1. Self-Esteem & Bullying
To understand the importance of self- esteem and understand how to deal with bullying
HOMEWORK:
Learn the spellings and definitions of: self-esteem/bullying/confidence

2. What is self-esteem?
‘Esteem’ means respect and admiration, usually for a person.
Self-esteem means to think well of ourselves – to feel proud and confident about who we are and what we can do.

3. What’s your self esteem like?
You have 3 minutes to label a stick person with the things you LIKE about yourself and the things you would improve. Think of:
Personality
Appearance
Abilities…

4. Confidence Booster!
Everyone needs praise sometimes, it helps their self-esteem
You will each be given a post-it-note with the name of someone in your class in it
Write down a compliment (ONLY a compliment!) about them and stick it to my whiteboard
This is anonymous

5. Why did we only write compliments?
Discuss ideas on your table group
Write down your top three ideas
Label yourselves 1 - 4

6. What can Will.i.am teach us about self-esteem?
What do the lyrics tell us to do?
What sorts of things does Will.i.am identify to help him feel confident?

7. How could you improve a friends self-esteem?
Lets look at the example of Eeyore – How do the rest of the gang try to help improve his self- esteem?

8. What is Bullying?
Bullying is when a person intentionally tries to harm, hurt or intimidate someone. It usually takes place over a period of time, with repeated ‘attacks’.
Bullying severely damages self-esteem. It can make life unbearable for victims and have long lasting effects.
Look at how Sesame Street explains it:

9. What can we learn from this clip?
What types of bullying are there?
How do you think the victim feels?
What was the outcome for a) the bully b) the victim?
Why do you think this rap has been made?

10. What types of bullying are there?
THINK – as many types as you can
PAIR - turn to your shoulder partner
SHARE – take turns to give them your ideas
The person who….. goes first

11. Why do bullies bully? Discuss ideas on your table group
Write down your top three ideas
Label yourselves 1 - 4

12. How can we stop bulling?
Think about someone you know who has been bullied…
Think back to the PSHE on bullying in tutor time to help you…