In November, our school celebrated Anti Bullying Week. We made it extra special by having our School Wide Positive Behavior Plan mascot, GeRRRy the Giraffe's birthday. His birthday happened to fall during the same week, and we thought the students would get a kick out of celebrating. It was incorporated so well, and after all he is the face of our 3R's (Respect, Responsibility, and Ready to). He is the ultimate friend and so against anti bullying! To prepare for the week, the SWPBIS team decorated the auditorium for Monday's assembly. We posted anti bullying posters, and birthday cards for GeRRRy. The art teacher created the cards and had the students complete during class. Inside the card, they wrote an anti bullying message! When I came in on Monday, two of the teachers had outdone themselves completely with decorations. There were streamers, posters, and balloons hanging everywhere! It made the vibe so much fun.
The art teacher made t-shirts for us to wear too.
The assembly was a success, probably the best assembly that I have had to date. My peacemakers group, which promotes positive behavior and interactions, and works on developing anti bullying activities, performed a skit. I read the book One, by Kathryn Otoshi, and the students acted it out. I got the idea from a youtube video that I watched the author perform with children. The students only practiced three times, and it was perfect. Not only did they do a great job, but EVERYONE was engaged. It was so effective....in the moment :)
Along with the skit, I had a powerpoint that focused on important points in relation to bullying. And to finish the assembly off, I created a slideshow of GeRRRy the Giraffe. I put pictures of him with students, and doing random things, like drinking out of the water fountain and walking quietly in the hall. We played an anti bully song, Who Says, by Selena Gomez. All of the students were singing and laughing.
We also wore yellow to school, to show that we are too bright to bully! And we bought soft pretzels for all the students as a present to celebrate his birthday.
On Tuesday, I had the Sorry Box available in the cafeteria. Students had the opportunity to anonymously apologize for a bullying behavior. There were tons of letters in there.
I have pictures of the auditorium, the SWPBIS team, props for our One skit, and the Sorry Box. I don't know how to post the powerpoint, or else I would!
To make the props, we simply painted dots and numbers on a poster board. I hole punched two holes and tied yard inside to allow it to hang on the students while they performed.
For the sorry box, I used spray glue and scrapbook paper.
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