Understanding Centralian Senior Colleges Position on Bullying within

Understanding Centralian Senior College’s Position on Bullying within our School

LESSON 1 - What is bullying? Activity Think Pair Share Students by themselves 1 min have a minute to think about what is bullying? Share your thoughts with the person next to you. 2 min Each pair report back to the class sharing their ideas on bullying with the class. The teacher writes ideas on board

GROUP BRAINSTORM -What is bullying? -What types of bullying are there? -Where does it happen? -At what age does bullying start? -Who experiences bullying? -Why does bullying occur?

Where do you draw the line? Listen to each example and decide: Ok Not sure

EXAMPLES a) A young person is walking on her way to class when another student starts calling her names such as “whore/ slut/ dog/ bitch/ bighole”. b) Sarah is not very good at basketball. When she has sports and plays basketball, another student yells our “you suck, get off the court”. c) Jessica is sitting by herself. Whenever she tries to interact with or make friends with other girls in her class they ignore her and turn their back to her. d) Tom was at a party over the weekend and had a bit to drink. When he got to school on Monday, everyone was laughing and joking around with him. Tom wasn’t sure why this was happening, until he discovered that someone had taken an embarrassing video of him at the party. Tom didn’t know about the video, and it has been shared on social media and text messages.

EXAMPLES a) John identifies as being gay. When John goes to class, all the other fellas stay clear of him. b) Every time Tandra (student) would walk past Mrs Dally, she would pretend to hit and bump into her. Tandra would also call Mrs Dally rude names. c) Tyrese isn’t popular, and has very few friends. A popular girl Emma pretends to be his friend, but when she is with her other friends, she makes fun of Tyrese is unaware of what she says to her friends, and thinks that Emma is a really good friend of his.

Definition of Bullying? Bullying is a pattern of repeated physical, verbal or social aggression that is directed towards a specific person by someone with more power and is intended to cause harm, distress and/or create fear or shame. bile

Centralian Senior College Policy - Types of Bullying § Verbal and Written – insults, threats, name calling, rumour spreading. Making comments about someone's race, religion, level of ability, appearance or sexuality. § Physical – hitting, pushing, aggressive “play” fighting, taking / damaging property. § Sexual - unwelcome, written, verbal or physical contact of a sexual nature. § Face and Body Signals – looks, stares, hand signs. § Exclusion – deliberately leaving someone out of groups and activities. § Extortion – standing over someone to take their money or possession, make demands, control their behaviour. § Cyber – using mobile phones and internet to harass, cause distress or spread rumours. Includes Filming fights and sharing or publishing this on you tube. § Homophobic Bullying - when nay of the above bullying happens due to a prejudice against or a perception that someone is attracted to people of the same sex.

What does bullying do to people? • Watch video Lauren’s Ordeal https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=av. Sy. XT 3 Zh. CU Discussion Questions Brainstorm responses on whiteboard § What happened to Lauren? § How did the bullying affect Lauren? § What steps did she take to address the bullying? Move to next slide to further discuss