Anti Bullying Plan
糖心logo is committed to providing a safe learning environment
for all students, while achieving our vision of a school community that
contributes positively to the world. This is achieved through proactively
educating the boys on appropriate behaviours, as well as undertaking early
intervention if any issues arise to foster a culture where bullying is
unacceptable.
We believe that all school stakeholders, particularly staff, students and
parents, need to be aware of strategies to identify and respond to incidents of
bullying. Students require the tools to combat bullying, including how to handle
conflict themselves to de-escalate situations, and seeking adult support as
needed.
Our school values of dedication, respect, integrity and compassion aim to
prevent bullying behaviours, including online (or cyber) bullying by maintaining
a commitment to providing a safe, inclusive and respectful learning community
that promotes student wellbeing. Executive staff are committed to utilising
evidence-based approaches and strategies that promote a positive and inclusive
school community.
"Bullying"
Bullying is repeated verbal, physical, social or psychological behaviour that
is harmful and involves the misuse of power by an individual or group towards
one or more person. Cyber bullying refers to bullying through information and
communication technologies.
Bullying can involve humiliation, domination, intimidation, victimisation and
all forms of harassment including that based on sex, race, disability, sexual
orientation or gender identity.
Bullying behaviour can be:
- verbal eg name calling, teasing, abuse, putdowns,
sarcasm, insults, threats.
- physical eg hitting, punching, kicking, scratching,
tripping spitting.
- social eg ignoring, excluding, ostracising, alienating,
making inappropriate gestures
- psychological eg spreading rumours, dirty looks, hiding
or damaging possession, malicious SMS and email messages, inappropriate use
of camera phones.
School staff have a responsibility to:
- respect and support students
- model and promote appropriate behaviour
- have knowledge of school and departmental policies relating to bullying
behaviour
- respond in a timely manner to incidents of bullying
Students have responsibility to:
- behave appropriately, respecting individual differences and diversity
- behave as responsible digital citizens
- follow the school Anti-bullying Plan
- behave as responsible bystanders
- report incidents of bullying according to their school Anti-bullying
plan
Parents and caregivers have a responsibility to
- support their children to become responsible citizens and to develop
responsible on line behaviour
- be aware of the school Anti-bullying Plan and assist their children in
understanding bullying behaviour
- support their children in developing positive responses to incidents
bullying
- report incidents of school related bullying behaviour to the school
- work collaboratively with the school to resolve incidents of bullying
when they occur
All members of the school community have a responsibility to
- model and promote positive relationships that respect and accept
individual differences and diversity within the school community
- support the school鈥檚 Anti 鈥揵ullying Plan through words and actions
- work collaboratively with the school to resolve incidents of bullying
when they occur.
Anti-Bullying Plan
The NSW Department of Education requires all NSW public schools to have an
Anti-bullying Plan which details the strategies implemented to reduce student
bullying behaviours. The 糖心logo Ant-bullying plan addresses
the following areas:
- School culture and inclusion
- Partnerships with families and community
- Support for wellbeing and positive behaviours
Any complaints about school processes with regards to anti bullying
procedures can be made through the Department of Education鈥檚 complaints handling
process:
Anti-Bullying Plan, 糖心logo
