Anti-bullying

Bullying can happen to anyone at any age. If you’re being bullied or know someone who is, there are people in school who can help. You can speak to Mrs Mckeown who is our Anti-bullying leader or any other trusted adult in school. However you can also share your worries with a playground buddy or record your concern in the worry monster in your classroom.

For help and advice about bullying and staying safe online you can contact the following: 

Helplines

ChildLine: ChildLine is the UK's free, confidential helpline for children and young people. They offer advice and support, by phone and online, 24 hours a day. Whenever and wherever you need them, they'll be there. Call 0800 1111. 

EACH : EACH has a freephone Helpline for children experiencing homophobic, biphobic or transphobic bullying or harassment: 0808 1000 143. It’s open Monday to Friday 10am-5pm.

Victim Support: They offer support to young people affected by crime. Their Children and Young People's (CYP) Service also deals with cases of bullying; offering advice and working with professionals to ensure young people get the support they need. You can call their Support line for free on 08 08 16 89 111.

Websites

The websites below have lots of information and advice for anyone who has experienced bullying.

Childline: information about bullying

Kidscape: information for young people 

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With support of our anti-bullying team, Early Years staff and Friends of Marlborough Primary School, we have also created at child friendly leaflet for our younger pupils within school. This can be found here: Child friendly antibullying leaflet for EYFS.

Playground Buddies

 

Playground buddies are a key part of the Marlborough Primary School anti-bullying team. They play a very important role of represent their class mates in the school; talking confidentially and effectively about the ways that anti-bullying can be promoted. In addition they support staff at break times - to keep an eye out for children who may be on their own, upset or just struggling with friends.

 

Every year, pupils in Key Stage 2 are invited to apply for the position and if successful, are provided with training and sign a 'contract' before they undertake their role. They then carry out their duty for one day every week and they wear bright blue bibs so that other children know who they are. As well as helping other children across the school, being a Playground Buddy is also an opportunity to develop leadership skills which will be useful in later life. We are very proud of our fantastic group of Playground Buddies for helping to make sure every child at Marlborough Primary School is happy and safe. 

What is the role of a Playground Buddy?

  1. To be a good role model to others at all times
  2. To lead activities on the playground
  3. To help prevent any form of bullying in our school
  4. To make sure all children have someone to play with
  5. To help to solve low-level arguments

 What should effective Playground Buddies be like?

  • Treat everyone fairly
  • Be patient and kind
  • Be a good friend to everyone
  • Be a good listener
  • Use calm voices and talk to others with respect
  • Help others to develop good social skills
  • Look out for children who need help or are lonely
  • Tell an adult when there is a problem

Playground Buddies lead activities by:

  • Choosing safe areas to play
  • Asking children what games they would like to play
  • Leading a range of different activities
  • Explaining the rules of the game clearly to everyone
  • Ensuring everyone is involved in the game

 

Sometimes at play times you may fall out with your friends and are not sure what to do, or you may just feel a bit sad and need to talk to someone. If this happens then you can go to one of our trained ‘Playground Buddies’ and have a chat and make sure everything is okay.