THE d iana aWard a nTi-BuLLying aMBassad Or PrOgraMME aT WEllSWAY SCHool

Earlier this year, Wellsway School and IKB Academy set out on a joint venture to launch a new anti-bullying initiative in both schools by joining the Diana Award Anti-Bullying Programme. Our work began in February with students and staff attending the Anti-Bullying Ambassador Training Day, with students from both schools ending the days as accredited AntiBullying Ambassadors, ready to work alongside staff and run successful Anti-Bullying campaigns that include:

• Helping to educate all students on bullying behaviour

• Leading our schools’ Anti-Bullying campaigns and develop new initiatives

• Promoting a culture that celebrates and tolerates difference

• Helping keep all peers safe both online and offline

Back in school the Anti-Bullying Ambassadors have met with Pastoral Leaders from both Wellsway and IKB to decide our next steps. The Diana Award requires schools to introduce new ideas and initiatives, which if successful can result in the school earning various Anti-Bullying badges. The four badges:

• Respect badge

Well-being badge

• Community action badge

• Online safety badge

Our Anti-Bullying Ambassadors have decided that we will work towards earning our well-being badge by introducing campaigns that encourage positive well-being and spread kindness in our school community, including strengthening peer support systems in our school. Our campaign ideas are:

• Introduce new ways to report bullying at school

• Create a new lunchtime support group

• Tutor work activities that address body confidence

• Complete a whole-school art project to promote well-being

• Complete a whole-school survey to evaluate student well-being and bullying experiences

Our plans above have already been shared with students in year group assemblies, which also created the opportunity to share some of the details from Anti-Bullying Ambassador Training Day, specifically how we can define bullying behaviour, the various roles in bullying incidents, such as the bystander and the up stander, and what to do if somebody is being bullied. We are really proud of the start that our Anti-Bullying Ambassadors have made. We look forward to being able to update you with our progress.

Mr. Simon Knowles

Assistant

Principal: Culture & Ethos Curriculum

Mr. Rhod Evans

Curriculum Director: PE & Performing Arts