Bullying
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Bullying - a Charter for Action
The United Kingdom sets out the principles that should be incorporated in every school’s anti-bullying policy providing a caring, friendly and safe environmentfor all the pupils so they can learn in a relaxed and secure atmosphere.
1. What is bullying?
Bullying is the use of aggression with the intention of hurting another person. Bullying results inpain and distress to the victim.
2. Bullying can be:
• Emotional being unfriendly, excluding, tormenting (e.g. hiding books, threatening gestures),
• Physical: pushing, kicking,hitting, punching or any use of violence,
• Racist racial taunts, graffiti, gestures,
• Sexual unwanted physical contact or sexually abusive comments,
• Homophobic because of, or focussing onthe issue of sexuality
• Verbal name-calling, sarcasm, spreading rumours, teasing
• Cyber All areas of internet, such as email & internet chat room misuse. Mobile threats by text messaging& calls Misuse of associated technology, i.e. camera &video facilities (see the Behaviour, Rewards, Punishments and Exclusions policy for further information about the scope available to teachers whenaddressing cyber-bullying)
3. Why is it Important to Respond to Bullying?
Bullying hurts. No one deserves to be a victim of bullying. Everybody has the right to be treated with respect.Pupils who are bullying need to learn different ways of behaving.
4. Objectives of this Policy
• All governors, teaching and non-teaching staff, pupils and parents should have an understandingof what bullying is.
• All governors and teaching and non-teaching staff should know what the school policy is on bullying, and follow it when bullying is reported.
• All pupils and parentsshould know what the school policy is on bullying, and what they should do if bullying arises.
5. Signs and Symptoms
A pupil may indicate by signs or behaviour that she is being...
The United Kingdom sets out the principles that should be incorporated in every school’s anti-bullying policy providing a caring, friendly and safe environmentfor all the pupils so they can learn in a relaxed and secure atmosphere.
1. What is bullying?
Bullying is the use of aggression with the intention of hurting another person. Bullying results inpain and distress to the victim.
2. Bullying can be:
• Emotional being unfriendly, excluding, tormenting (e.g. hiding books, threatening gestures),
• Physical: pushing, kicking,hitting, punching or any use of violence,
• Racist racial taunts, graffiti, gestures,
• Sexual unwanted physical contact or sexually abusive comments,
• Homophobic because of, or focussing onthe issue of sexuality
• Verbal name-calling, sarcasm, spreading rumours, teasing
• Cyber All areas of internet, such as email & internet chat room misuse. Mobile threats by text messaging& calls Misuse of associated technology, i.e. camera &video facilities (see the Behaviour, Rewards, Punishments and Exclusions policy for further information about the scope available to teachers whenaddressing cyber-bullying)
3. Why is it Important to Respond to Bullying?
Bullying hurts. No one deserves to be a victim of bullying. Everybody has the right to be treated with respect.Pupils who are bullying need to learn different ways of behaving.
4. Objectives of this Policy
• All governors, teaching and non-teaching staff, pupils and parents should have an understandingof what bullying is.
• All governors and teaching and non-teaching staff should know what the school policy is on bullying, and follow it when bullying is reported.
• All pupils and parentsshould know what the school policy is on bullying, and what they should do if bullying arises.
5. Signs and Symptoms
A pupil may indicate by signs or behaviour that she is being...
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