Food for Thought: How we address bullying in school

Dear all,

Decided to give you all a rest from Food for Thought as it was a long weekend last weekend. Wow, the school has been so busy these last two weeks with some great events, assemblies and sports performances. The school really is buzzing and looks great at the moment in all areas. The new Primary Apple lab looks fantastic and the decorations for 100 books/ 100 years have transformed floor 4.  As always thanks to everyone for your contributions to MUN, MRISA football, literacy month, PTO events, swimming, assemblies, exam invigilation and last but not least innovative teaching. Every day there seems to be something new to be celebrating which makes it exciting to come to school every day.



Complementing some of the work done by Robyn Trevyaud, through Commonsense media, with our students and as we start to plan for our advisory and homeroom programmes for next year, this post about bullying might provide food for thought for all of us in how we approach this particular topic. Bullying is something that we all hope doesn't take place in our school but know it does. Yes, we have policies in place but despite these research shows that bullying is as prevalent as it always has been and may in many areas appears to be increasing. Hence reading this post from Mindshift might help us all understanding some of the underlying features about bullying that we need to address in our programmes and classrooms.

I know for some of us keeping mindfulness practices going can be hard because we are often doing them on our own. This link is to a commercial mindfulness tool that could help you feel less alone, more supported and definitely more informed. Even if you don't want to join HeadSpace the website is worth a browse because it provides lots of information about mindfulness that could be shared with students.

Have a good Sunday,

Yours
Adrian