ABSTRACT
Through curriculum work on bullying, schools can achieve two very important objectives. First, they can raise awareness amongst pupils about bullying behaviour. Second, they can challenge attitudes about bullying behaviour, increase understanding for bullied pupils, and help build an anti-bullying ethos in the school. Pupils who are not directly involved in bullying themselves are still likely to know who is involved in bullying others, who is regularly bullied and where and when it happens. The existence of bullying behaviour in classroom or playground presents challenging opportunities for pupils to make observations, to collect data, to design solutions and to communicate ideas both within the circle and to adults who are in a position to implement reasonable suggestions. When children or adults have been involved in role-plays where they have taken on the role of a bullied pupil, bystander or bullying pupil, it is important to spend some time bringing them out of the role.
