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Anti-Bullying��Hillhead Primary

Parent Information Session – Thursday 29 February 2024

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Developing a School’s Response

  • Scottish Government

-‘Respect for All’ – National guidance document – published Nov 2017

- Expectation of ‘consistent’ and ‘coherent’ approach to anti-bullying.

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  • Glasgow City Council

- ‘Every Child is Included and Supported: getting it Right in Glasgow, the nurturing City’

- Anti-bullying policy document – updated in 2019.

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  • Hillhead Primary School

- Developed ‘position Paper’ in 2017/18 – added to Promoting Positive Behaviour Policy.� - Updated in 2020 – to include flow chart of school’s response/Parent friendly.� - Updated in August 2023 – to include new definition of bullying (Respect Me).

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What we do in school

  • Whole School initiatives�- Emotion Works (Year 3)�- Developing a new Promoting Positive Relationships Policy (year 1)�- United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) (towards Silver)�- Glasgow’s Restorative Approaches Framework (3-5 year plan begins in August 2024)�- Lifelink Counselling/Art Therapy/Flourish Programme/Yoga and Mindfulness/Seasons for Growth
  • Staff Training�- Emotion Works – approaches and language�- Respect Me modules (specific to dealing with bullying incidents)
  • Our Health and Wellbeing Curriculum�- Every stage has 6-8 weeks of specific anti-bullying/anti-racism input.�- The Relationships and Sexual Health Programme (RSHP)
  • In our classrooms �- Code of Conduct/Class Charter.�- Bubble Time/Classroom Comment Boxes.
  • Circle Time (a forum for talking and listening to all views).
  • Assemblies (Anti-Bullying/Anti-Racism focus in October/November)
  • Anti-Bullying Week (November)

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Questions

  • Is there a code of conduct in classrooms?
  • What is the school Policy on mobile phones?
  • What is the threshold for ‘bullying behaviour’?
  • How does the school differentiate between bullying behaviour and acting on impulse?
  • Do we engage with anti-bullying programmes/dramatization/workshops?
  • What is the school’s response to bullying (victim and perpetrator)?

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