Anti-bullying Day

On Thursday the 22 April 2021, the Madrichim of 2021 held activities for the other children in Primary School for the annual Anti Bullying Day. We had to do seven year groups in four periods, so we divided and conquered. Every year group created paper cups through origami. With these paper cups they wrote kind messages to each other which were then topped off with a freddo. They thoroughly enjoyed it as they were cheering when they won, and polite when they lost. It was also quite funny when some of the year ones “accidentally” ate the chocolates they were meant to be giving away. The Madrichim worked for weeks to try and make the most fun activities for all of the year groups, and this was a success.

The paragraphs that follow will explain each year group in more depth and will more thoroughly explain the events that occurred on Anti – Bullying Day. By Micah Ezra and Sofia Berkovic

This picture represents all the hard work and dedication that the Madrichim of 2021 put in for this year’s Anti-Bullying Day. The overall message for Anti-Bullying Day this year was ‘Building Buddies’.

We wanted to try to educate the younger Primary School years on different ways to build buddies and give them an optimistic point of view. The station we are standing at was a LEGO based activity that was designed to teach the children teamwork and collaboration skills. When it’s completed the lego structure will end up saying “Building Buddies”. The station was a big success and the children used their skills to start the masterpiece. By Benjamin Freed and Misha Grynberg

This is a picture of the Madrichim running their activities with Year 1. They had watched a video on building buddies and then drew on paper cups to give to their classmates as a way of making friends. They then put in chocolates and gave them to other kids along with a kind little note. The year 1 students are currently playing a game of jeopardy based on building buddies and dealing with bullying.

The Year 1s collaborated with each other fantastically and it was amazing to run these activities with them. By Isaac Shammay and Becky Salamon

Teaching the Year 2 students was such an engaging experience. We did a range of activities which included a slideshow and video, playing jeopardy and making paper buckets for one another. The video and slideshow that was shown focused on friendships and being an upstander. The below picture really captured the ‘Building Buddies’ moral that we were hoping to give to the students. They really interacted together well with their team and worked together amazingly. This taught them to work as a team and compromise. It was an amazing experience for us and we hope it was for them too. By Amali Allul Orozco and Leah Joshua

Teaching the group of Kindergarten children below was such a fun but tiring experience. We had lots of fun activities that we played with them . We were focusing on how to build buddies and how to strengthen their relationships. One of the games we played with them was “Complement Bang” which focused on being able to interact and have conversations with others. By the end of this game the children were a lot more conversational with others in their grade. We think that this was a really good opportunity for them but also us. I hope this has made a difference for them. By Talia Pollak and Jonathan Igra