Say no to bullying

The teacher listened carefully to the children. Then he had a long talkwith Lisa and Sean. They told him what had happened and how theyfelt. After that, the teacher had an even longer talk with Jordan andAmena and their friends. He told them how unhappy Sean and Lisawere.‘We were only joking,’ said Amena and Jordan. ‘It wasn’t serious.’‘Now you know that it didn’t seem like fun to Lisa and Sean,’ said theteacher, ‘and now we need to think about how we can make thingsbetter.’Lastly, the teacher had a talk with all the children. ‘I want you all tomake sure that no one in this school is unhappy,’ he said, ‘and if you seesomeone being bullied I want you to tell, straight away.’Part 3So Jordan and Amena and their friends began to do things to make Seanand Lisa feel happy instead of sad. They found it very difficult at firstbecause bullying had made them feel strong and powerful. But graduallythey realised that no one wanted them to do it any more. The otherchildren asked Sean and Lisa to join in their games. They made sure thatthey were never on their own and lonely. And gradually Sean and Lisalearned to be happy again.So you see, it’s not a sad story after all, it has a happy ending; and if there’s astory like this happening in your school, I hope that you can make it have a happyending too.27© Crown copyright 2005 Say no to bullying Years 1 and 2DfES 1340-2005Primary National Strategy