1. BIG FAMILY GROUP
February

2. District Mercy Theme: ‘Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful
District Mercy Theme: ‘Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.’ Luke 6:36

3. What is Mercy? Understanding Forgiveness Love Inclusivity Compassion
Empathy
Generosity
Kindness

4. What is bullying? Social: A group of people hurting another person
Physical: hitting, kicking, pushing, shoving
Verbal: using words
Bullying is: targeted and repetitive

5. Social Bullying
A group of people hurting another person.

6. Physical
A group of people hurting another person

7. Verbal
using technology, chat, social media

8. Understanding Bullying…
To understanding bullying we need to understand what someone else is feeling.
Close your eyes and picture someone in this room right now.
Imagine them eating lunch alone everyday
Or imagine their face when they read a mean text
Or imagine them being beaten by someone every single day
This is called empathy, putting yourself in someone else’s shoes, trying to understand how they feel, and feeling for them.

9. So what will we do to help? We can…
Stand by, witness the bullying and do nothing
or DO SOMETHING!

10. Share some of your ideas as a class
How will you show that person whom you just imagined being bullied that you care, and you understand?
Share some of your ideas as a class

11. Being kind to someone can go a long way, showing that you care and understand. If you see someone who is feeling down, or looking sad, how can we treat them with kindness if they are being victimized by bullies?

12. Activity
Record some of your thoughts and ideas on the heart provided, then cut it out to display in the school.

13. So, why “wear pink?”
This is what David, and Travis did to show others they care…
Video about Travis Price and David Shepherd
interview with Travis Price
– message from Trudeau