Anti-Bullying & Harassment Policy

Definition: Bullying means that one person is deliberately using his or her power over another to make them feel bad. Bullying does not include having a single argument or fight with someone, or saying something bad to someone once when you are angry. Bullying goes on deliberately over a period of time.

The School’s policy prohibits harassment or bullying, among children or adults. We want to foster appropriate interactions, free speech, and academic freedom, but we must also recognise our boundaries and obligations with respect to each other and the School. Harassment and bullying are defined by the School as including threats, inappropriate physical contact, intimidation, demeaning remarks, jokes, or insults based on legally protected characteristics, as well as unequal treatment premised on such characteristics. The full policy is available as a separate document and is intended to provide guidelines to all of us, so that we will understand the kinds of conduct that will not be tolerated at the school;

• if any harassment or bullying occurs, it will be recognised quickly;

• everyone who is a victim of, or a witness to, harassment or bullying will feel free to express his or her concerns;

• any instances of harassment or bullying will be dealt with appropriately, and

those who indulge in bullying are themselves helped to renounce such behaviour.

A group of parents and teachers work together specifically to foster our whole school relationship.

The group promotes values that the children themselves have chosen, to create the school environment they want to be part of.