TACKLING THE PROBLEM:
NO SECRETS!
BULLYING BEHAVIOUR IS UNACCEPTABLE AND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED

What your child can do:

• Avoid being alone
• Walk with confidence
• Walk away – ignore
• Tell someone
• Be assertive – say “no”

What the school can do:

• Use the school’s Peer Support system
• Offer immediate opportunities to talk with a trusted adult
• Inform parents/carers
• Offer continuing support
• Take disciplinary steps to prevent more bullying occurring
• Offer support with assertiveness skills

What parents can do:

• Take an active role in your child’s education
• LISTEN
• Ask questions about your child’s day/friends/activities
• Invite other children over to help your child to make appropriate friends
• Check your child is not ‘inviting’ any bullying behaviour
• Reassure your child that the problem can be sorted out
• Contact the school

Helping the bullying child:

• Talk about why they became involved in bullying behaviour
• Discuss alternative ways of behaving in difficult situations

To find out more information on Bullying:

		Bullying