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Types of Bullying
There are three types of bullying:
http://www.stopbullying.gov/what-is-bullying/definition/index.html

• Verbal bullying is saying or writing mean things. Verbal bullying includes:
o Teasing
o Name-calling
o Inappropriate sexual comments
o Taunting
o Threatening to cause harm
• Social bullying, sometimes referred to as relational bullying, involves hurting someone’s reputation or relationships. Social bullying includes:
o Leaving someone out on purpose
o Telling other children not to be friends with someone
o Spreading rumors about someone
o Embarrassing someone in public
• Physical bullying involves hurting a person’s body or possessions. Physical bullying includes:
o Hitting/kicking/pinching
o Spitting
o Tripping/pushing
o Taking or breaking someone’s things
o Making mean or rude hand gestures
Bullying Definition
Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems.
In order to be considered bullying, the behavior must be aggressive and include:
• An Imbalance of Power: Kids who bully use their power—such as physical strength, access to embarrassing information, or popularity—to control or harm others. Power imbalances can change over time and in different situations, even if they involve the same people.
• Repetition: Bullying behaviors happen more than once or have the potential to happen more than once.

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WHAT CAN I DO AT SCHOOL?
http://www.takeastandtogether.gov.au/over14/being-bullied/at-school.html (2/12/2012)
Your school has a responsibility to provide a safe learning environment free from violence, harassment and bullying. Your principal, teachers and school staff want to know about bullying so they can deal with it quickly.
Talk
Telling shares the problem. It helps you feel supported. Get some helpful advice from others. It is really important to tell someone if the bullying has been going on for a while or the strategies you’ve tried haven’t worked.
• Talk to your friends – they can help you tell a teacher or your parents or just to feel better.
• Talk to your parents – tell them the who, what, when and where of what’s been happening.
• Talk to your teacher or another staff member – tell them the who, what, when and where. If you don’t want to do this in public, make an excuse to see the teacher about something else, for example your homework.
• If you can’t talk to someone face-to-face go online or call a Kids Helpline counsellor
Try some strategies
These strategies should only be tried if you are not in any immediate danger of being physically hurt and you feel confident you can do them.
• Ignore the bullying – turn your back and walk away
• Act unimpressed or pretend you don’t care what they say or do to you. You could say ‘okay, whatever’ and walk away
• Say ‘No’ firmly
• Try using ‘fogging’ to distract or discourage the person bullying without antagonizing them. Fogging means making a joke or funny comment that makes the other person think you don’t care about what they say, or pretending to agree with them so they have nothing to bother you about. For example, you could casually say something general like, «Yeah, that’s the way it is», or «Okay, since I’m so …. (using the person’s bullying words) I better just go then, hey?».

http://www.takeastandtogether.gov.au/over14/someone-i-know/index.html (2/12/2012)

KNOW SOMEONE WHO’S BEING BULLIED
Have you seen bullying happen but didn’t know how to stop it happening?
When someone you know is being bullied it can be upsetting.
If it’s safe, you can take action to stop it. It is important not to become a bystander to bullying.
When bystanders intervene the bullying is more likely to stop. But, don’t put your own safety at risk by stepping in.
http://www.takeastandtogether.gov.au/over14/someone-i-know/bystanders.html (2/12/2012)

In any bullying situation there is usually the person being bullied, the person bullying and ‘bystanders’ (other people who watch or are nearby at the time the bullying takes place).
You may have been a bystander if you have:
• cheered the person bullying
• stood and watched in silence
• laughed or walked away from the situation
• forwarded an offensive image, post or text message to someone.
If bystanders are confident to take safe and effective action there is a greater possibility that the bullying will stop. A supportive bystander will use words and/or actions that can help someone who is being bullied.

http://www.takeastandtogether.gov.au/over14/other-things/index.html (2/12/2012)
OTHER THINGS TO DO
– Watch animated videos and choose how they end http://www.takeastandtogether.gov.au/over14/index.html
– Build an avatar and share it with your friends http://www.takeastandtogether.gov.au/over14/index.html
– Watch videos of real students sharing their thoughts about bullying http://www.takeastandtogether.gov.au/over14/other-things/video.html

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What is bullying:
Bullying is many different things. Anyone can be bullied – it isn’t limited
by age, sex, sexuality, cultural or religious background. Bullying is a lot
more common than people think and can happen in many different
environments
including school, at home, on the sporting field or at work.
People are often bullied because of a perceived difference. The difference can
be related to culture, sex, sexuality, physical or mental ability or disability,
religion, body size and physical appearance, age, cultural or economic background
or being new to a school, work place, to a country, to a social group, or being new to
a sports team.
There are many ways that someone can be bullied:
• Verbal – This includes: *Name calling * Put downs *Threats *Teasing (it might
also be extended to written form through email or sms).
• Physical – This includes: * Being punched *Tripped Kicked * Having your belongings stolen
or damaged. It might also include sexual abuse.
• Social – This includes: *Being left out of social activities deliberately *Being ignored *Having rumours spread about you.
• Psychological –This includes: * Being given dirty looks or being stalked. * intimidated or manipulated. (This is often less obvious or direct than other forms of bullying).
Being bullied can lower your self-esteem and you may feel alone, sad, depressed, angry, scared or confused. If you are being bullied it is not your fault and there is nothing wrong with you. Don’t be afraid to let someone know that you are being bullied as they may be able to help you.
WHO BULLYS?
A bully can be an individual, or a group of people. It can either be someone
your own age or older, including friends your boyfriend or girlfriend,
brother or sister, or an extended family member. A bully can also be an
older person, or someone in a position of power such as a teacher, parent
or boss.

Why do people bully others?
There are a lot of reasons why some people bully. Often a bully will have
a low self-esteem or has been a victim of violence themselves and they
are using bullying as a way of making themselves feel more powerful. If you
are experiencing bullying it may help to remember that bullies are often not
as tough as they make out.
They may see it as a way of being popular, or making themselves look tough and
in charge. Some bullies do it to get attention or things, or to make other people
afraid of them. Others might be jealous of the person they are bullying. They may
be being bullied themselves.
Some bullies may not even understand how wrong their behaviour is and how it makes
the person being bullied feel.
Why are some young people bullied?
Some young people are bullied for no particular reason, but sometimes it’s because they
are different in some way – perhaps it’s the colour of their skin, the way they talk, their
size or their name. Sometimes young people are bullied because they look like they won’t
stand up for themselves.
Why is bullying harmful?
Some people think bullying is just part of growing up and a way for young people to learn to stick up for themselves. But bullying can make young people feel lonely, unhappy and frightened. It makes them feel unsafe and think there must be something wrong with them. They lose confidence and may not want to go to school any more. It may make them sick.

TECHNOLOGY BULLYING
Cyber Bullying
With today’s ever changing technological advances, other forms of
bullying and ways of bullying have advanced with them. There are now
other mediums which bullies use to get at their victims.
Cyber bullying is a form of bullying, which is carried out through an internet
service such as email, chat room, discussion group, online social networking,
instant messaging or web pages. It can also include bullying through mobile phone
technologies such as SMS.
Examples of cyber bullying behaviour are:
• Teasing and being made fun of;
• Spreading of rumours online;
• Sending unwanted messages; and
• Defamation.
Cyber bullying can happen to anyone and the bully can act anonymously if they want. People can also be bullied online by groups of people such as class groups or collective members of an online community.
Mobile Phone and e-mail Bullying
The mobile phone seems to have become one of life’s necessities for children – it is reported that nine out of ten children have one – usually as a tool for protection and safety.
Unfortunately many of these children run the risk of being ‘phone bullied’.
Texts and voicemails are being widely used as a bullying method. There is now also a craze called ‘happy slapping’ where children are bullied, the images of which are filmed and sent to others via video phones.
Mobile phone bullying can include:
• abusive verbal and text messages;
• threatening verbal and text messages;
• silent calls;
• stolen identity.
If the calls are frequent it may be possible to charge the perpetrator under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.
It may also be possible to charge the perpetrator of the anonymous or abusive calls with an offence under the Telecommunications Act 1984.
Happy Slapping
A New form of bullying – Watch out for “happy slapping” the latest youth craze to sweep Britain. It’s not a new dance step or even a new designer drug. It’s a CRIMINAL ASSAULT. It generally involves groups of teenagers approaching an unsuspecting person and beginning to punch and kicking him or her while capturing it all on their mobile camera phone. The images are later uploaded and shared on the internet.
If you are an accessory to this ‘yob culture’ the criminal justice system will not tolerate this behaviour and will prosecute. If you have information, are a victim, or know anyone related to these incidents please tell your teacher, parent or local police station.
Why Should Bullying Concern Schools?
What Does The Law Say in brief?
Children Act (1989)
All state schools have a duty to ensure the safety and to protect the emotional well-being of every person in its care. If a young person is being harassed or abused, the school must take action to protect them. The duty of care is the same for all. Young people who are lesbian or gay or are being homeiphobically bullied must be offered no lesser a standard of care than their peers, or indeed, offered inappropriate care.
Education Act (2002)
• two broad aims for the National Curriculum and schools should ensure that it:
o ‘provides opportunities for all pupils to learn and achieve’
o ‘promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school and of society, and prepares pupils at the school for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life.’
http://www.letsstopbullying.co.uk/teachers-schools.html (28/2/2013)

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