’s Year Leader/ Assistant Year Leader (See next slide for details) Communication is Key!

Contacts Year 7 Mrs Hudson Frost Mr Fitzsimons Year 8 Mrs Bennett Mrs Donnelly Year 9 Mr Douglas Miss Lee Year 10 Mr Hooley Miss Williams Year 11 Ms Holgate Mr Trickett

Anti Bullying Ambassadors We also have a team of pupils who are trained to identify issues in and around school and listen and help with any bullying issues

Suggestion Box If your child feels they cannot tell someone face to face, they could use our suggestion box to write something down and post it This is a safe, secure and confidential way of telling us of any issues This is on the wall opposite matron’s room

Anti-Bullying Drop In Session Please drop in to see Mr Mellor between 3.30pm and 5.30pm on Wednesday 25th November if you have any concerns about bullying

E Mail You can also e-mail : bullying@kettlethorpe.wakefield.sch.uk

Watch this Video Bullying