We are so lucky at St Joseph's to have such a wonderful and caring ethos, so this year we have introduced a new pupil role that will continue to develop and foster these values of respect, understanding and community at our school- the role of 'Anti-bullying Ambassadors'. During Anti-Bullying week, children from Year 3 upwards were able to put themselves forward for one of these very important roles. Two children from each class were then voted for, by their peers, to represent their class.

Our Anti-bullying Ambassadors:

* are keen to help keep our school a 'bully-free zone',

* help others to identify if/when bullying is happening

* are willing to intervene calmly, but only where possible,

* encourage children to speak to a trusted adult

* are sensible, approachable, supportive and effective listeners and others know they can talk to them for help, if they are experiencing bullying,

* promise to inform a trusted adult, class teacher or myself, of all incidents of bullying.

At present, our ambassadors are in KS2 but we are hoping to extend this to Year 2 in the near future. 

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Presenting our first ever, newly elected 'Anti-bullying Ambassadors' explaining why they wanted to be an ambassador:

Year 6:

Zariah: "I want to be an Anti-bullying Ambassador because I've actually been bullied myself and I thought if I was an ambassador I know how it feels and I could stop it and help others."

Melissa: "I wanted to be an Anti-bullying Ambassador because I want to stand up for something in my school life and I always wanted to help people and I thought antibullying would be perfect!"

Year 5:

Sean: "I wanted to be an Anti-bullying Ambassador because I believe that the littlest thing can change the world!"

Haris: "I wanted to be an Anti-bullying Ambassador because I know bullying is not right and I want it to stop so the world isn't a place where bullies belong!"

Year 4:

Adele: "I wanted to be an Anti-bullying Ambassador for all the people being bullied but are too shy to speak out. They can talk to me and I can tell a teacher so we can deal with it together."

Francesca: "I wanted to be an Anti-bullying Ambassador because sometimes I see some people in the playground a bit sad and I try to help them."

Year 3:

Olivia W: "I wanted to be an Anti-bullying Ambassador because I want them to feel comfortable and go tell the teacher with them and help them to not get bullied any more.

Ryan: "I wanted to be an Anti-bullying Ambassador because I wanted to help those people being bullied every single day and so I can stand up for myself!"