What is bullying?

Bullying is rare in Infant schools, as educators and parents there needs to be a shared understanding of what bullying is.

The Anti-Bullying Alliance and its members have an agreed shared definition of bullying based on research from across the world over the last 30 years.

The repetitive, intentional hurting of one person or group by another person or group, where the relationship involves an imbalance of power. Bullying can be physical, verbal or psychological. It can happen face-to-face or online.

There are four key elements to this definition:

• hurtful
• repetition
• power imbalance
• intentional

Please watch the videos explaining what bullying is and what an imbalance of power means.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMRDl79vgTQ

https://youtu.be/68OvGJeuIPc

Bullying tends to be a group behaviour

Research undertaken in Finland by Christina Salmivalli (1996) gave us a greater understanding of the roles involved in bullying.  It showed that the traditional view of bullying where there is a 'victim' and a 'bully' was much more complicated. Bullying rarely takes place between a 'victim' and a 'bully' alone. It tends to be a group behaviour.  Others can have a significant influence on the outcomes of behaviours among children and young people intentionally or otherwise.

The video below explains more about these roles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnEjpHzTuwg

How is good behaviour rewarded at St George's?

We give children stickers as a positive reward. Stickers are given for good behaviour, good work, good effort, kindness, reading at home and many other reasons. If a child receives three stickers in one day they visit Miss Harjette for a Head Teacher's Award sticker.

We also use Busy Bees in each class to consistently reward those children whose behaviour is always good. 

Champion of the Week certificates are presented to 2 children in every class during the Celebration Collective Worship each Friday.  These are awarded to children who have shown excellence throughout the week in class.  This can be for a range of reasons including super work, demonstrating school values or going 'above and beyond' in a certain aspect of school life. 

Below you will find the Wheel of Choice and information about George the Dragon Points.