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Depiction or discussion of peer pressure or bullying

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

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Hello, my name is Miss Willow, and I'm so excited to be your teacher for today's lesson.

Today's lesson is called Stopping Bullying, and it fits into the unit Healthy Relationships.

How can we stop bullying? During this lesson, we're going to be talking about bullying and hurting other people.

For this reason, we recommend you have an adult with you for the duration of this lesson.

If at any point you do feel worried or uncomfortable, it's really important that you close the screen and that you go and speak to a trusted adult.

Okay, let's make a start on today's learning.

By the end of today's lesson, you'll be able to explain ways to stop bullying.

Before we get started with today's lesson, we need to go over some ground rules.

These help to make sure that everyone feels safe and comfortable throughout today's lesson.

We've got some friends to help us remember these ground rules.

Here we have Laura.

Laura tells us that we need to listen to others.

This means we're not going to interrupt other people if they're speaking.

Andeep says, respect each other's privacy.

This means we're not going to ask anyone any personal questions as this can make some people feel uncomfortable.

Jacob says, no judgement.

This means that if someone chooses to share a story, a feeling, or an experience, we are not going to judge them for it.

And finally, Izzy tells us that we can choose our level of participation.

This means it's up to us how much we want to join in.

We are now going to go through the keywords for today's lesson.

These are gonna come up quite a few times in today's lesson, so it's really important that we know what each of these words mean.

First of all, we have the word witness.

This means to see something happen.

Next we have bullying.

This is when someone repeatedly uses mean words or actions to hurt, scare, or make someone feel bad on purpose.

And finally, we have the word victim.

In this context, this means the person who is being bullied.

As we go through today's lesson, keep an eye out for these keywords and when you spot them, see if you can remember what they mean.

Today's lesson is split into two learning cycles.

Our first learning cycle is called What should I do if I witness bullying? And the second learning cycle is called, How can we stop bullying across our school? Let's make a start on our first learning cycle.

What should I do if I witness bullying? Sometimes we might witness something unkind happening to someone else.

We might witness someone calling someone else an unkind name.

They might hurt another person or they could upset someone else on purpose.

Seeing someone be unkind to someone else is not always bullying, but it could be.

It's important to remember that bullying happens repeatedly.

Ms. Walsh tells us that even if we only witness someone being unkind once, they might have been unkind another time too.

This could be bullying.

We should always do what we can to stop bullying.

This is because a victim, so someone being bullied of bullying might feel sad, lonely.

They might feel angry and they could feel scared.

They could also feel unimportant, so they might feel like they're not important.

What do you think about what Laura says? Laura says, it's okay to ignore bullying if we see it because only the bully is responsible.

What do you think? Do you agree with Laura? Disagree? Maybe you're somewhere in the middle or you're not sure.

Talk to the people around you or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you disagreed with Laura and you said that Laura is incorrect, although the person who is bullying is doing something wrong, it's still important to report bullying if we see it or hear it, or if we witness someone being unkind to someone else.

This is because we could be seeing bullying happen even if we've only seen someone be unkind once.

Well done if you said this or something similar.

We are now going to do a check for understanding to see how you're getting on so far.

Is this statement true or false? We should always do what we can to stop bullying, especially if we've seen or heard bullying happen.

What do you think? Is this true or false? Pause the video.

Tell the person next to you.

Tell me or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that this is true, we should always do what we can to stop bullying.

For example, reporting it to a trusted adult if we think that we've seen or heard bullying happen, even if we've only seen it once.

Well done if you said this or something similar.

If we witness bullying or see someone be deliberately unkind to someone else, we can ask an adult for help.

Nomsa tells us that adults take bullying really seriously.

They can help the victim of the bullying and make sure that the bully stops what they're doing.

Telling an adult about bullying is always the right thing to do.

Sometimes we might be friends with someone who's bullying someone else.

This can be really hard, but we might feel confident to our friend that what they're doing is wrong.

Alex wants to share his story.

He says, I had a friend who was always being unkind to someone else in our class.

I told him that what he was doing was bullying, and I also told our teacher.

Our teacher explained to him why what he was doing was wrong and he stopped.

He became a better friend after that too.

Well done, Alex.

Even though he was friends with someone who was doing the bullying, he still felt confident enough to tell his friends that what they were doing was wrong.

He also told a trusted adult, his teacher, so that they could help.

It can feel really hard to tell an adult about bullying, especially if we're friends with the person doing the bullying.

It's important to be brave when we witness bullying and that we tell an adult straight away.

We can tell any adult that we trust like our teacher, parent, or carer.

Let's do another check for understanding to see how you are doing.

I'd like you to answer the question, what should we do if we witness bullying? Should we A, ignore it? B, join in? Or C, tell a trusted adult? What do you think? Pause the video.

Tell the person next to you.

Tell me or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that C is correct.

If we witness bullying or if we just see someone being unkind to someone else, we should always tell a trusted adult.

This could be a teacher, a parent, a carer, or another adult that we trust.

Well done if you said the same thing.

Let's put your learning from this learning cycle into practise.

For the first part of this task, Jacob is feeling worried because he's heard his friend call someone else in their class unkind names a few times.

What two things could Jacob do next? Can you decide? Pause the video and we'll go through some potential answers in a few minutes.

Okay, let's see what you might have said.

Jacob could tell his friend that what he's doing is bullying and it's wrong, and he could also tell an adult straight away like his teacher, parent, or carer.

Well done if you said the same thing or if you had something similar.

For the next part of this task, I'd like you to fill in the blanks in the speech bubble with what Jacob could say to his friend who's doing the bullying.

You shouldn't call that person blank names because doing this multiple times makes it blank.

It's not very nice to bully someone as it will make them feel blank or scared.

I'm going to tell our blank so that they can help you to be kinder.

Where I've said blank, can you decide which word is missing? Pause the video and we'll go through the answers in a few minutes.

Okay, let's see what your missing words could have been.

Jacob's finished speech bubble could now say something like, you shouldn't call that person unkind names, because doing this multiple times makes it bullying.

It is not very nice to bully someone as it will make them feel upset or scared.

I'm going to tell our teacher so that they can help you to be kinder.

Our missing words could have been unkind, bullying, upset, and teacher.

Well done If you got this correct.

It is time to move on to our second learning cycle and I'm so proud of how hard you've worked so far.

Keep it up.

Our next learning cycle is called How can we stop bullying across our school? There are lots of things that we can do to support the victims of bullying.

If we think someone is being bullied, we can tell a trusted adult like a parent, carer or teacher.

Ms. Walsh tells us that at our school we take bullying really seriously.

Everyone deserves to feel safe and cared for.

When someone tells us about bullying, we listen to them and we make sure that the bullying stops.

We can tell our friends when they're being unkind.

In this scenario, Aisha's friend has said something unkind.

They've said, "Haha, Max got a question wrong in class.

"The answer was so easy." Aisha is telling her friend that what they're doing is being unkind.

She said, "That's a really unkind thing to say.

"It's really brave to put your hand up in class "to answer a question.

"I don't want to be friends with someone who is unkind." Well done, Aisha.

This shows that you are being a really good friend and that you're doing what you can to stop bullying across your school.

We can also make sure that everyone feels welcome so that if someone's being bullied, they know that they can come to us if they need a friend.

Lucas wants to share his story.

Lucas says, "I make everyone feel welcome "by introducing myself to new people at school "and inviting people to join in games and activities.

"If I see that someone's upset, I ask them if they're okay "and if they want to play a game with me." This is a really great way of being welcoming to other people and showing that we're being a really good friend.

When we introduce ourselves to new people, we tell them our name and it's really kind to invite people to join in games and activities so that they don't feel left out.

Well done, Lucas.

You're being a brilliant friend and doing a great job at trying to stop bullying across your school.

Let's do a check for understanding to see how you are doing with this learning cycle.

For this task, I'd like you to fill in the blanks to show how we can stop bullying across our school.

We can support a blank of bullying by telling a trusted blank if we think someone is being bullied.

We can also tell our blank when they are being unkind and make everyone feel blank so that no one feels alone.

At the bottom of the screen, we have a word bank and some of the words that we need are in this word bank.

Here are the words that we have in our word bank.

Left out, welcome, friends, victim, bully, and adult.

Can you decide which words from our word bank fit into the paragraph? Pause the video, tell the people around you.

Tell me or have a think to yourself.

Okay, let's go through and see which words we're missing.

We now should have we can support a victim of bullying by telling a trusted adult if we think someone is being bullied.

We can also tell our friends when they're being unkind and make everyone feel welcome so that no one feels alone.

Well done if you said that our missing words were victim, adult, friends, and welcome.

It's important to talk about bullying, to make sure that everyone knows just how serious bullying is.

Izzy wants to share her story.

Izzy says, "We have lots of anti-bullying posters "around our school, which tell people what to do "if they think that they're being bullied "or if they witness bullying.

"We also have regular anti-bullying assemblies "that remind us why bullying is not acceptable." Maybe you want to have a little think.

Does your school do anything about anti-bullying? Can you make any suggestions? Everyone should be on the lookout for bullying, but some people can also be in anti-bullying teams. These are people that look out for people that may need support.

For example, at break times and lunchtimes.

Alex shares his story.

He says, "I'm part of the anti-bullying team.

"This means that I keep a lookout for people "who are on their own, who look sad and may need a friend.

"Some classmates also tell me if they're worried about "something they've seen and I help them "to tell a trusted adult." Well done, Alex.

This is a really important job and you're doing a brilliant job.

Sometimes it can feel quite scary to tell an adult about bullying either as someone who's the victim or a witness, but we can support victims by believing them if they tell us that they're being bullied.

Ms. Walsh says, "It can be hard for someone "to tell us that they're being bullied.

"You believe them even if you feel shocked or surprised, "maybe the person who's bullying them is a friend "or someone that you think seems really nice.

"Teachers and staff at school can investigate the bullying "so that we can support the victim.

We can also support victims by helping them to tell a trusted adult.

Ms. Walsh says, "Some victims find telling a trusted adult "about bullying, worrying.

"You can support the victim by asking if they want you to go "with them when they tell a trusted adult "about what's happening." We can also support victims by including them in our games and activities just like Luca said earlier.

Ms. Walsh says "It's common "for victims to feel left out during games and activities.

"You can support them by playing with them "and inviting them to join your groups "so that they don't feel alone." It's time for our last practise task, and you've done an amazing job so far.

Well done.

For the first part of this task, I'd like you to help Andeep.

Andeep is creating a poster about stopping bullying in school.

What are three things that he could put on the poster to help stop bullying? Can you tell your partner your ideas? Pause the video and we'll go through what you might have said in a few minutes.

Okay, let's see what you might have said.

You might have said that you can always tell a trusted adult if you witness bullying.

You can challenge friends if they're being unkind.

You can make everyone feel welcome and like they belong.

Remember that bullying is serious and it can make people feel unhappy and scared.

You can be part of an anti-bullying team and you can support victims by believing them and helping them to tell a trusted adult about what's happening to them.

Well done if you told your partner any of these ideas.

For the next part of this task, I'd like you to draw some pictures that Andeep could include on his poster about stopping bullying in school.

You can use your ideas from the first part of this task to help you.

Don't forget to add labels for your images.

Pause the video and we'll go through what you might have said in a few minutes.

Okay, let's see what you might have said.

Your drawings might look a little bit like this.

You might have had a drawing of a teacher or another trusted adult saying, always tell a trusted adult like a teacher.

Maybe you've drawn a sad face and you've said that bullying is serious and can make people feel unhappy and scared.

Maybe you've drawn a picture of some superheroes saying, looking out for others on the playground can make us feel like a superhero.

Well done if you had anything like this.

We are now going to summarise the key learning from today's lesson.

In today's lesson, we've learned that we should always tell a trusted adult if we witness someone being unkind to someone else because it could be bullying.

Although the person doing the bullying is doing something wrong, it's also not acceptable to ignore bullying If we think that we've seen it happen.

We should always do what we can to stop the bullying.

We can help stop bullying at our school by telling our friends if they're being unkind, telling trusted adults if we're worried about something that we've seen, and being welcoming to everyone.

Trusted adults can help to stop the bullying and to help the bully realise that what they're doing is wrong and to be a kinder person, and we need to be brave to stop bullying at our school.

In today's lesson, you might have found that you've got some worries or some questions, and if you do, it's really important you share these with a trusted adult.

There's also some resources on the screen that are there to help you too.

Well done for your fantastic hard work in today's lesson.

I'm really proud of you and I hope to see you in another lesson soon.