Odd Socks Day for Anti-Bullying


Week 2018


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ibford pupils celebrated their uniqueness by taking part in Odd Socks Day to mark the start of National


Anti-Bullying Week 2018 which took place from Monday 12 – Friday 16 November under the theme of ‘Choose Respect’. The week is coordinated by the Anti-Bullying Alliance and aims to support schools and other settings to help children and young people, school staff, parents and other professionals who work with children to understand: • The definition of respect • That bullying is a behaviour choice • That we can respectfully disagree with each other ie we don’t have to be best friends or always agree with each other but we do have to respect each other


• That we all need to choose to respect each other, both face to face and online.


Patron of the Anti-Bullying Alliance, television


presenter Andy Day said: “It’s a well-known fact that encouraging acceptance of individuality at an early age can help prevent bullying in later life. Odd Socks Day is an opportunity to have fun, be yourself and spread awareness of the core values Anti Bullying Week promotes.”


Sibford GCSE Drama students marked the end of Anti-Bully Week by staging a powerful performance on the dangers of Cyber-Bullying. The students used music, dance and drama to


relate their message which ended up with the warning ‘Think before you press send’. The play, titled ‘Control’, was written as part of their GCSE drama course work. It was performed to pupils in Years 7 to 10. Sibford Head of Drama Neil Madden said: “The girls worked extremely hard on this performance. The hard hitting message within the piece really had a resonance with our younger pupils and gave a very strong message about the dangers that can be posed by the misuse of social media.”


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