Students

Bullying - It doesn't have to happen to you.

Bullying can happen in school and in the work place.

Bullying is when someone deliberately hurts, intimidates or makes someone else feel uncomfortable, unsafe.

Bullying can be emotional or physical harmful behaviour. Bullying can lead to self-doubt, lack of confidence, low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, self-harm and sometimes even suicide.
Bullying can include taunting, hitting, pushing, taking belongings, text messaging, emailing, gossiping, excluding people as well as spreading hurtful and untruthful rumours.
 
Bullying is not acceptable, and should not be tolerated.

It is harmful to everyone involved, not just the person being bullied.

Bullying is more likely to continue if a person keeps quiet and lets the bully have power by staying quiet.

Bullies are less likely to bully people who are strong and stand up to them.

If you are being bullied - tell a friend, tell your parents, tell a teacher.

It will not stop unless you speak up. You may find this hard to do so there is another way you can break the cycle in confidence -
You can email us at help@theweald.org.uk
Leave a message below saying who you are and what is happening and we will help.

 
Bullying outside school:
 
We will always try to help students with any form of bullying. If the bullying is taking place outside school we can also help you find support from a range of support agencies. For example
Action against Bullying:
A new anti-bullying service for parents, carers and professionals has just been launched!
The Action Against Bullying Support Line is now available on: 0845 075 1010.
Calls will be handled through trained staff members who will provide information and guidance, and referral to other specialist services, including the West Sussex Bullying Caseworker.
Internet Safety
These days bullying doesn’t just happen in the playground. Cyberbullying – or bullying via technology – is now very common, and it can also be harder to spot and more difficult to deal with.
Within school it is very difficult to misuse this valuable facility and it is under constant scrutiny via Securus our e-safety software. As part of our anti bullying policy Securus helps us to:
·  Apply a policy to monitor electronic messages and images
·  Monitor all e-communications used on a school site or as part of school activities off-site
·  Teach children safe internet behaviour
·  Update internet blocking technologies continually and block harmful sites
 
Further information about Securus can be found at the following website http://www.securus-software.com/index.html. Our acceptable use policy gives clear guidance about how students use software and the Internet at school.
However monitoring of the Internet and communications at home can prove more difficult if students are using wireless communications on modern devices such as an Ipod touch or a laptop in a bedroom. Parents/Carers should monitor the use of these facilities at home and there are ways to stay safe online.
 
Try the following tips to help keep your child safe from abuse:
  • encourage your child to talk to you about anything that’s upsetting them
  • make sure they only use moderated chat rooms
  • get them to show you any abusive or offensive messages they’ve received and keep a record of them
  • tell them never to respond to any abusive messages or calls – this is frequently what the abuser wants
  • tell them to avoid giving their name, email address or mobile phone number to people outside their circle of friends and family
  • change email address or telephone number if the abuse continues
  • report any abuse to the police, your child’s school, the internet service provider, the website manager/moderator or the mobile phone company
  • install computer software to ensure that you only receive emails from people you have chosen and to block unwanted images
 
Advice about the use of the internet may be found from a variety of sources but these may offer a starting point for people to use.