This week, we have been looking at our responsibilities in helping to prevent bullying.
We did an activity where we used a picture of ourselves, made some comments to it that weren't kind, then screwed it up. Later we apologised to the screwed up paper, opened it up and tried to make it flat again. This activity was to show that, even when we apologise, what we have said can still affect someone.
We made some chatterboxes with positive comments to share with others or encouraging comments to help us when we need them.
We have thought of ways we can encourage others with compliments. Here are some of our ideas:
- I like how you include others
- I like how you are helpful
- I like how you make people happy
- I like how you play fair
- I like how are a good friend
- I like how you can run so fast
(Maybe you could choose one of these to share with someone you know).
And we also designed our own t-shirts to help promote being bully free.
To finish our week we participated in the Pink Shirt Day to raise awareness that it is not okay to bully others. It's our responsibility to make sure we are kind to others.
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| The whole school on Pink Shirt Day |
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| Haumia on Pink Shirt Day What are some ways you can show kindness towards others and what are some things you could do if you see someone being bullied? Maybe you could answer these questions in the comments below. |
I'm pleased to see that you are using the chatterboxes we made, I was really impressed with the ways you chose to compliment and encourage other people. It is the first time I have seen the first activity, where you screw the paper up - what a powerful way of seeing the damage that unkind comments can leave behind. The t-shirt messages you created are also very important, it's good to have visual reminders to help us along the way - have you displayed these somewhere? All of this work fits in beautifully with our school code of conduct...'Respect'. Let's remember to do these things all year, not just on Pink Shirt Day. Way to go Middle School - I'm proud of you.
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