Anti-Bullying Week 2025 is coordinated in England, Wales and Northern Ireland by the Anti-Bullying Alliance. This year it has the theme 'Power for Good' and will take place from Monday 10th to Friday 14th November. The week will include an Odd Socks Day which will be on Monday 10th November, when adults and children wear odd socks to celebrate what makes us all unique.

More information can be found here: https://anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/anti-bullying-week-2025

What is Odd Socks Day?

Odd Socks Day marks the start of Anti-Bullying Week. There is no pressure to wear the latest fashions!  All you have to do to take part is wear odd socks to school, it couldn’t be simpler! 

Most importantly, Odd Socks Day is designed to be fun! It’s an opportunity to encourage people to express themselves and celebrate their individuality and what makes us all unique!

What will the children be learning?

This year, our focus as a school is on bullying in the online world. For this, each year group will have focused lessons specifically aimed at raising the awareness of bullying online and how to get help if they or others they know are being bullied online. The children will also be taking part in a number of events including a special Live Lesson produced by the BBC for Key Stage 2 on Monday 10th November, and Key Stage assemblies. 

Our resources come from ProjectEVOLVE. The toolkit is based on UKCIS framework “Education for a Connected World”. The lessons provide the right opportunity for discussion; prompted by appropriate questions accompanied by honest and useful information to shape thinking and challenge misconceptions. Your child will be learning:

EYFS: Ways that people can be unkind

Year 1: Unkindness online. How to behave online.

Year 2: What is bullying? Who is to blame for bullying?

Year 3: How bullying can appear online and how to get support

Year 4: Online bullying. Effects of online bullying.

Year 5: How bullying online is different to bullying in the physical world. Reporting, blocking and seeking support.

Year 6: Capturing and reporting online bullying.

How to support your child: 

As parents and carers, we all want our children to be happy and safe and it is natural to worry about bullying - particularly if we have experienced bullying ourselves, or we think our child may be more vulnerable to bullying. If you would like more information, please see the attached link to the Anti Bullying Alliance parent pack to support your child at home.