National schools week

Some weeks ago, Demelza was invited to participate in the

National Safe Schools Week Television Campaign.

As well as appearing on T.V, she received a wrist band, a drink bottle, writing pad and school Bag.

The campaign is about Safe schools and outlawing bullying.

Finally a National Campaign to stop Bullying at school !
We are becoming a Peace builders .

She was exited and of course we have recorded the advertisement


There is unfortunately too much bullying at school.. even in this enlightened age.
Ce'nedra is being bullied at Isabella.
Inside the classroom, a child painted Cenedra's uniform with yellow paint or permanent marker
on her back, great strips of yellow on her back, the teacher isn't aware of what is happening in the class.
A boy is throwing rocks at her, after school at the bus stop.

The other day, she was playing with a little friend while waiting for the bus home , and some children accused her of swearing at them , they told their accompanying adult , who then used disgusting language at both she and her friend, and this is outside the school grounds!! to a NINE year old!! What the??

In Glen Aplin, The teachers maintained their responsibility for the students of their School community until every child left the school grounds. A teacher was on duty at lunch time, interval periods, and at the bus stop after school ensuring the safety of students, Caring for their kids, no adults swearing outside the school grounds at the children there.


Demelza's school has it's own unique issues around bullying,

Teacher's who encourage bullying.

A girl in Dee's class was smacked on the rump by a boy, the teacher requested and apology for the girl, the boy refused, so the teacher invited the girl to smack him with a metal ruler!

Any day of the week, Demelza's school has visitors from neighbouring schools , to "bash" someone, sometimes the visitors drive into the school grounds, on to the tennis courts and playing fields, other times they walk into the school buildings searching for whom ever it is they want to cause harm to.

Yesterday, Demelza encountered two such visitors,from a school on the otherside of Canberra, and informed the nearest teacher, who shouted at the visitors, and then asked Demelza if the intruders had been smart to her?
To which Demelza said 'yes', and the teacher continued a tirade about being cheeky!?..
and told them to leave.
What did those kids learn from that I wonder?

What happened to being marched off to the office?...,parents called?, as the visitors were only 15 years old, and should have been at school,. ..The police involved, truancy, trespassing, criminal intent etc etc??
There is this huge incongruency and divide in guidlines. An inconsistent approach to guiding the kids of today.

Our civic leaders make war on others who are different for any number of tenuous reasons, so I suppose the children are only following their example, and it doesn't make for a safe secure place to live, when there doesn't seem to be any rules or consequences for misguided choices.