My 5 year old daughter has come home from school with a questionnaire asking for parents input on their anti-bullying procedure. The specific questions is: Do you have any views as to how the school curriculum could further influence anti-bullying in school?
I am finding it hard to be objective as the school have a 'no blame' policy which I don't particularly agree with and all I can think about is what I would do if someone were bullying my child!
Can anyone help me out by suggesting useful answers to this question, as personally, I would name and shame.......
Thanks in advance
2006-11-23 03:58:46 · 8 answers · asked by Trillyp 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
Maybe to answer the questionaire you should look at it from another perspective - What if your child was the bully?
I have a 5 yr old who has just started school and, as I was bullied at school, i really worry about her being bullied. However, I would equally hate the idea of her actually being the bully. Her school has a 'Cool at School' leaflet that works through what to do if you can't find someone to play with, how to cope if someone hurts you or makes you angry. It's useful for discussing the social side of learning and encourages the children to try and sort things out between themselves and if that doesn't work to get the guidance of an adult.
We can only live in hope that our own kids with be well adjusted enough to be neither the bully nor the one being bullied
2006-11-23 04:15:40 · answer #1 · answered by Jen S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughters school supposedly has an anti-bullying policy. She is being bullied by a bigger girl than her. She tell the teacher of every occasion and I have visited the school to try and put a stop to this, but yesterday, as my daughter came out of school crying, I realised that she has no-one to turn to but me. The bully pinched my daughter on her belly. She did it that hard it left a mark even though it was through her clothes. She told her teacher and she then shouted at my daughter, accusing her of wanting the other girl to hurt her just so she had a reason to tell off her. I was just shocked when I found this out and have told my daughter not to bother her teacher anymore with such 'trivialities' and she must only put her problems on paper into the 'bully box'. Hopefully, somebody else will read what is happening almost every day and help her.
Anti-bullying policies will only work if everyone backs them up. My daughter continues to be bullied almost on a daily basis because her teacher can't be bothered to punish the bully. I'm at my wits end with the school and don't know what to do next. I don't want to seem like a pushy and complaining Mum, but it breaks my heart to see my daughter so upset all the time, what else am I to do.
They need an 'open door' policy as well as an anti-bullying one.
2006-11-23 04:13:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Suggest they abolish their no blame policy and hold children and their parents responsible for bullying. Teaching diversity will help. So will widening the range of school sports so that all children can find something that they're good at, a lot of bullying starts with children not being good at ball sports or being overweight and if the curriculum could include a big enough variety for every child to enjoy that would remove one factor.
2006-11-23 04:09:21 · answer #3 · answered by Skippy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well the no blame policy would not go over well with me......as I have a 13 year old...and I worry about him being bullied all the time.. If my son were to get hurt at school I would think that the Principal would want find out who it was for disciplinary actions.....
They want to stop bulling in the schools, but they don't want any telling them who is doing the bulling.......that doesn't make any sense to me!!!!!
I think campaigning against the policy would be my first start.....and maybe having a "Code of Conduct" or Behaviour Contract for the kids would be better.......
2006-11-23 04:07:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They won't let bullies take the blame for what they've done? That's bloody stupid. They'll keep doing it if they keep getting away with it.
It's another example of schools not wanting to know about bullying. Shocking.
2006-11-23 04:03:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just say tell the kids who are bullying other kids to sit on the naughty stool (a stool away from other kids that the child has to sit on until they apoligise or the teacher feels they have had enough time on there) well thats what i would do goodluck...
2006-11-23 04:03:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Source?
2016-05-22 22:58:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
first i think you should go up to the school and if this is really happeningtake her out of that school .because you know that it is better schools for your daughter to go to !!!!!!!!!!
2006-11-23 04:06:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋