ANTI-BULLYINGWEEK TOOLKIT

We know that bullying is a significantconcern for many schools, parents

and children. Bullying can negativelyaffect children’s mental health in anumber of ways, including causing

depression and anxiety, and schoolshave a very important role to play in

tackling it.

This year, Anti-Bullying Week takesplace from 16th – 20th November.

We’ve rounded up useful resourcesfrom lots of different organisations,

which will help children and staff cometogether to unite against bullying in all

its forms.

Anti-Bullying Week: primarylesson PowerPoint Anti-Bullying Alliance

A PowerPoint lesson to run inprimary schools from theorganisation behind Anti-Bullying Week. This lessonfocuses on how we can allunite against bullying.

Be an anti-bullyingsuperhero poster Mentally Healthy Schools

Support your pupils toaddress bullying with thiseye-catching poster,featuring useful tips toprotect themselves andothers from bullying.

Tips on working withchildren who bully Mentally Healthy Schools

Some children with a mentalhealth problem are morelikely to bully others – as wellas be bullied themselves.These tips will help schoolssupport children with mentalhealth problems who bully.

Tips on empoweringchildren who arebystanders to bullying Mentally Healthy Schools

Peer interventions have beenshown to be largelysuccessful in stoppingbullying. Use these strategiesto help pupils to change therole they have as a potentialwitness to bullying.

Lesson plans, posters, tip sheets and guidance to helpschools address bullying.

RESOURCES

Lesson plans, posters, tip sheets and guidance to helpschools address bullying.

RESOURCES

Using data to inform andevaluate antibullyingstrategies Equality and Human RightsCommission

Using information fromschools who have hadsuccess with addressingbullying, this guide lays outhow to monitor and tacklebullying using data.

Bullying - what can I do?video and accompanyingnotes RespectMe

A short video from anti-bullying charityRespectMe, giving childreninformation and adviceabout dealing with bullying.This guidance is written to beused alongside theRespectMe video, givingpractitioners discussion pointsto go through in class.

Cyberbullying action packChildren’s Commissionerfor Wales

This resource empowerschildren to work together insmall groups to talk aboutcyberbullying, and come upwith practical strategies fortackling it in their schools.

Anti-bullying lesson plansChildren’s Commissioner forWales

These lesson plans, split up byage, help pupils explore thetopic of bullying, and learnmore about what they cando to stop it.

Bullying in schools can happen formany different reasons. One of these

reasons may be a child’s identity –their race, gender, faith, disability or

sexual orientation.

Research from the Department forEducation found that 1 in 3 children

said they had been bullied becauseof their identity. In this section, we

share some resources to help youtackle this type of bullying in your

school.

TACKLINGIDENTITY-BASED

BULLYING

Discriminatory bullying staff handout Mentally Healthy Schools

Share this handout with staffto inform aboutdiscriminatory bullying andwhat schools can do to stopit. You could use this togenerate discussion andplanning in a staff meeting.

Identity-based bullying andhow to tackle it Anti-Bullying Alliance

An animation and usefulguidance for school staffabout identity-based bullying,and how schools canemploy a whole-schoolapproach to tackling it.

Creating an anti-biaslearning environment

There are some greatpractical tips for teachers tohelp create an open, anti-bias classroom in thisresource from Americanorganisation the Anti-Defamation League.Please note this resourceuses some Americanconcepts and terminology.

Stigma and mental healthprovision trainingMindEd

This free training session willhelp practitioners understandhow stigma anddiscrimination can affectchildren's mental health, andtheir access to mental healthcare.

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