This week in pastoral care the teachers have been discussing the effects of bullying with the students. The boys have responded well to this and have been very open in sharing their thoughts. 
In our division meeting this morning we further discussed bullying with a particular focus on the types/forms of bullying. The concept of the Digital Footprint was reiterated with the boys particularly in relation to Cyber Bullying. You may recall that this was addressed with the boys last term but it is always good to consolidate information such as this. The difference between bullying and banter was also briefly mentioned to reinforce concepts from last term. 

Our meeting finished with the reintroduction of the bystander in bullying. The boys are well and truly aware of this and have started to generate good ideas on how bystanders can help to resolve issues instead of sitting idle and allowing the issue to foster. We will continue with this next week and will discuss strategies to help deal with bullying. The boys, as a Year group, made a pact to each look at how they interact with their peers and in doing so help go address potential bullying incidents. 

I have encouraged each of the boys to discuss all of the mentioned above with you so hopefully they do so in the coming days.