We believe that everyone is special and so we must think about what everyone needs to be happy and safe at school in their learning and play. Everyone has the right to be themselves without others making them feel bad. We use our school values to remind us the importance of everyone so that we can play and learn together. We want everyone to do well in their learning and in play.  We should all feel that we belong at OLOL.

Our Core Values

Respect

Is when we know that everyone is important and so we treat them very well.

• Everyone is special!
• Have good manners!
• Listen to adults!
• Do as you are asked!
• Everybody can have their say!
• Treat others well!

Responsibility

Is when we know that we are the ones to care for each other and the place we live

• Thinking about everyone!
• Caring for God’s gifts!
• Being ready to learn and play with each other!
• Knowing that my choices touch others!
• Keeping everybody safe!

Kindness

Is treating each other with love because we know everyone is special

• Showing that we care by looking after others.
• Being peacekeepers!
• Helping everyone to belong.
• Thinking about how others feel and doing our best to understand
• Helping others in the community

Understanding

Is knowing how others feel and sharing those feelings with another

• Putting people in most need first!
• Sharing fairly!
• We know we have to understand each other even though we may have different ideas.
• We know we all have the same feelings!

Be the best we can be (Excellence)

Is trying our hardest in everything we do

• Really try hard with our learning!
• Really try hard to take part in school activities!
• Really try hard to treat others well!

 

Be a believer (Faith)

Knowing that I can have a go and encourage others to

• Show my love for others in what I do and say!
• Believe in myself and what I can do
• Help others to see what they can do
• Help others by looking after them
• Be active in the prayer life of our school

 

What happens when things go wrong

The adults in school will talk to you to understand what happened and why it happened. We will try to help everyone to see what went wrong and how we can make everyone feel better. We know it is important to say sorry when we have done something to upset someone. It is important that we mean sorry when we say it. We know that it is also important for the person who has been hurt or upset to forgive someone who has hurt them. We will try and help you to work toward this understanding.

What consequences teachers may give

• Teachers may talk to you and explain why what you did was wrong
• Teachers may talk to your parents and ask them to help you to do the right thing
• Teachers may give you a plan explaining how they want you to behave
• Teacher may share the plan with your parents so they can help you to do the right thing
• Teachers may tell you to miss break in the morning or at lunch and ask you to do school work
• Teachers may ask you to complete work at home
• Senior teachers may move you away from the classroom if you are upsetting others

OLOL Statement on Bullying

 This school is a place where everyone is special and has the right to be themselves. It’s a place where everyone can feel safe, be happy and learn. Everyone at our school belongs. We ask that everyone is kind to each other.  When things go wrong, we explain why it was wrong and work with you to know this. We take bullying very seriously because it means someone has hurt someone on purpose and we know that everyone must be treated well.

What is bullying?

Bullying is an unkind behaviour, such as being mean to others on purpose. Usually, Bullies repeat this bad behaviour over and over again.

Sometimes bullies use power to hurt people, they are bigger that someone or there are many people being mean to just one person.

Sometimes, people who bully others may be feeling sad or angry and might take their bad feelings out on other people.

By being responsible we can choose to be kind to others and help stop bullying.

What are some different types of bullying?

Being mean

Calling someone names, making fun of how they look or the way they speak are forms of bullying. Someone might do this to your face or online.

Leaving people out

If you leave others out on purpose, spread lies about them, don't let them speak or make them feel stupid, this is bullying.

Hurting others

Hitting, kicking and starting fights with other people are all forms of bullying.

Stealing and damaging

Taking things that belong to someone else, or damaging their things on purpose is a type of bullying.

What are some effects of bullying?

Bullying can upset you and stop you from doing well at school.

Bullying hurts people’s feelings and can stop them being who they want to be.

Bullying makes people feel lonely and left out

How can we get help to deal with bullying?

If you or someone you know is being bullied there are things you can do to try and stop it.

• Tell an adult - this could be your parent, carer or teacher.
• Talk to the bully - ask the bully to stop.
• Be with friends you trust - surround yourself with people that treat you well.

It is never OK to see someone being bullied and do nothing (being a bystander). You can tell people to stop (become a defender) or you can tell an adult about what has happened.

If you tell a teacher or adult at school, they will be able to help you. Telling an adult will never make bullying worse. They will talk to you and the people bullying to find ways to stop the bullying and keep you safe.

In the classroom and playground, we use a colour system to quickly feedback how children are behaving. The standards for each colour are shared with children and are in each classroom to help everyone understand the behaviour we would like to see from everyone. We are sharing them below so that you can support us too.  

We believe that everyone is special and so we must think about what everyone needs to be happy and safe at school in their learning and play. Everyone has the right to be themselves without others making them feel bad. We use our school values to remind us the importance of everyone so that we can play and learn together. We want everyone to do well in their learning and in play.  We should all feel that we belong at OLOL.