Anti-Bullying Week Kick-Off

Today we enjoyed an inspiring morning with a musical performance by Maria Hawkins. She made us laugh, dance and sing! But most of all she made us think about how we can be the positive change in the face of bullying.

Here is a video link of one of her memorable performances. She encouraged us to distinguish between small and big issues. She also showed us how teachers want students to succeed. Be happy not sad. Be caring and kind. And if you say sorry mean it.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMuPKZr7dbM

All week long we will be addressing various topics about bullying to raise awarenss as well as to give our class problem solving tools to help them! We are using Twitter to connect with other classrooms to share how we can be the positive change. Follow our tweets @MrsCiampaClass and watch as we use the #nomorebulliesocsb hashtag!
Today we read the story The Recess Queen about a school yard bully. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJiWhQDz4_c  We used the story and the musical performance by Maria Hawkins to tweet to our friends in Mr. Robinson's class. We talked about what words that come to mind when we hear the word bully. 










Today the Ottawa Catholic School Board appeared on CTV to show how we as a school board are using social media in positive ways to promote bullying awareness across all of our schools. Here is the link: http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/videoclipId=1045521&binId=1.1487308&playlistPageNum=2