Week of Feb. 26th

 How to be an UPSTANDER


This week as we focused on Pink Shirt day we used the time to gain a better understanding of what a bully is, and how to address bullying if we experience it or witness others being treated unkindly. We learned that everyone has a role to play to build healthy relationships and how to create an environment that helps to prevent bullying in our classroom, school and greater community. Many times the word bullying is also used inappropriately and we discussed the Alberta Education definition for bullying which is "a conscious and deliberate, repeated and cruel activity that is done with the intent to harm and/or threat of aggression. Bullying can be verbal, social, physical or cyber-bullying. Being bullied is not considered a normal part of growing up." We also discussed how the word repeated in our definition is an important indicator of someone who is a bully verses someone who is just being mean and making a bad choice.

We used the video Be an Upstander to learn some very important and useful strategies of how to deal with bullying. An upstander takes a


positive stand on bullying by offering four ways that students can be an upstander versus being a bystander when they see bullying. The four ways are:

1) Be a buddy- When you see a child getting bullied, you can show the bully that he has a friend. Bully's aren't used to their targets having a buddy and it can change everything for that child. 

2) Interrupt- 

When the bullying starts, find a way to interrupt. You can interrupt by asking the child to come and join you. When you interrupt it gives the child a reason to walk away from the problem.

3) Speak out-

We know that this one takes tons of courage. Here you face the bully and say "That's mean. Don't do that."

4) Tell an adult at school about the bullying.

Whether it is during the bullying or after it, it is important to choose to go and tell an adult about it. We discussed how this is not tattling, because you are not trying to get someone in trouble, you are trying to keep someone safe. 

We know that it takes courage and hard work to be an upstander. But by being an upstander we understand that we can be a good friend to someone when they need it the most. 





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