This week, we concluded our BE NICE • BE SAFE Anti-Bullying lessons. These lessons are taught during the first few weeks of school — a focus on understanding what it ‘looks like’ and ‘sounds like’ to be nice and safe at school: playground, hallway, classroom, lunchroom, bathroom and the school bus.
Classroom discussions are differentiated based on grade. All lessons highlight the need to recognize and understand when rough play leads to hurtful words or actions — and how to step back and stop when you are part of this. We teach the difference between a bystander and UPSTANDER. An upstander stands up, speaks up and teams up to help others when they are being treated poorly.
You can view our key teaching points for these lessons below.
