All Together - Anti Bullying
GREAT NEWS! ​We are very pleased and proud to announce that Berry Hill Primary School has been named as a GOLD standard All Together school for the second time by the Anti-Bullying Alliance. This means that the work that we do in school with the children and the measures that we put in place to work against bullying and to improve our children's well-being have been recognised as excellent. We are proud to be a school that is United Against Bullying 🙂
Working Together To Keep Everybody Happy
At Berry Hill Primary School we take great pride in ensuring children feel safe and happy. To enable this to happen we have lots of policies and procedures in place. One of the ways we keep children safe is through teaching children about bullying and the effects it can have.
The Anti-Bullying Alliance defines bullying as…
The repetitive, intentional hurting of one person or group by another person or group, where the relationship involves an imbalance of power. Bullying can be physical, verbal or psychological. It can happen face-to-face or online.
As a school, we always encourage children to tell an adult if they have any concerns about bullying. If they do not feel they can tell someone they can write a worry down and use our worry boxes, or use our electronic worry box form. Every classroom has their own worry box. Additionally, we also have a central worry box located in the main entrance.
If you feel you need to report an incident of bullying, please call the school office urgently. A member of SLT will then complete an alleged bullying report form. An example of this form is at the bottom of this page.
ANTI-BULLYING WEEK INFORMATION AND RESOURCES
Each year, we celebrate Anti-bullying week.
This year, Anti-Bullying week runs from November 11 - November 17 and this year’s theme is:
'the importance of preventing bullying in schools, communities, and online spaces'.
We will be planning lots of activities for the children to take part in to encourage them to choose to take care of others and to show how everyone at Berry Hill Primary School is united against bullying!
Our anti-bullying focus will start with ODD SOCKS DAY!
We will provide more details of activities and theme days closer to the launch date, so watch this space!
Here are some links for information about bullying for parents and carers
Anti-Bullying Alliance Advice For Parents/Carers
Anti-Bullying Alliance - A really useful and detailed guide for parents/carers about bullying and how to deal with it from the Anti-Bullying Alliance.
Bullying UK/Family Lives - Advice fr parents/carers - What to do if you think your child is being bullied or being a bully
Net Aware: A parents guide to social networks, apps and games
Internet Matters - Information, support and advice to keep children safe online
We all love Odd Socks Day at Berry Hill Primary School, and one of the best things about it is finding out what the new song will be each year!
Here are the links to all of the songs that Andy and the Odd Socks have made to support Anti-bullying Week since Odd Socks Day started 