Today was Pink Shirt day and our class certainly recognized the day. We had a lot of pink in our room. It was great to see some individual initiatives to promote anti bullying with the posters they made on their own time. We read the story A Pound of Cheese for April, that illustrates the characteristics of bullying , bystander's and victim's behaviours. We have read several books this term that illustrate bullying behaviours, and how we can best not become a victim by standing tall to the bully by saying, "Don't say that/do that to me. It bothers me." Turn around and walk away tall with self talk about how strong/smart/kind/friendly... you are. Take the power away from the bully. We encourage the students to practice this on the playground or classroom when they feel they have been spoken to with unkind words or treated in a negative way. We still want the students to be able to talk to us so we can support them in resolving conflicts.
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