You may wish to hold a ‘Native American Talking Stick‘ meeting to discuss bullying – where only one person speaks at a time by passing around a stick or ball. The stick is not passed on until the speaker feels that their thoughts and feelings have been heard. For more information please click here.
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Reintroduce Peace Day and Peace One Day. Explain that Peace Day is a day where people stop fighting.
Does fighting only happen where there is a war? Where else does it happen? (look for the answer ‘in school’).
What do we sometimes call fighting when it is in school, when one person keeps on hurting or being mean to another person? (look for the answer ‘bullying’).
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What are the things that bullies do that hurt people? (look for answers ‘hitting’, ‘kicking’ etc).
Is bullying only about hurting people by hit- ting and kicking? What about saying mean things?
What do you think it might feel like to be bul- lied?
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What would you do if you were being bullied? What would you do if you saw someone else being bullied?
What do we do in school to help stop bully- ing? What more can we do?
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Keys Stage 2 extended questions Why do people bully other people?
Do bullies deserve to be punished, or do they need help? Both?