Rimu stood up to Bullying!

Last Friday was Pink Shirt Day. A day where people all around New Zealand wear pink to show that we don't tolerate bullies in our playgrounds, classrooms or workplaces. 

Rimu was no exception. 

We don't think that bullying is ok. In fact, our class treaty has a number of agreements that talks about how we should treat each other. We review this treaty regularly to remind us of what is expected. 

Sometimes we do forget. Sometimes we aren't kind and caring towards each other. But we know that we need to keep learning this. The thing that helps us with this lesson is the adults in our lives modelling kindness and caring towards the people around them. And thankfully our parents do. 

They also support us by giving us their pink things to wear. 

Don't we look SUPER!

Did you wear pink on Friday? What do you do to stop bullying?

It Takes Courage and Hard Work to Be An Upstander. Never Give Up Rimu Class!

In Rimu Class we are always trying to educate ourselves and practise doing the right thing, even when we don't like someone or something annoys us. 

It's hard - but important because we want to live happy and fulfilling lives. 

This week we have talked about being an upstander, not a bystander.

We learnt there were 4 upstanding things we can do instead of doing NOTHING.

1) Be a Buddy!

2) Interrupt

3) Speak Out: This one takes TONNES of courage. "That's mean - don't do that."

4) Tell Someone

For more detail, watch below! 

So go on and encourage others to be upstanders too!

What type of person do you want to be?

A nasty person who puts people down? Or a happy person who lifts people up?

Constable Richard came in again to do some activities with us and remind us what bullying is, why it shouldn't be happening and the laws around bullying. We were reminded that:

• Bullying is hurtful and done on purpose.
• Bullying is not accidental. No one deserves to be bullied.
• We need to all stand up to stop it, otherwise it will keep happening.

As we get older it is very important  we think carefully about what we say and do. We are responsible for our own actions and words. When you are older, you will be held accountable. 

We found it really interesting learning about the laws around bullying and how you shouldn't judge people by how they look. Constable Richard put up a photo and we had to guess lots of things about him. Lots of stuff we got wrong because we stereotyped this person. We learnt that it is wrong to do this. "Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover," said Constable Richard.

Constable Richard said a statement about bullying and we had to stand and either go to one side of the room where it said 'Agree' or the other side where it said 'Disagree'. If we kind of agreed then we stood in the middle. We had to justify why we were standing where we were.

Did you know there are laws against bullying?
1) Physical - this is called assault.
2) Stealing - this is called theft.
3) Damage - this is called wilful damage.
4) Cyberbullying - this is called harmful digital communications.
5) Threats - if you threaten someone it is a crime.
6) Robbery - if you steal or take something using a threat.

We have read the 'Wonder' book this year and are now on the 2nd book, called 'Auggie and friends'. This book had a big bullying theme in it and we all related to it. We now have a quote in our class that we say all the time. If you have read 'Wonder' you will understand. 
It is this:
         Contributions by the Year 6s: Violet, Hunter, Ariana, Evie, Bree, Ian, Hannah & Grace.

Some important messages explored with our class today...

Bully Free NZ Week - What Act of Kindness have YOU done today?

This week we have been doing Acts of Kindness and recording them on a piece of paper when we see, feel or hear it. The class set a goal for everyone to do 2 each. I wonder if we will when we read them out on Friday? 

Enjoy watching our video we made this week!