ANTI- BULLYING SAFETY PLAN PROGRAM (SPP)

AT ST. GREGORY THE GREAT CATHOLIC SCHOOL/BLUFFTON/SC

PRESENTED BY: COURTNEY SMITH

SPP @ SGG

We surveyed our student body (225--PK thru 8th grade students) to find out what the believe is a bully and what they can do when they see someone being bullied.

What We Did

We also had certain grade levels draw pictures of what it feels like to be safe at school.

What We Did Cont.

Here are the results (by grade level) to the question---A bully is someone who: The most common results are listed

Results

Grades PK and K: Is not nice and mean---these two grade levels spoke volumes through their drawings of a safe school environment---which will be discussed later in this presentation.

Grades 1 and 2: •Can hurt your feelings •Keeps making the same bad choices •Is mean •Doesn’t know the kindness of Mary and Jesus •Is selfish •Doesn’t stop when you say “Stop” •Doesn’t follow directions •Acts like a boss •Is someone who got bullied before •Doesn’t let you play with them

Grades 3 and 4: •Calls you names •Might hurt someone physically, mentally and spiritually •Talks about other people •Hurts someone’s feelings •Brags about themselves •Leaves others out/excludes them from a game •Hurts/threatens weaker people •Is actually scared but acts tough

Grades 5 and 6: •Jealous of other people •Has no self-esteem •Thinks he’s cooler than everyone •Pushes little kids around •Insecure and bitter so treats other badly/wrongly •Is a coward/picks on people for no reason •Has to be violent to make someone like him/her •Cyber-bullying •Excludes someone •Is immature •Gossips •Doesn’t fit in

Grades 7 and 8: •Picks on other people to make themselves feel good •Physically hurts someone or insults them •Takes advantage of someone who is weaker than them •Makes you feel as if you aren’t good and shoots you down •Spreads gossip •Likes to ruin someone else’s life •Ignoring someone •Can lead to very sad or angry people •They are mean, shallow, and disrespectful

Here are the results by grade level to the question—When I see someone being bullied, I can… The most common responses are listed

Written Survey Results

Grades PK and K

•I tell the teacher •I tell them “Stop”

Grades 1 and 2

•Tell the teacher/adult •Say “Stop being a bully” •Tell the bully to go away •Don’t do anything back •Help the others who were bullied •Tell them it’s not cool to bully •Tell them to back off

Grades 5 and 6 •Tell the teacher •Help and stick up for the person •Tell the bully to stop •Do whatever it takes to get help •Try to help the victim and the bully •Would face the bully

Grades 7 and 8: •Try to stop the person •Defend the person being bullied •Get an adult who will make them stop the situation •Stick up for the victim •Tell the bully what they are doing is wrong •Change the conversation

The final part of our survey was to ask grades PK-6 to draw a picture of what it looks like to feel safe at school

Drawing Survey Results

Here are the results of our drawings This is for PK and K: This group can express themselves through drawings--- they could not fully express themselves in written form but they are great with pictures. Many pictures involved the sun, friends holding hands, people smiling, playing together, one even had a person with a thought above their head which contained a heart for “Love”

Drawings 1st and 2nd grade: Friends together, sunshine, saying “Hi” to each other and sharing their names, holding hands, church pictures with a “Heart” as the door knobs, friends on the playground, on swings together, one even drew two students together and one was crying and the other one asks “Are you okay?”

Drawings 3rd and 4th grade: Many pictures involved smiles and children playing together, sunshine, girls with arms out and a cross above her head, playing on the floor together in class.

Drawings for 5th and 6th grade: Many used people smiling, playing on swings; laughing together, playing outside together, many students drew a classroom with signs posted saying “Bully Free Zone” and “Bully Free School”, another drew a student with thumbs up saying “All students here are safe.”

Summary of School Survey PK and K did the best in showing their opinions through pictures and proving that everything is always better when the sun shines. 1st through 6th grade gave their ideas on bullying through verbal abuse--- one of the more common affects of bullying. 7th and 8th grade gave more solid answers as if they have been bullied at one time and they knew what it feels like to be the victim.

True Hard Facts About Bullying •160,000 students skip school in fear of bullies •1 out of 10 students drop out of school because of bullies •Between 4th and 8th grade, 90% of students are or have been bullied •Bullying is the most common violence in today’s world

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Anti-Bullying Videos

The Many Forms of Bullying

•Verbal abuse- Calling people unkind names •Cyber-Bullying •Physical-willful injuring of a person •Indirect-gossiping •Social Alienation- being excluded from a group •Intimidation-threatening someone to make them do something they know is wrong

We have certain things in place already at SGGCS to create a safe environment for all. We have materials to aid with Anti-bullying. Some materials include books from Scholastic on bullying, a K-3 pamphlet from Scholastic on “Bully-Proofing” your classroom, and a poster that reads “This is a No-Bullying Zone” and another one that reads “In this Class We Treat Everyone With Respect and Kindness”. We also have a “Counseling Referral Form”.

What We Already Have to End Bullying

After doing the research and surveying our student body of 225 students—we developed a Safe Practices Program for our own school in the area of Anti-Bullying.

How We Used the Information

Our New School Safe Practices Program will include the following: •Discussions on how to Spot a Bully:

We will do role-playing (by grade level) featuring different bullying situations and how to react to them, and we will also present how bullying is different for girls and boys.

Our Safe Practices cont’d

•We will involve the whole student body in our “No Bullying School and Safe Practices” Campaign •We will offer a bracelet and written student pledges against bullying • Create “Design a Logo” contest for the best T-shirt design •Teachers will create an action plan for their specific classrooms •Have students sign behavior contracts •Implementing a buddy system •Create student programs to help build self-esteem

More Safe-Practices

•We will place more information in the student handbooks on specific policies in place for bullying •Create a school-wide reporting system •Hold leadership classes •Include the new bullying policies in the school’s newsletter •Have message boards around the school to remind students how to show respect and self-discipline •Adopt a logo— “Make SGG a Safe Environment for all with SPP”

Conclusion

With the new policies that SGG will introduce, I hope that they will end most bullying inside the school. What happens out of school could end because everyday people will be reminded that bullying is wrong and it has very dangerous results for both the bully and the victim.

Sources Cited

•http://www.antibullying.net/ •http://www.nobully.com/ •Google Images •Microsoft ClipArt •Youtube

Credits

The students at SGGCS Mrs. Pappas

And Sister Canice

Thank You for Watching Courtney Smith