How You Can Help Raise Awareness
Bullying Awareness Week
Bullying Awareness Week was started in 2003 to raise awareness of the prevalence of bullying and to encourage actions to prevent it.
Efforts are focused on encouraging both personal and community responsibility to prevent bullying. During this week, communities are urged to address the problem of bullying through media campaigns, classroom activities, workshops, and other special events. The theme for the 2012 campaign is "Stand Up! (to bullying)," running from November 12-17. During this weeek we’re encouraging everyone to
work together to create a culture in which bullying is not tolerated and everyone feels safe and respected. You can do something small, such as not forwarding on a link to a humiliating video, or something massive, like organising a culture change project for your school. Well to finish up on the 17 November 2012! Wear orange as a sign that you
want to take action against bullying and violence and take a stand together.
Awareness in Schools
Promote school-wide awareness of bullying issues by sponsoring a poster
contest. Divide the class into three groups, and have each group create a poster representing the role of the bully, the victim, or bystanders to educate other classes about bullying issues.
Then, advertise a poster-making contest to other classes, asking students to create posters that illustrate ways each student in the school can help stop bullying and make the school environment safer.
· Invite entrants to use any medium they wish to create their posters, including pencil, crayon, paint, or even an interactive medium such as the ReadWriteThink Printing Press (flyer format).
· Ask other classroom teachers, the school counselors, and the art teachers to help in judging the posters. Be sure to communicate your judging criteria as part of the contest.
Include a reproduction of the winning poster in the school newsletter or website, or feature the poster in the library, cafeteria, or main office.
Bullying Awareness Week was started in 2003 to raise awareness of the prevalence of bullying and to encourage actions to prevent it.
Efforts are focused on encouraging both personal and community responsibility to prevent bullying. During this week, communities are urged to address the problem of bullying through media campaigns, classroom activities, workshops, and other special events. The theme for the 2012 campaign is "Stand Up! (to bullying)," running from November 12-17. During this weeek we’re encouraging everyone to
work together to create a culture in which bullying is not tolerated and everyone feels safe and respected. You can do something small, such as not forwarding on a link to a humiliating video, or something massive, like organising a culture change project for your school. Well to finish up on the 17 November 2012! Wear orange as a sign that you
want to take action against bullying and violence and take a stand together.
Awareness in Schools
Promote school-wide awareness of bullying issues by sponsoring a poster
contest. Divide the class into three groups, and have each group create a poster representing the role of the bully, the victim, or bystanders to educate other classes about bullying issues.
Then, advertise a poster-making contest to other classes, asking students to create posters that illustrate ways each student in the school can help stop bullying and make the school environment safer.
· Invite entrants to use any medium they wish to create their posters, including pencil, crayon, paint, or even an interactive medium such as the ReadWriteThink Printing Press (flyer format).
· Ask other classroom teachers, the school counselors, and the art teachers to help in judging the posters. Be sure to communicate your judging criteria as part of the contest.
Include a reproduction of the winning poster in the school newsletter or website, or feature the poster in the library, cafeteria, or main office.