Many thanks to our Parent Forum who have spent time reviewing our Anti-bullying policy. This week we have had a focus on Anti-bullying especially on Rainbow day. All children in school have named a school adult that they feel comfortable talking to if there is anything bothering them. At the end of Rainbow Day, all children went home with a leaflet about our Anti-bullying policy in school. Have a look below at what has been going on during Rainbow day:

	Reception Children have been listening to stories about friendships and superheroes (Supertato) and talking about the issues that characters experienced.  They have made their own superhero potato whose mission is to help others.  They are learning a song about friendship and doing activities, encouraging new friendships.  In the afternoon session, children are mixed with Years 1 and 2 to make a new friendship and learn some new names.
	Year 1/2 Children were involved in an e-safety session, talking about when to use computers, where they use computers and what they do on them.  The emphasis is on being supervised and adults checking what they are doing if they are online.  They were also looking at friendships, what makes a good friend and writing notes to their friends, sharing and how to solve problems if sharing is not happening.  Diversity was also an activity – celebrating how we are all diverse and how we embrace this.
	Year 3/4 Children were involved with an e-safety session, safe use of usernames and passwords.  They were reading through sample blogs and talking about what is safe or unsafe about those and practising writing their own blogs.  They were also role playing and creating freeze frames of bullying scenarios and changing these scenarios using problem solving.  They were writing poetry and creating a dance based on these situations, talking about friendships and making friendship bracelets.
	Year 5/6 One session was a focus on Childline and bullying, how to seek help and an art activity around this.  Another session focused on e-safety where children were learning about staying safe online and created a presentation for Years 3 and 4 about how to stay safe online.  One session was being led by a group of Year 6 children with a focus on trust, confidence and team work.  The children planned the session themselves and were leading games around these themes.