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Anti-Bullying Week

is a reminder, but

our responsibility

stretches far beyond

a single week.

But sometimes, using your voice for good
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speaking bravely. When you see someone
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your voice can make a genuine difference.
n every school year, there are moments And when someone shares something
that reveal who we are becoming. serious with you — about being hurt, feeling
I Sometimes they happen loudly, in unsafe, or wanting to harm themselves —
assemblies or celebrations. Other times that moment is called a disclosure. It is not
they happen quietly, in corridors or group gossip. It is trust.
chats where nobody important seems to be
watching. It is in these small moments that If a disclosure worries you, or you are
bullying often takes root, and it is in these concerned about a friend, speaking to

same moments that kindness becomes an a trusted adult is not “snitching.” It is
act of courage. safeguarding. It is how we ensure that no
student carries something heavy alone.
After many years as a teacher, I have
learnt that most young people know the Anti-Bullying Week is a reminder, but
difference between right and wrong. The our responsibility stretches far beyond a
difficulty is not in recognising it; the difficulty single week. Every one of us can influence
is in choosing to act when the situation feels what it feels like to walk through these
awkward, uncertain, or risky. Standing up halls. Kindness is not a soft alternative to

for someone who is being teased. Choosing strength; it is strength at its most deliberate.
not to forward a screenshot. Interrupting And when students choose it consistently,
a joke that has gone too far. These are they create a school where everyone feels
not grand gestures. They are steady seen, safe, and able to grow.
choices that prevent harm before it grows.

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