Bullying is behaviour not tolerated by Mount Austin Primary School.
Bullying can happen anywhere: at school, in sporting teams, between neighbours. Bullying can take on various forms including giving nasty looks, making rude gestures, calling names, being rude and impolite, spreading stories and rumours and teasing.
This behaviour may include:
- keeping someone out of a group
- acting in an unpleasant way near someone
- 'mucking about' that goes too far
- harassment or any form of discrimination based on disability, gender, race or religion.
Hurting someone physically is a form of bullying.
Every public school has its own discipline policy which includes codes of conduct to ensure students are free from bullying and intimidation. We believe students have a right to be safe and happy at school.
Our school has anti-bullying policies in place to deal with bullying promptly and effectively by involving mediation, disciplinary action, warnings, social skills programs, counselling and parental involvement.
Our Peer Support Program is also enforcing the Anti- bullying Program, teaching the children how to deal with bullying in the playground.
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