Bullying – it’s a part of school life, but does it have to be? Preventing and responding to bullying is everyone’s responsibility. Not in Our School looks at the whole school approach to bullying. This approach focuses on a school’s formal curriculum and classroom practices and involves all members of the school community. This program highlights the steps to building a safe school, skills-building for students, peer support systems and student-directed campaigns. We feature expert opinion from Professor Ken Rigby, Psychologist Helen McGrath and Maree Stanley of the Better Buddies Program, and provide insights into approaches adopted by two Australian schools.
Subjects: Guidance
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No Bullying in Our Community: Home/School Partnership Strategies
Bullying is complex, insidious and covert behavior that is difficult for any child to deal with in isolation. Our drive and instinct as parents is to protect and support our child and equip them with skills to handle what life presents. The key to tackling school bullying is to create a partnership between teachers, parents, students and the broader community. This program will support parents who want to work in partnership with their child’s school to bring about a suitable outcome for children involved in bullying. By doing this parents will become their child’s best advocate rather than a source that inflames the bullying.
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Not in My Class: Managing Classroom Bullying Behaviours
Bullying in the classroom is a reality but is not always as obvious as other instances of bullying – such as in the playground. Bullying in the classroom can affect all students – not just those involved in bullying or on the receiving end of the behavior. No action by a teacher can be seen by students as condoning the bullying or giving tacit acceptance of the behavior. This program discusses the issue of classroom bullying behaviors, and offers thought-provoking management solutions for teachers who need to address this type of behavior.
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Hit the Ground Running: Making the leap from Grade to High School
Getting off to a good start in high school is all about having a bit of extra knowledge about what you’re moving into. This can be an exciting and unsettling period for many students and has been identified as a major influential phase during the middle years of schooling. Hit the Ground Running is based on a successful transition program developed by former Student Welfare Coordinator, Marian Orr and practiced through grade and high schools in Australia. The program builds on established practices for developing resiliency in young people.
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Girls’ Business: Friendship and Bullying in Schools
Girls can be the best of friends or the worst of enemies. Instead of physical aggression typical of boys, girls tend to use indirect techniques that are equally devastating to the victim. This program examines some of these strategies and helps us to understand why some girls adopt these methods of expression. We focus particularly on relational aggression. The program also offers advice for girls who are targets and asks all girls to consider if they are being honest about the way they communicate their annoyance and anger.
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Successful Study Skills
Produced especially for students undergoing their senior years of secondary schooling, this program introduces us to the basic skills of successful study. It includes: the need to establish a good study environment, whole year and weekly planning, the value of library research, the importance of balancing study with other pursuits and interests, identifying and coping with study stress.
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Let’s Talk About
This series, designed for elementary-aged children, presents information on legal and illegal drugs in an easy to understand way. It delves into the impact of the use and abuse of these substances on the human body, individuals, and society.