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NSPCC

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Research Briefing

This research briefing summarises what is currently known about school bullying, based on a review of the available literature.

Characteristics of Victims

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Characteristics of Victims

This report provides robust evidence on the characteristics of bullying victims based on a representative cohort of young people aged 14 to 16 attending secondary schools in England between 2004 and 2006.

CHIPS Resource

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Dealing with Bullies and the Importance of Friends

This excellent new resource which may be of use to schools, youth groups and other settings is now available from Childline and the NSPCC.

The materials can be used to gain accreditation or otherwise and are worth a good look.

Cyberbullying

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Cyberbullying resources are now in the cyberbullying section in esafety:

Lesson Resources

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Association of Citizenship scheme of lessons based on The present takers by Aidan Chambers (Random House, ISBN 0-09-999160-8).

The lessons are loosely planned and informal in style so as to encourage free discussion, and different classes will take different amounts of time to complete them. Therefore no follow-on lessons are suggested here.

Students are to be encouraged to learn about… bullying and its surrounding issues rather than to learn from… teachers or texts. The Present takers novel is a ‘springboard’ which may be read in part or whole as time or ability level allows. Summaries are given under Resources after the lessons themselves.

More information and the lesson plans is available at:

FIT, the movie

FIT, the movieAs Stonewall Education Champions, Hertfordshire CSF are delighted to inform you about FIT which is the feature film adaptation of Stonewall’s highly successful play for schools aimed at tackling homophobic bullying. Interactive DVDs of FIT have been sent out to every secondary school in Britain.
Homophobic bullying is rife in schools. In recent YouGov research for Stonewall, nine in ten teachers said their pupils experience homophobic bullying. But nine in ten teachers have never received any training on how to prevent and respond to homophobic bullying.

Stonewall is committed to helping teachers tackle homophobia and homophobic bullying in their schools. FIT, the movie – the first of its kind - will provide some of the help, resources and training teachers have been desperate for in combating the problem.

Teachers and pupils alike have found FIT to be useful. The story raises important themes that have encouraged pupils to address their prejudices and think about the consequences of their language.

More information, trailers of the film and resources for teachers can be found at:

Challenging Violence, Changing Lives

CD Resource for

KS3 & 14-19

Challenging Violence, Changing Lives is a teaching resource developed to assist teachers and young people establish whole-school support to promote equality of opportunity between women and men (in all areas of school life, including pupil achievement, career planning) and work towards eliminating all forms of violence, discrimination and harassment (eg sexist or sexual bullying).

The CD contains easy to use lessons plans for PSHE and Citizenship dealing with gender and bullying, gender and culture and building respectful relationships at KS3.

The 14-19 lessons build on knowledge learned at KS3 and addresses domestic violence as well as campaigning for change. We also have a 6 minute DVD ‘Flirting or hurting? (2007) showing students taking part in a sexual bullying workshop in an East London school in conjunction with the Nia Project.

The pack is free of charge within the UK.

Please go to the website or contact us at WomanKind to order a resource pack:

Email: hannah.white@womankind.org.uk
Tel: 0207 549 0375

Key Stages 2-4

There are several activities that can be used with pupils in key stages 2-4 to explore various aspects of conflict resolution.

 

Strategies and interventions that young people can use if they witness a bullying situation: Primary

Intended learning outcomes:

  • An increased knowledge of the role of bystanders in bullying situations
  • An understanding of techniques to enable young people to safely intervene in a bullying situation
  • An increased awareness of sources of support available to young people who witness bullying or who are being bullied

Staff Training

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Staff Bullying Presentation

 

Staff Training

Whole School Approaches
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Individual Problem Solving
Essentially, looking for ways to overcome a problem as opposed to dwelling on the problem itself.

 

Group Problem Solving
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Circle of Friends
Form to download

Whole School Approaches

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Peer Support in the Secondary School

Peer Mentoring, Peer mediation, Buddies…  these are rapidly becoming the new buzz words in improving school culture and the wellbeing of pupils.  But how viable are these things for the Secondary School?

Text Someone

24/7 text message, phone and email reporting of bullying, theft crime or any unwanted behaviour

Secondary Cross-curricular Approach to Supporting Anti-Bullying Policy

Involved a wide range of subjects in supporting key messages about anti-bullying ensures that the potency and rigour of the school's policy is communicated to pupils.

Useful Web Links

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Actionwork

Actionwork organises anti-bullying tours and events all over the UK including the Annual National anti Bullying Roadshow and anti-bullying creative sessions throughout the UK

Anti-Bullying Network

The new Network will have the following objectives: to support anti-bullying work in schools; to operate a website providing information about bullying and how it can be tackled; to research and develop effective strategies to address the verbal, psychological and physical harassment and violence called bullying; to promote research into bullying and support work seeking to reduce bullying; and to operate an anti-bullying service which will include the provision of training, publications and consultancy services.

 

Anti-Bullying Alliance

The Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA) was founded by NSPCC and National Children's Bureau in 2002. The Alliance brings together 65 organisations into one network with the aim of reducing bullying and creating safer environments in which children and young people can live, grow, play and learn.

 

Beatbullying

Beatbullying is the UK first children's charity to devise anti-bullying strategies for young people by young people. They strongly believe that young people have the ability to shape society - a society in which bullying is unacceptable.

 

BullyingUK

Bullying UK is the new name for the award-winning charity Bullying Online which was founded in 1999 by journalist Liz Carnell from Harrogate and her son John, as a direct result of their experience of dealing with school bullying, which included taking successful legal action against an education authority.

Bullying.org

 

Bullying resource guide

 

Recommended by young people for young people

 

CoastKid

Coastkid is an interactive website which has been developed specially for the Brighton and Hove Anti-Bullying Project by Dr Chris Gaine and his team at University College, Chichester. Dr Gaine also developed the award-winning Britkid anti-racist website. Coastkid has been designed and written to engage children and young people while demonstrating what bullying is and what to do about it.

HGfL eSafety

Children and young people are keen adopters of new technologies such as email, instant messaging, chat rooms and text messaging, but this can also leave them open to the threat of online bullying. An awareness of general internet safety practices can help to reduce the risk of online bullying and ensure that children remain safe.

HGfL CPD Networks

The focus of this CPD network is to consider some of the issues relating to bullying and children and young people with SEN/LDD (Learning Difficulties and Disabilities). The materials and resources from this network meeting are available below. They provide ideas about how to develop your school’s practice and the SENCo/INCO role in this aspect of provision and ways to further develop ‘The Pupil Voice’ in relation to Anti-bullying and SEN/LDD.

Kidscape

Kidscape is committed to keeping children safe from abuse. Kidscape is the first charity in the UK established specifically to prevent bullying and child sexual abuse. Kidscape believes that protecting children from harm is key.

Small World New

Small World offers resources designed to help increase creative play and vocabulary, and tackle difficult issues in children under 11 including: anger management; difficult behaviour; anxiety and worry; hyperactivity; low self esteem; and relaxation.

Two new resources are:

Anger Management Out Of A Box  This box aims to break the destructive cycle of angry behaviour. The strategies suggested in this box are based mainly on an emotionally intelligent approach to managing anger.

Conflict Resolution Out Of A Box The aim of this box is to teach children peaceful and productive ways of dealing with conflicts thus building skills that strengthen their emotional intelligence. This box shows how to temper the emotional response to conflict situations by developing new ways of resolving problems.

stoptextbully.com

 

Mobile phones are great – you can stay in touch with your mates, chat to new friends, and have fun with cool ringtones, photos and video clips. But text bullies can use mobiles to get at you any time.

Text bullying is when someone abuses or threatens you by text, and it’s just as bad as them doing it at school or in the street.