Student Inclusion and Wellbeing

Mean on Purpose or Friendship Fires?

As Friendship Fact #1 states, “No friendship or relationship is perfect.” We all encounter Mean-on-Purpose behaviour from time to time, so it’s really important that when we do, we have a plan for how to deal with it – with the confidence of a Ninja! 

You teach people how to treat you, so you need to have the skills to let people know it’s not okay to treat you that way.

Through Friendology lessons students are helped to review scenarios, practise, and put in place a ‘Mean-On-Purpose Proof Plan’, so that they can take action and confidently stand up for themselves when they encounter Mean-on-Purpose Moments.

I asked students “How do you know if a situation is Mean On Purpose or a Friendship Fire?” 

Their responses were….

This is a real testament to the knowledge our students have from the Friendology lessons taught in the classrooms.

Robyn Mowat,  Assistant Principal | Student Inclusion and Wellbeing.

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