Please remember that, this year, St Joseph’s Primary School will once again be

participating in the National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence. It is

an important day in our school calendar to join with hundreds of other schools

across Australia to say “Bullying. No way!” At our school, we encourage

students to take hold of the issue and talk about what does work. Let’s

support our students to drive powerful messages and take action to prevent

bullying. Together we can make change.

So far, our students have been learning about building and maintaining healthy

and respectful relationships. Building healthy and respectful relationships is

everyone’s responsibility. At school, we promote the Whole School Approach

to Positive Behaviour Support (WSAPBS) and explicitly teach our School Wide

Expectations (SWE). As a whole school community, it is important that

everyone; teachers, students and parents promote the expectation of positive

relationships and say “Bullying! No way!”

Tomorrow, we invite all students to come to school dressed in

the colour orange for the day. In doing this, we can help our school deliver a

powerful message that bullying and violence are never okay.