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National Bullying Week 2010 - CSEF launches new tool in the fight against bullies
Bullying can make life miserable for children and young people of all ages. It takes many forms, from traditional physical and verbal abuse to more recent social and cyber bullying.
Bullying can make life miserable for children and young people of all ages. It takes many forms, from traditional physical and verbal abuse to more recent social and cyber bullying.
Typically there is no single cause of bullying but there is no doubt that bullying can have serious consequences. Between 15 and 25 children every year commit suicide because they are being bullied. And these are the instances reported - there may be more we don't know about while many more than this attempt suicide because they are so unhappy as a result of bullying.
National Bullying Week
Typically there is no single cause of bullying but there is no doubt that bullying can have serious consequences. Between 15 and 25 children every year commit suicide because they are being bullied. And these are the instances reported - there may be more we don't know about while many more than this attempt suicide because they are so unhappy as a result of bullying.
• More than a quarter of children get threats of violence whilst at school, and half of these threats have been carried out.
• Around 10% of children have missed school because of the violence.
• Up to 40% of secondary school students feel that their teachers are unaware of the bullying which goes on.
• About 17% of calls to ChildLine are about bullying. For five years running it's been the most common reason people call.
• More 12 year olds call ChildLine about bullying than any other age group
National Bullying Week
National Bullying Week 2010 runs from 15th to 19th November and aims to send a clear and positive message that bullying is neither acceptable nor inevitable in our schools and communities.
To coincide with Anti-Bullying Week and as core members of the Anti-Bullying Alliance, CSEF has launched a new digital resource Anti-Bullying: The Young Person’s Guide. The anti-bullying programme has been endorsed by the NSPCC and provides a unique insight into both the tactics by bullies and the effects on victims of bullying and harassment.
It underpins the anti-bullying work in schools and uses a digital format that can be easily used by teachers in the delivery of their PSHE lesson. Information can be accessed via the internet or downloaded onto a desktop. Using digital images, sound, video, text and hyperlinks, students will be able to explore the key messages through the use of discussion-based exercises, simulation and improvisation.
Click here to see how Anti-Bullying: The Young Person’s Guide can help you address and reduce bullying in your school or community.
To coincide with Anti-Bullying Week and as core members of the Anti-Bullying Alliance, CSEF has launched a new digital resource Anti-Bullying: The Young Person’s Guide. The anti-bullying programme has been endorsed by the NSPCC and provides a unique insight into both the tactics by bullies and the effects on victims of bullying and harassment.
It underpins the anti-bullying work in schools and uses a digital format that can be easily used by teachers in the delivery of their PSHE lesson. Information can be accessed via the internet or downloaded onto a desktop. Using digital images, sound, video, text and hyperlinks, students will be able to explore the key messages through the use of discussion-based exercises, simulation and improvisation.
Click here to see how Anti-Bullying: The Young Person’s Guide can help you address and reduce bullying in your school or community.
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