Cyberbullying and esafety
the voice of the child
Day 2
Communication approach
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Create a comms strategy –
What will you communicate?
How?
To Whom?
Multiple strands
Consider
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Web
Parents’ events
Training updates/safeguarding/CP
Induction booklets
Communication pathways – external
facing -Internal facing
What did the best schools
do?
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No thresholds – niggles are valid
Everyone is involved in safeguarding
Good relationships with external agencies
Values underpin culture
Pupil Empowerment
Leadership and management
Reflective practice
Walsall committee
Involve all
Session 3
• Real life cases – conflict resolution
approaches
• Children as partners
Intervene and disrupt the cycle
At several points in the cycle
In various ways
With different groups of people
Declare your vision and get everyone
working towards it – One Direction
Session 4
• About the BIG Award
• About Conflict Resolution Education
Drumcondra
A whole school approach to
challenging bullying
Welcome!
Adrienne Katz, Val McFarlane and
Vicki Cheetham
BIG is a not for profit social enterprise, that runs
the award for anti–bullying excellence
www.bullyinginterventiongroup.co.uk
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About the award
Bullying Intervention Group (BIG) was set up in
2011 in response to requests from schools and
other organisations for a national bullying
intervention award scheme.
Existing Local Authority anti-bullying
accreditation schemes will be recognised.
Schools and organisations can apply for both
local and national accreditation.
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Who are we?
3 very experienced anti-bullying consultants,
Val, Adrienne and Vicki.
Each has worked for over 10 years in
bullying intervention work, successfully
managing thousands of cases of bullying &
friendship issues.
BIG has a team of consultants who work on
local award panels and deliver training.
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Why do we need it?
Be rewarded for your school’s achievements.
Parents will have confidence in the way
bullying is dealt with… fewer complaints and
less risk of legal action. Ensure your strategy
is coherent coordinated and sustainable.
Teachers can transfer these skills.
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What will it
mean for us?
Gaining the BIG Award will demonstrate that you:
• Are working to an externally agreed standard
• Employ consistent, updated good practice
• Include children, young people & parents
• Ensure that every child can fulfil their potential
without fear of being bullied
• Submit to external judging panels
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What else do members
get?
• Access to all areas/resources of the rich
BIG website.
• Regular news and research updates,
lesson plans, assemblies, case studies
and book/film lists.
• ‘Trendwatch’ : keep up to date with
bullying behaviour.
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And more…
• Members share practice & showcase their work.
• Free online surveys to use with your pupils.
• Advice and support on how to complete your
portfolio of evidence as you work towards the
award.
• Sources of advice on serious or intractable
cases.
• Training sessions or bespoke training to suit
your needs.
Criteria
• 8 criteria – big principles
• Use your own innovative approaches to
achieve these
• Collate your evidence
• Submit in your own time
• Adjusted for different settings
Criteria Summary
The criteria required to achieve the BIG Award 1) A Bullying Intervention Focus Group
2) A Bullying Intervention Policy that complies
3) Regular Staff Training, good content
4) Involvement & engagement of children & young people
5) Involving parents and carers
6) A Peer Support/Peer Mentoring system
7) Regular awareness raising activities
8) Recording and monitoring
Plus a short, written testimonial from a young person
Annual fees
Primary School (under 500 pupils) £150
Primary School (over 500 pupils) £250
Secondary School/academy, up to 1200 pupils, £250
Secondary school/academy more than 1200 pupils, £350
FE College £350
Local Authority £350
Children’s Homes (by agreement please contact us)
Community Groups (by agreement please contact us)
Services with many small units – contact us for reductions
How do we apply?
• Register online
• Say what type of school/service you are
and how many pupils
• Choose method of payment
• The website will show the correct fee
• Once payment is received your
membership is activated
• An online portfolio will be shown for you
What do we receive?
Submit when you are ready. If successful,
you will receive a logo, media release and
certificate to display on your website and
stationery. The certificate is valid for 12
months after which you will need to provide
evidence that all is still in place or better!
If not quite there, feedback is provided
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What do other people say?
‘Bullying Intervention Group, BIG AWARD is a really
brilliant scheme because it allows organisations to work
towards excellent anti-bullying intervention practices,
and to show parents and children that the school or
organisation cares about this crucial issue.
Bullying is one of the most serious and wide-spread
problems children ring ChildLine about. I know of
children and young people who have personally
benefited. I recommend the national BIG AWARD to all
schools and organisations.’
• Esther Rantzen president of ChildLine
Maggie Turner OBE
‘The Diana Award fully supports the work of Bullying
Intervention Group BIG AWARD. It is so important
that young people play a major role in reducing
bullying in their schools and organisations and are
trained and supported to achieve this.
The staff at BIG have huge expertise and experience
in both training, supporting and enabling young
people to take on this role and youth participation
plays a major role in the criteria of the BIG AWARD.
Diana Anti-Bullying Award has worked with the BIG
team and look forward to continuing to do so in the
future.’
Jonathan Charlesworth, Director of
EACH
‘EACH
fully supports and endorses the Bullying
Intervention Group Accreditation scheme. We are
confident that prejudice driven victimisation,
especially homophobic bullying, will be markedly
reduced by the implementation of this award
scheme. Both parents and pupils will be able to
choose schools with the added advantage of being
able to know whether a school has achieved this
recognised standard.’
Contact details
[email protected]
www.bullyinginterventiongroup.co.uk
Val McFarlane – 07502 189658
Vicki Oliver – 07870 499275
Adrienne Katz – 07956 834288