1. We need to understand the difference between bullying and everyday disagreements. Bullying

2. What are everyday disagreements? Two children wanting to play with the same football Arguing over which TV programme to watch Pushing in when lining up A hard tackle in football which hurts the other player At the end of the day you make up and are still friends.

3. What is bullying? Bullying happens when someone sets out to hurt another person. They make their victim feel scared and unhappy. Bullying usually happens again and again with one or more people bullying the same person.

4. Physical bullying This is when a bully attacks someone by punching, kicking, hitting or pushing them. It can also include spoiling or stealing someone’s belongings. The bully may ‘accidentally’ trip someone up or bang into them.

5. Verbal bullying This happens when a bully uses words to hurt or frighten you. Name calling Threatening Copying what you say in a funny voice Making you look silly in front of others

6. Silent bullying This happens when a bully makes you feel bad but doesn’t say anything. Sending horrible notes to others Spreading rumours about you

7. What are the effects of bullying? How does a bully feel? strong clever sad angry sorry mean jealous ashamed lonely How does the victim feel? angry, cross weak scared, terrified hurt lonely, no friends why me? upset sad

8. Who gets bullied? Children who are different: very clever at school or find school work hard different skin colour wear glasses are overweight have a different accent wear braces on their teeth younger or smaller who find it hard to stick up for themselves

9. What about the bullies? There are lots of reasons why people become bullies and it is usually a sign that they are not happy people. They may be unhappy at home Feel different themselves Don’t know how to make friends

10. We can listen to each other We do not take other peoples things We respect one another We do not call people names We can talk to people we trust

11. BLOCK IT Block people who send nasty messages and don’t open unknown links and attachments. Always delete emails from people you don’t know, and don’t open attachments from people you don’t know. They might be nasty or have a virus that can stop your computer working.

12. If someone you know is being nasty to you or someone online, speak to a parent or a trusted adult about it, If someone is unkind or sends nasty messages online, block them. Cyber bullying is very real and very upsetting… it is no different to usual bullying

13. Bullying can be: Name calling Pushing others Kicking other children Teasing Hurting Saying mean words Giving mean looks

14. Bullying can also be: Saying “I hate you” Calling mums and dads names Telling others they are not good at something like football, singing, dancing Making someone bring sweets or money to school Interfering with other children’s lunchboxes, PE kit or bags

16. We can talk to a teacher We can talk to a dinner lady We can talk to a teaching assistant We can talk to our parents We can talk to the office staff WHO DO WE TELL

17. STOP !!!! How can we stop it as a school? Don’t make it worse by hitting back Don’t be scared to tell Don’t keep it a secret Don’t get into trouble yourself Tell the bully to keep away

18. Tell on the Bully Be Strong Inside

19. Together Let’s Stop The Bully !!