Teachers come together to educate learners on bullying
Learners at Laerskool Stephanus Roos were also taught how to say no.
As the school year comes to an end, Laerskool Stephanus Roos recently took the time to draw attention to the negative effects of bullying, a national problem that had been highlighted throughout October.
Staff at the school put its resources, skills, and knowledge together to raise awareness by printing placards and placing them all over the school grounds and singing.
To end the campaign teachers tapped into their acting skills to create an anti-bullying drama for the learners.
“Our school has a very strict policy against bullying, we know it still happens, and we felt the need to show our children what bullying looks like and what they can do to avoid it, handle it and seek help.
When our teachers showed the children what bullying looks like by acting out different scenarios, they were stunned when they saw the teachers being mean to each other and did not like it. We also taught them to say no,” said school representative Tania Schoeman.
She said the school handles every bullying situation according to policy and is strict with the necessary action that benefits both the victim and the child acting out.
October is known as anti-bullying month, a month-long event to prevent childhood bullying and promote kindness, acceptance, and inclusion.
The Sinoville crisis centre weighed in on the campaign on social media giving examples of different forms of bullying, including verbal, social and physical bullying.
The organisation said bullying is unwanted, aggressive behaviour that involves a real or perceived power imbalance.
The behaviour is repeated or has the potential to be repeated, over time.
Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumours, physical or verbal attacks and excluding someone from a group on purpose.
The centre provides free counselling to those who need help via the emergency number 064 837 8694.
ALSO READ: Far east without power as substation trips
Do you have more information about the story?
Please send us an email to editorial@rekord.co.za or phone us on 083 625 4114.
For free breaking and community news, visit Rekord’s websites: Rekord East
For more news and interesting articles, like Rekord on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or Instagram
