Our School Anti-Bullying Campaign – Respect
One Monday morning two girls named Maddie and Zoe were walking to school when two boys from the same class started to call the girls hurtful names. It happened again in between a maths lesson in school. The bullies were sitting next to them; they were pushing the girls and trying to break their belongings.
At morning break time the boys followed the girls out to the yard and started to say hurtful things to the girls again. The girls were very upset and hurt that the boys were not behaving in a respectful way but they did not know what to do.........
Suddenly the school bell rang, it was high time to return to the classes. There, they felt safe. Maddie was the first one that came into the building and as soon as she looked inside it and saw the bullies near her, she had felt a big pain into her heart. While Maddie was suffering this unpleasant situation, Zoe was looking for an adult who could help her but she ...
couldn't find any staff member. Where were all the teachers? At the same time Maddie was terrified..the bullies were encouraging other pupils to ignore her. Maddie felt very upset and very frightened. Zoe ran to the staff room but again there was no staff member to be seen. What was going on? Where was everyone?Back at the classroom, Maddie was starting to panic! Her body was very tense and her heart was beating fast. Maddie was gasping for breath. All of a sudden....
...a teacher walked into the classroom. "What is going on?" asked the teacher loudly. Poor Maddie felt a tear trickle down her face and she was unable to control the tears as they gushed down her face. The teacher noticed the tears and asked Maddie what had upset her. The bullies tensed up and sat quietly starting at Maddie as if to say "you better not tell the teacher". However, Zoe noticed this and she stood up to the bullies and told the teacher what had happened that day and explained why Maddie was so upset..........
The teacher was astonished when Zoe told her the unfortunate event But far from being angry with them, he proposed to this pair of thugs to become superheroes, how?...
The teacher explained that the students need to use their "Power for Good" to stop being bullies and to start being kind, friendly and respectful to each other. The bullies said sorry for their behaviour and decided that from now on they would be like the superhero "Respecto Man" and would never upset any of their classmates again.
