Understanding Bullying

CONCEPTUAL

Personal & Social Development›Responsible Decision-Making|Ages 7—9|ID: mt_I9iSzpGRn5

Understand what bullying is — repeated behaviour intended to hurt someone, including physical, verbal, social (exclusion, spreading rumours), and cyberbullying — and know that it is always wrong and what to do if they experience or witness it

Mastery Evidence

Define bullying and distinguish it from a one-off conflict
Name at least three forms of bullying including cyberbullying
Describe the steps they should take if they experience or witness bullying

Assessment Prompt

“Does [child] understand the difference between a one-off argument and bullying, and do they know what to do if they see someone being bullied — rather than just ignoring it?”

Prerequisites3

Seeing Someone Else's Point of View
softAges 7—9
Vocabulary: ethics and citizenship
hardAges 7—11
Right and Wrong Choices
hardAges 5—7

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Seeing Someone Else's Point of View soft
Understanding bullying impact benefits from perspective-taking
- Vocabulary: social awareness soft
  Perspective-taking practice is enriched by precise vocabulary including 'perspective', 'bias', and 'compassion'
- Emotion Vocabulary soft
  Perspective-taking benefits from wider emotional vocabulary
  - Naming Basic Emotions hard
    Wider emotion vocabulary builds on naming basic emotions
- Other People's Feelings and Thoughts hard
  Perspective-taking builds on knowing others have feelings
  - Vocabulary: understanding others hard
    Understanding that others have perspectives and feelings requires the vocabulary of empathy and perspective
Vocabulary: ethics and citizenship hard
Understanding bullying requires precise vocabulary distinguishing bullying types including 'cyberbullying'
Right and Wrong Choices hard
Understanding bullying builds on knowing right from wrong
- Actions and Their Consequences soft
  Right/wrong benefits from understanding consequences
  - Vocabulary: making decisions and keeping safe hard
    Understanding that actions have consequences requires the vocabulary word 'consequence' as a named concept
- Vocabulary: making decisions and keeping safe hard
  Distinguishing right from wrong requires vocabulary including 'honest', 'fair', 'trust', and 'right and wrong'

Unlocks2

Bystanders and Upstanders
hardAges 7—9
Basic digital citizenship
softAges 7—9