CYP Core 33 5.2 Outline the policies and procedures that should be followed in response to concerns or evidence of bullying and explain the reasons why they are in place The Department of Education is clear that no form of bullying should be tolerated. The current anti-bullying guidance for schools is ‘Safe to Learn: embedding anti-bullying work in schools’. We strongly abide by the anti-bullying policy. Everyone has the right to feel welcome, secure and happy. Bullying of any sort stops members of the setting from being able to achieve their full potential and prevents equality of opportunity.
Describe how you might react to incidents of bullying and violence? All signs of bullying or violence should be taken seriously, reported and logged with the teacher or other school staff. It is also essential to act upon this behaviour quickly and correctly to minimize the possibility of it happening again in the future. The schools policies and rules are regularly reinforced by the school staff to the children in their classrooms, in assemblies and around the school. During Anti-bullying week the school will have special assemblies to demonstrate the types of bullying and how children can report this behaviour.
LO 5.2 Outline the policies and procedures that should be followed in response to concerns or evidence of bullying and explain the reasons why they are in place Everyone has the right to feel welcome, secure and happy. Bullying of any sort stops members of the school from being able to achieve their full potential and prevents equality of opportunity. Bullying is anti-social behaviour and affects everyone: it is unacceptable and should not be tolerated. The Department of Education is clear that no form of bullying should be tolerated. The current anti-bullying guidance for schools is ‘Safe to Learn: embedding anti-bullying work in schools’ The following steps should be taken when dealing with incidents: * If bullying is suspected or reported, the incident will be dealt with initially by either the adult on duty or the Class Teacher of
Outcome 1 Know how to recognise signs of abuse The learner can: 1. define the following types of abuse: Physical abuse Sexual abuse Emotional/psychological abuse Financial abuse Institutional abuse Self neglect Neglect by others 2. identify the signs and/or symptoms associated with each type of abuse. Definition of “abuse is a violation of an individual's human and civil rights by any other person or persons”. (Department of Health, 2000. No secrets guidelines) | 1 – Definition of the Abuse | 2 - Signs and Symptoms | Physical Abuse | Hitting, Slapping, Pushing, Kicking, Burning, Rough or Careless Handling, Misuse of Medication, Inappropriate Restraint. | The appearance of unexplained bruising, cuts, burns.
Cyber bullying is when someone writes humiliating comments about someone on the World Wide Web. Cyber bullying is when an adolescent is harassed, humiliated, embarrassed, threatened or tormented using digital technology, such as the computers, and cell phones. It’s important to understand why people use this type of bullying. Cyber bullying is used in an effort to make the person who is doing the bulling feel better about themselves, in a way that isn’t as confrontational. As many as 25% of teenagers have experienced cyberbullying, even though there is still more bullying at school in comparison to online.
Bullying can now lead to criminal cases and lawsuits. By the schools letting bullying continue it teaches students that it's ok. This creates a fearful environment instead of a learning one. Students feel "let me bully so I don't get bullied". Bullying victims can have a lot of stress added on and it can lead to retaliation such as school shootings as well as suicide.
* Make sure that their actions do not harm themselves or others. * Use any safety equipment provided. * Ensure equipment is safe and appropriate. (p122 Supporting teaching and learning in schools L Burnham, B Baker.) The school is required by law to have a health and safety policy, which gives information to all staff.
3.4: Promote children and young people’s positive behaviour. 1.2 Evaluate how the policies and procedures of the setting support children and young people to: * Feel safe- A school should ensure that every child attending the school feels safe. Policies like Safeguarding children ensure that the right procedures are in place to protect children. All staff working within the school should be trained on the correct procedures for safeguarding children. Anti-bullying policies are in place in school to ensure the children know that bullying is not acceptable behaviour but a child should feel confident enough to report an incident if one occurs and should know who they can go to within the school to discuss any such situations.
Step 1 – Define the problem When reviewing and revising cyber bullying policy for the city of St. Joseph, I took it upon myself to look at the past and present policy upon bullying and cyber bullying St. Joseph has in place. I looked at the St. Joseph School District policy and noticed the school policies defines bullying as “repeated and systematic intimidation, harassment and attacks on a student or multiple students, perpetuated by individuals or groups. Bullying includes but is not limited to: physical violence, verbal taunts, name calling, and put downs, threats, extortion or theft, damaging property and exclusion from a peer group”. I looked at the current policy on bullying for the St. Joseph school district public schools. Although
| Using specific strategies to stamp out bullying. | Health and safety policy. | Gives all involved the knowledge of how to stay safe. | Class monitors will help pupils gain the knowledge of what we expect of them e.g. keeping their own belongings safe and together.