Are the following examples of faith bullying?

Statement 1 Laura never goes to parties on Saturday night because she has to get up early on Sunday to go to church. Now she never gets invited to any parties.

Statement 2 Lydia wears a burqa to school and some girls sometimes mock her by trying to make their clothes look similar.

Statement 3 Justin’s parents both have dreadlocks so the boys in his football club say that they must take lots of drugs.

Statement 4 Shaun’s dad is a minister so some boys at his school put on dog collars and imitated him negatively.

Statement 5 Steven’s parents aren’t married so his neighbours say they won’t go to heaven

Statement 6 Sarah isn’t baptised so her friends sometimes don’t allow her to play with them after church.

Is faith bullying as serious as any other type of bullying?

Bullying task… What can you do? As a group of 4 you need to create a role play or radio programme or documentary to show: –What bullying is –Examples of bullying –What the school bullying policy states –what friends and family can do and maybe include how people can make mistakes and get it wrong when helping people? Then show how to do it right.

Planning In your group come up with ideas on how to show your understanding of the school’s bullying policy You can mind map or storyboard ideas ready for the performance. The performance needs to be no longer than 5 minutes long and the other pupils in the class will be giving you an attitude grade for this.

To sum it up… What ideas have you had?