Castle Hill Bullying
A message for all students
At Castle Hill High School, we want to make sure that you feel looked after, safe and happy when you are in and out of school.
Sometimes we don’t know if something bad is happening, so you need to tell us.
Our Anti-Bullying Policy looks at bullying, and what you can do when you feel you are being bullied, or when you notice someone else being bullied.
We can help you by:
- Helping you to understand what bullying is - Learning to understand and manage conflict is an important part of growing up. Bullying is not simply a "falling out".
- Teaching you what to do if you feel you are being bullied, or if someone else is being bullied.
- Telling you names of adults that you can speak to.
You can read the pupils Anti-Bullying policy by clicking on the link below:
Anti Bullying Policy for Pupils
If you have any questions about this policy, or ideas for how it could be made even better, then see Mrs Hudson.
You can also make suggestions to the Pupil Support Team or any adult in school who you feel comfortable talking to.
We want everyone to feel happy and safe in school.
If you're ever worried about bullying it's important that you let a member of staff know so that it can be dealt with. You can do this by talking to:
- your form teacher
- The Oasis Pastoral Team
- Pupil Support
- any teacher
- any teaching assistant
- any other adult in school
Or you could ask a friend you trust to talk to an adult in school for you.
Or you could put a note in our Concerns Box near Mrs Hudson's office.
As soon as we know about it we can start making things better.
What is bullying?
Using the Anti-Bullying Alliance guidance, we define bulling as:
"The repetitive, intentional hurting of one person or group by another person or group, where the relationship involves an imbalance of power"
Basically, this means that the "ringleader" is someone who hurts another person (the "target") usually more than once, by using behaviour which is meant to scare, hurt or upset that person.
It is important to remember that single problems and falling out with friends are not usually bullying. This is called "relational conflict"
Bullying is behaviour which is usually repeated on purpose and is meant to upset someone.
This video can help us understand bullying a little more:
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There are different roles that can be taken in bullying situations, it is important that we all recognise these and understand that we may be playing a part in bullying, even if you are not the ringleader -
- Ringleader - Initiating and leading the bullying but not always the person ‘doing’ the bullying.
- Target - The person at whom the bullying is aimed.
- Assistant - Actively involved in ‘doing’ the bullying but not leading it
- Reinforcer - Supports the bullying, might laugh or encourage other people to ‘collude’
- Defender - Stands up for someone being bullied. Knows that bullying is wrong and feels confident enough to do something about it. This might involve talking to an adult.
- Outsider/Bystander - Ignores any bullying and doesn’t want to get involved.
This video can us to understand what these mean and how this can look in a situation you may face:
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Pupils
- Pupils should not take part in any kind of bullying and should watch out for signs of bullying among their peers. They should never be bystanders to incidents of bullying, but should offer support to the victim (target) and, if possible, help them to tell a trusted adult.
- Pupils are advised to inform a member of staff if they witness bullying, or are a victim (target) of bullying.
- Pupils are taught not to make counter-threats if they are victims (targets) of bullying.
- Pupils are taught to walk away from any dangerous situations and avoid involving other pupils in incidents.
- Pupils are advised to retain all evidence of cyber bullying.
Useful websites
The Anti-Bullying Alliance has lots of information to help you understand bullying, banter, baiting, false friendships, with tools and support about what you can do to get help:
Kidscape
Kidscape have lots of information and support to help with Bullying.
This also includes access to online workshops for young people impacted by Bullying. This is called "ZAP", which can help with assertiveness skills, raising self-esteem, exploring bullying roles, positive body language and cyberbullying.
CHILDLINE
Childline offers young people a lot of advice and support for a wide range of topics, including Bullying.
Childline - Bullying, Abuse, Safety & The Law
If you click on this link you'll find a list of anti-bullying websites:Anti-bullying websites
