During the first week of December, our school community marked Anti-Bullying Week by focusing on the importance of treating everyone with kindness, respect and understanding. The children explored how bullying can take many forms, and how words and actions can have a lasting impact.

We reinforced the message that a positive school environment is one where everyone feels heard, valued and supported, and where challenges are approached with empathy and understanding. By choosing patience, fairness and compassion in our daily interactions, we help create a community in which people feel safe to express themselves and confident to do their best.

The children explored how anti-bullying is not just about addressing unkind behaviour when it occurs; it is about consistently modelling kindness, even in difficult moments, always being mindful of how our words and actions affect others. When respect and understanding are shown by everyone, we set a powerful example for the children about the kind of relationships we want them to build.

Anti-Bullying Week reminded us that kindness should be at the heart of all we do, every day, and that positive behaviour is a shared responsibility across our whole school community.

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