Skip Local Time Local TimeGoogle Apps School Portal I Choose Knowsley Click here to start applying now! Home Access Global Links    Disclaimer: The school holds no responsibility for the content of these external websites. | Cyber Bullying Cyber and mobile phone bullying is a growing high tech trend with children and adolescents nowadays. Cyber bullying occurs when children or teens bully each other using the internet, mobile phones or other cyber technology. The behaviours involved in cyber bullying can include:
Despite the fact that many parents and carers worry about their children becoming the victims of predators online, they are actually much more likely to be cyber bullied. Cyber bullying is bullying and All Saints Centre for Learning has an e-safety policy to deal with cyber bullying. It is important that pupils are aware of the sanctions that will be imposed if cyber bullying takes place. They also need to know where they can go to for help and support should they be a victim of cyber bullying. Cyber bullying often takes place outside of the school and outside of school hours. This presents schools with a dilemma about just where their responsibilities start and finish. Sadly, cyberbullying often starts in the virtual world outside of the school, but the consequences spill over into the school classroom and playground. New figures show one in three youngsters have been bullied through text messages, prank phone calls and abusive posts on social networking sites. A poll of more than 2,000 11 to 18-year-olds, commissioned by charity Beatbullying, also found that girls are up to four times more likely to face this form of abuse than boys. N-Dubz singer Tulisa was herself subjected to cyber bullying on her MySpace page. The links below point to websites where you can go for more information. http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/preventing-cyber-bullying/6131.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/tx/cyberbullying.shtml http://www.beatbullying.org/ http://yp.direct.gov.uk/cyberbullying/ Disclaimer: The school is not responsible for the content of any external websites. | Skip Calendar Calendar
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