ST Philomena’s School Moree students have joined the united front against bullying, as thousands of other students around the country took part in live-stream workshops for National Day Against Bullying and Violence. Principal Karen Jagers gives a brief rundown on what the day means and how the school tackles bullying every other day of the year.
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Like all schools, fostering and growing positive strong relations between peers and assisting to rebuild broken ones is part of our work in schools. Our focus on positive relationships is supported through the PDHPE and Religious Education curriculums, at every stage level of learning, on an annual basis.
To further educate and grow our students’ understanding of responsibility, action and support, the services of the Police Youth Liaison Officer are also included in our learning framework. Great resourcing around cyber safety from all perspectives is delivered.
On the national day, all students across the K-10 school participated in class based activities from the specially designed Bullying No Way website. Additionally, secondary students participated in interactive live-stream workshops from the Generation Next Student Wellbeing Leader Conference program.
This event was broadcast in real-time for schools in interstate or regional areas to access. Relevant adolescent topics were opened up by experts. Sexting was addressed by Internet Safe Education founder Brett Lee; relationships by former president of Australian Medical Students’ Association and BeyondBlue board director Dr Jessica Dean; and Is Social Media Good for You? by University of Sunshine Coast researcher and author A/Professor Michael Nagel.
The interactive aspect of the workshops allowed students to participate in surveys and polls regarding their own life experiences, actions and opinions, and view the collective student responses to that which was posed.
The national day is a positive day of action, to help find workable solutions that address bullying and violence and to learn how support can be found.
Donning the badges as a commitment to positive relationships and assisting to make the word a better place, St Philomena’s School stands with the thousands of other students to work towards making this happen.
