‘Zero Bullying: Whole School Program’ — Awareness Sessions and Competition for Grades 5 and 6

Awareness Sessions on bullying were held for Grades 5 and 6. The focus of these sessions was on cyber safety and different types of cyber bullying such as bullying through email, social networking sites, mobile phones, etc. The sessions also emphasized how to use technology carefully, safely, and in a way which does not exploit the students.

Anonymity that is provided to us by the Internet is a double-edged sword. The importance of keeping password safe and how to make a safe password was explained to the students. It was also explained that they should not talk to strangers online even if it is a one-time situation.  The consequences and steps to stop cyber bullying were also iterated upon. The students were asked to report incidents of bullying to a trusted adult in all the cases and to “NEVER IGNORE” bullying even in cases where it is your closest friend. School and police laws against cyber bullying were also explained to the students.

A poster-making competition was also held for Grades 5 and 6. The students were required to make posters that promote the message of Anti-bullying in groups of 6. Students came up with visually powerful posters. The competition provided the students with a way to use their creative channels to further strengthen the message of Anti-bullying.