(Schools located within this Electoral Division: Crestview Elementary and Hillcrest Academy) 

• (Écoles situées dans cette circonscription électorale : Crestview Elementary et Hillcrest Academy)

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Designing a Safer, Kinder School

Big Question:

💬 What should bullying prevention and intervention really look like in our school?

You are part of a Student Leadership Design Team. Your mission is to design spaces, systems, and actions that help prevent bullying and ensure students feel safe, respected, and supported.

🔍 Step 1: Understand the Reality

Before we design solutions, we need to understand what’s happening now.

🧠 Discuss together:

• What does bullying look like in schools?

  • (In person? Online? Words? Actions? Exclusion?)

• Where does bullying most often happen?

• How do students usually respond when they see bullying?

• Who do students talk to when there is a problem?

Think about recess, hallways, buses, classrooms, and online spaces.

🏗️ Step 2: Design Prevention (Before It Happens)

Prevention means stopping bullying before it starts.

💡 Imagine and design:

• What helps students feel safe and included at school?

• What kind of spaces encourage kindness and belonging?

  • (Buddy zones, calm spaces, welcome areas, peer groups)

• How can students help build a positive school culture?

• What messages, actions, or routines could prevent bullying?

Ask yourselves:

👉 What would make it harder for bullying to happen here?

🆘 Step 3: Design Intervention (When It Happens)

Even in great schools, problems can still happen. What should we do then?

🤝 Design a fair and supportive response:

• What should a student do if they are being bullied?

• What should a student do if they witness bullying?

• Who can students talk to—and how easy is it to ask for help?

• How can adults and students work together to solve the problem?

Think beyond punishment:

• How do we support the person being hurt?

• How do we help the person causing harm learn and grow?

⚖️ Step 4: Student Responsibility & Leadership

Safety isn’t just an adult job—it’s a community responsibility.

💬 Discuss:

• What role should students play in preventing bullying?

• How can student leaders help others feel included?

• What responsibilities come with speaking up or stepping in?

• How can we make sure everyone feels respected?

🧩 Step 5: Connect to School Rules & Plans

Your ideas should connect to real school expectations.

📄 Use these references:

• Code of Conduct

• Anti‑Bullying / ABAV Plan

• Commitment to Success Plan

• School Committees

Ask:

• Where does bullying prevention already appear?

• Where could student voice make it stronger?

• What would you add or improve?

🎤 Step 6: Share Your Design

Prepare to present:

• What systems, spaces, or actions did your group design?

• How would they prevent bullying?

• How would they help students feel safer and more supported?

✅ Goal:

To help create a school where everyone feels safe, respected, and included, and where students are empowered to be part of the solution.