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School bullying, what students say about it
Harcèlement à l’école, ce qu’en disent les élèves Within the framework of its campaign against school bullying, the committee of French-Speaking Students (Comité des Élèves Francophones – CEF) interviewed...
"Fogging" as an anti Bullying Technique
Kevin started getting bullied in primary school when he was seven. One boy, Eoin, who was popular (and from a wealthy background) because of the places he could take...
Cyberbullied and Taunted
This action was bullying as it met the definition of being an aggressive, intentional action that was unprovoked and repeated over time.
When Violence Works
Alison came to me with a story from her own childhood, relating how she had moved into a new area at the age of 14 from another part of...
(Draft) Identifying Rejected students utilising a Sociometric test, Observational study and Interview
A sociometric test was conducted that provided the students with a list of the names of all classmates. Students were asked to place a Tick beside each name in...
DRAFT – Primary School Anti-Bullying Policy Revision Pre and Post bullying incident.
In this anti bullying policy review, the board of management and school staff reviewed there anti bullying policy after a incident occurred in the school to provide a more...
Aggression on the Football Pitch
School boys aged 12 (6th class) playing football in the yard when an argument broke out concerning a bad tackle. A row ensued between team A and team...
Bullying Questionnaire – how students feel is the best means of telling
While working with pupils in an all girls school, I felt that students were not telling about bullying incidents that were occurring in the school. This questionnaire was to...
Bullying Boardgame
This is a board game which can be played in the classroom – both in primary schools from level 1 to 6 (Ages 6/7-12) and questions can be adapted...
Introduction to Ireland’s Recommendations for the Prevention and Intervention of School Bullying
When it comes to managing critical events at school (deaths, serious accidents, suicidal acts…), many English-speaking countries have adopted for years, in a structural way, adapted intervention modalities. Gradually,...
An account of bullying
It all turned in a few months after I arrived in a secondary school where I knew no one. I had come to this school with an umbrella. I expected...
Good Practice – successful resolution of bullying of a primary school SEN student
Bullying is deemed to be an intentional aggressive action, often repeated, where there is an imbalance of power, all of which pertains to this situation.
Primary School Bully
Alan is 12-years old. He is considered bright and will often finish work quickly. However, he becomes bored easily, and when that happens he will go to other students...
Abbey Community College
Every student has the right to pursue his/her education in a safe and secure environment, free from the fear of being bullied in any form. Students are strongly encouraged...
'MARGIN' FOR TASOS
This action was thought to be bullying because there was an imbalance of power and deliberate exclusion from several activities at school along with verbal abusing.
THE CONSEQUENCES OF A MISUSE OF THE WEB
In order to analyse the consequences of the misuse of the web (social networks, photo sharing systems and chats ) the vision of the movie Disconnect was offered to...
It happens every day…
awareness and sensitivity to bullying matters through mainly poetry and film
Bullying beyond control!
This case refers to two instances of bullying which went on for a prolonged period of time.
Quiet and low-profile
A 13 -year-old male student, very competent started bullying another classmate, also very competent, quiet and low-profile. He teased her during breaks, even on the way home, in classroom,...
Appel for more communication
Since I am interested in this site, I must say that despite the presence of four European countries, there is little or no exchange between us !!! It is...
Fight bullying with self-respect
Odds are good that most people, at one time or another, have been bullied by someone. Because by definition a bully is someone who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller...
unxpected episode
A 14 -year-old male student, very competent started bullying another classmate, also very competent, quiet and low-profile. He teased him during breaks, even on the way home, he uploaded...
The Lessons learned from Belfast and Bullying
This is a translation of the blog originally posted in French by Francis Maka, teacher and trainer. To read it in French, click here. ————————————— A few years ago...
Bullying at primary school: A mother’s story
My son has started a new school this year, having accepted a coveted opportunity class spot and farewelled his primary school of the past three years. He didn’t want...
The Green Eyed Monster
Definition
Bullying
Left out of group work in the classroom. Isolated in school life as student is left alone at lunchtime. Resulting in student being very quiet but is being placed...
School diffusing a Bullying Situation
This school was faced with a bullying situation and had to work with the students to solve the hostility and inappropriate behavior.
The Slap
The Slap
Bullying in school due to speech and language issue. senior infants.
Alan is a seven year old boy in a mixed gender main stream school. Alan is a well- adjusted happy little boy. He enjoys going to school and loves...
Bullying & Sport
Following on Liam Chellenor’s interesting Bullying Episode about the redemptive facilities of sport to help get cope with bullying. Bullying can make you stronger There are a number of...
Heartbroken parents publish suicide note from bullied son
The parents of an eleven-year-old boy who was driven to suicide by school bullies have published his heartbreaking goodbye in a bid to highlight the case.
Physical bullying and trust in school management.
Mark a 6 year old boy was subject to a series of physical bullying incidents by another male pupil. They took place over an 18 month period on several occasions. The incidents...
The Case of Jim
Does Jim need ‘Anger Management’ or to ‘ Toughen Up
"Bullying can make you stronger"
A 15 year old male who was living in a rural area in Ireland experienced bullying online through the social networking platform Bebo in 2007. The cyberbullying incidents continued...
Online Grooming: Should we define it as bullying behaviour?
Increasingly we are hearing of incidents with teenagers that involve grooming by internet. In Dublin a man (26) was recently jailed for sex with teenage girl he had groomed...
CTRL+ALT+DEL CYBERBULLYING! Training Course 6-14 January 2016 | Canakkale, Turkey
The overall aim of the the project is to raise awareness on bullying in general and on cyberbullying in particular, to identify the different types of bullying and the...
Targeting a classmate with cyberbullying
The victim, a 15-year-old girl in 3rd year, was targeted by a large group of fellow 3rd years, using a popular social media website on which the posted nasty...
Ostracism – Teenage Girls
A deliberate campaign of exclusion, verbal attacks, and rumour spreading was carried out by a group of girls on another as a means of revenge for a perceived lack...
"Egging" Vulnerable Students outside School
Groups of students from a specific school repeatedly attacked vulnerable students from their own class and other schools while outside of school hours.
Cyber bullies come out to play in the school holidays
A report in Australia in advance of the Christmas holidays warns how Cyber-Bullying spikes during school breaks, and warns parents especially to be vigilant. One interesting point made however...
Bullying at the Bus Stop – Anti-Bullying Social Experiment
What would you do? That’s the powerful question one anti-bullying social experiment is asking. The social experiment by US channel UPTV placed three young actors in a public space and recorded...
Like a moth to a flame
Ciaran has been bullied by Brendan over a number of weeks, physically, verbally and also gesture bullying.
Childhood bullying tied to later mental health problems
Preventing childhood bullying may help curb the need for treatment of psychiatric problems in early adulthood, suggests a new study that followed more than 5,000 children in Finland. Information...
Immigrant / Language based Bullying
The bullying was repeated over time, with the intent to humiliate and exclude another.
6 year old girl – physically attacking another
A 6 year old girl was coming home with a lot of scrapes and bruises on her legs which she said she was getting at play time in School....
Abuse of power!
This incident happened between two boys of the same school but from different grades. The bully was a boy from a country in the Balkans who had trouble using the...
Bullism on the bus
It was incredible…a terrible scene for me!!! I was on the bus coming back home from the office and a group of 5 guys (aged 13 – 15) was scaring an...
Bullying In School – Now Is The Time To Act
Recent article in the Irish Times about Drama as a method for combating bullying: Theatre companies in Cork use drama to help students prevent bullying Marie...