Top Tips

If you are being bullied here are some top tips for dealing with it.

• Don’t be alone
• Stay with friends
• Stay near an adult or teacher
• Plan your way to school
• Look at them in the eye and… 
• smile…
• shake your head… 
• walk away 
• Shout or say ‘no’ loudly, or ‘leave me alone’.
• Say something positive in your head like “I know I’m okay”
• Turn what they say into a positive e.g. “You may not like my shoes/ hair/ but I do”
• Imagine you have an invisible force field – imagine the words bouncing off your invisible force field that is protecting you
• Imagine the words turning around in the air or disappearing
• Pretend you can’t hear and they will feel very silly. You could say things like “sorry, what did you say?” or “It’s very noisy here”
• Practice some replies
• If that doesn’t work don’t say anything else and walk away

Remember: The best way to protect yourself from being bullied is to tell someone so that you can get some help.