Bancroft Newsletter Spring 2019

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Anti-Bullying Week at Bancroft’s
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Jamil Haque, U6E, last year’s Anti-Bullying
Ambassador leader
The theme of the week was respect, both
to yourself and others, and the Anti-Bullying
Ambassadors worked to plan a whole week of
events to promote these values. The success
and importance of such an event cannot be
understated and it led to an atmosphere of
kindness and understanding throughout the
week. This was achieved by different activities
being planned for each day from kindness
messages on lockers to a video of students
spelling out “Respect” on the school grounds.
Rohan Kondel, L6S
It’s fair to say that during Anti-Bullying Week,
Bancroft’s School found their equivalent to Spice
Girls’ tickets, considering that the proclaimed
‘Kindness Kisses’, which were mini bags of
Hershey Kisses with a kindness note attached,
sold out in 15 minutes! After this initial success,
Erfa Ahsan, Miss Hughes and I essentially lived
in the East House office for the rest of the week
selling and making the ‘Kindness Kisses’. All in
all, for those who bought one for a friend, it
definitely made their week!
Samah Butt,RS
On Tuesday of Anti-Bullying Week (also National
Kindness Day), the Anti-Bullying Ambassadors
stuck kind notes on everybody’s lockers. I enjoyed
seeing everyone’s smiling, happy faces after
reading the notes. We hoped that this would be
that small thing to make someone’s day that bit
brighter.
Bancroft’s took part in National Anti-Bullying Week for the first time in November when our Anti-Bullying
Ambassadors arranged a week’s worth of activities. Miss Hughes, Junior Housemistress of East House, took four
Bancroftians to the National Anti-Bullying Conference. Here some of the Ambassadors share their experiences of
the week.