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2 ANTI BULLYING WEEK
Amelia Wood, L6S
On the Wednesday, students of all years gathered in the Quad to
advocate for ‘respect’ in School, to their peers and teachers, by
spelling it out. With over sixty signatures on the Friday before, the day
looked increasingly promising. The event was met with lots of laughs,
stickers and songs, such as
Respect
by Aretha Franklin to The Greatest
Showman’s
This Is Me
, with Keala Settle. It was a pleasure to help
organise the afternoon with the group and Miss Hughes, and hopefully
future events are as successful as this was in raising awareness.
Holly Cohen, 5W
The Anti-Bullying Ambassadors ran a photo booth on Thursday, where
students could strike a pose and support the anti-bullying message.
Fun props and photo frames had been handmade and coloured blue (a
national colour recognised for promoting anti-bullying). It grabbed the
attention of many students from all years and the turnout was great.
A lot of fantastic photos were taken. The pictures are now printed out
and displayed on the anti-bullying board in the Head’s corridor. Overall,
it was very successful and definitely helped raise awareness.
Preneha Karari, RW
Three legged races were held for all students on Friday. These were
competitive races to get to the other side of the netball court and
back again with your partner- the winners received a prize of a
delicious bag of sweets! Right at the end, the teachers had a race.
Many teachers participated and Mr Dickinson and Mr Raw were
victorious, receiving their trophy in the whole school assembly the
following Monday!
Samah Butt, RS
Overall, we Anti-Bullying ambassadors hope that the week helped
people realise that bullying is not acceptable and we hope we
encouraged the whole school community to be kind, considerate and
respectful of each other. Thank you to everyone who helped organise
this week and I can’t wait for next year!
Miss Hughes, Junior House Mistress East House
I was delighted to take four pupils, one from each of the four houses,
to the National Anti-Bullying Conference in Alexandra Palace at the
beginning of Anti-Bullying week. The event was organised by the
Diana Award and the students heard from representatives from
Instagram, Facebook, the Met Police (to name a few) about their
views on bullying issues for young people today. The pupils had the
opportunity to question these organisations about their responsibility
towards young people’s safety and wellbeing. The students attended
a workshop on self-respect, led by Carrie Grant, whilst I attended
a poetry workshop to consider the impacts of bullying on young
people. The whole day was full of positivity and the students came
away buzzing with ideas of how to promote kindness and respect
in school. I was very proud of all four students and look forward to
seeing their anti-bullying work in action now!