Student Wellbeing

Families’ role in creating a supportive school culture

Research demonstrates that efforts to change the attitudes and behaviour of students are more likely to be successful if families are actively involved and share a sense of ownership over the process.

What can you do to help reduce bullying in our school?

• Talk regularly with your children about bullying

• Encourage your children to ask for help if they are being bullied at school

• If your children are fighting at home, help them discuss their problem and come to a mutual solution

• Encourage your children to be assertive by helping them to practise speaking in a firm but friendly way, making eye contact, looking calm, smiling and feeling good about themselves

What is Bullying?

Bullying is when one or more of the following things happen repeatedly to someone who finds it hard to stop it from happening.

Bullying is when a person or a group of people offline or online (mobile phone or Internet):

• Make fun of / tease someone in a mean and hurtful way

• Tell lies or spread nasty rumours about someone to try to make others not like him/her

• Leave someone out on purpose or not allow him/her to join in

• Hit, kick or push someone around

• Deliberately damage, destroy or steal someone’s things

• Threaten or make someone feel afraid of getting hurt

It is NOT bullying when:

• Teasing is done in a friendly, playful way.

• Two people who are as strong as each other argue or fight.