Schools around the district joined in lessons and activities to mark the national day of action against bullying and violence on Friday, March 16.
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Lithgow High School’s Year 7 and 8 students took to their playground to create chalk murals reflecting on kindness and friendship.
Students also wore blue mufti to mark the day and held a barbecue to raise money for Resilience 2018.
All of La Salle Academy’s students joined in a lesson shared by the entire school, in their separate classrooms, at the same time.
Principal Joyce Smith said the exercise, which came from the government’s Bulling No Way website, established what bullying was and what students could do if they saw or experienced it.
“It helps students understand what misuse of power actually is and have a positive conversation about what we can do,” she said.
Mrs Smith said there would be “top-up” activities throughout the term to reinforce the messages.
“Hopefully it gives the students a feeling of empowerment and the resilience so that they can deal with it if it happens around them.
“It’s not just a conversation we are having today, or this week or this month – it’s one we will have constantly.”
Mrs Smith said she was particularly proud of the students, who were proactive about the day, actively asking about the kind of activities they would be doing to be part of the national conversation on bullying.