We have continued to have an anti-bullying theme to our learning this week.
One Kind Word has been this years’ key message and we created our own kindness wall to spread this message.
Our fluency text this week, which we read daily, is based on our child friendly anti-bullying policy. As part of these sessions, we discuss the vocabulary used in the text. We often use word hippo to check any definitions or to find synonyms for words to help us to understand their meaning.
Another reading activity involved understanding word definitions where the children had to sort the words into bullying and anti-bullying words.
This reading activity is called a RIC where the children answer questions about the text – some answers may be in the text (retrieval questions), others may need some more thought and interpretation.
Alongside discussing what bullying is, we considered how someone might feel if they were being bullied and how it would affect their mental health. The children generated a great list of emotions when thinking about this.
Finally, we reinforced the importance of the STOP message in our school.
STOP stands for two things:
- the definition of bullying: Several Times On Purpose
- the solution for bullying: Start Telling Other People
Well done Year 2 – you have showed great understanding around the subject of bullying.