Bullying behaviour has three key features. It involves the intentional misuse of power in a relationship. It is ongoing and repeated, and it involves behaviours that can cause harm.
Our school rejects all forms of bullying behaviours, including online (or cyber) bullying by maintaining a commitment to providing a safe, inclusive and respectful learning community that promotes student wellbeing.
All staff are committed to establishing evidence-based approaches and strategies that promote a positive climate where bullying is less likely to occur.
All members of the school community are active participants in building a welcoming school culture that values diversity and fosters positive relationships.
A key component of a supportive school culture is building respectful relationships and an ethos that bullying is not accepted, in both online and offline environments. School staff will actively respond to student bullying behaviour.
Promoting a positive school culture
School assemblies
Student bullying and expectations about student behaviour will be discussed and information presented to promote a positive school culture where bullying is not accepted.
- Fortnightly Year Meetings - PBL Whole School Values; Respectful Relationships; Communication Strategies; Diversity;
- School Assemblies - Reinforcement of Behaviour Expectations across the whole school.
Our school’s practices support student wellbeing and positive behaviour approaches that align with our school community’s needs.
Social and emotional skills related to personal safety, resilience, help-seeking and protective behaviours are explicitly taught across the curriculum in Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE).
Support for wellbeing and positive behaviours
Examples of other ways our school embeds student wellbeing and positive behaviour approaches and strategies in practices include the following.
- Acknowledgement of students demonstrating Whole School PBL values through Assembly Rewards Draws, Semester 1 Awards Ceremony and Presentation Evening.
- Harmony Day is celebrated each year and is an awareness raising opportunity for the school community to celebrate diversity and cultural differences
- Wellbeing Days with presentations from a variety of organisations
- SRC coordinates whole school activities such as RUOK Day
- National Day of Action recognised each year
- The school's PBL values are consistently modelled and discussed so that students understand what it is to be Respectful and Responsible
- Peer Support Program
- Learning Conversations
- Year 7 Transition to High School Program
