Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week

The week of Nov. 17 - 21 marks Bullying Awareness and Prevention in Ontario.  Throughout this week (and throughout the year) we will learn what it means to be accepting and kind.  Our lessons will also highlight the harmful effects of bullying. 

Today we read...

The theme of this story is one of power and confidence.  Pinkalicious is teased about loving the colour pink when all the other girls are wearing black.  The bullying was constant and eventually made Pinkalicious doubt herself.  Pinkalicious became so unhappy that she began lashing out at others.  But in the end Pinkalicious learned it was important to stay true to her feelings and to not give the bullies any power over her.  

We decorated small pink t-shirts and wrote some of the positive words Pinkalicious used to describe her favourite colour.  

We included this on our Measurement wall.  The t-shirts represent flowers.  

A little information about Pink Shirt Day:

Our first Pink Shirt Day is Thursday, Nov. 20th.  If you have a pink shirt from last year or any other pink shirt please wear it that day and take a stand against bullying.