Friday 25th October 2025
Dear Parents/Carers,
Our school is anti-bullying. In light of this, we are pleased to announce that this year we will be highlighting Anti-Bullying Week during Autumn 2 Term:
Monday 11th – Friday 15th November
The theme for 2024 is ‘Choose Respect’, our participation will raise awareness to the importance of making a conscious choice to be respectful of others by only using kind and caring words and actions. During this very important week, children will take part in a variety of age appropriate activities including; creative lessons, themed reading sessions, open discussions, a Streetz Ahead anti-bullying assembly and an odd socks fundraising day. More information will follow after the half term break.
In addition to the above, we will also take part in the following activities:
Tuesday 12th November
Odd socks day | Stand tall against bullying | Wear odd socks to school | Donate £2 Funds raised will be spent towards books which promote anti- bullying and to raise awareness about different forms of bullying.
Thursday 14th November
Anti-Bullying Assemblies | Streetz Ahead
You can find useful information about the Anti-Bullying Alliance on the official website: www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/
We also have a number of Personal Social Health Education ( PSHE) themed reading books available for parents/carers to loan, these are kept in a special library area outside of the Headteacher’s office. A list of the available books can be accessed school website along with more information about the themes covered: www.devonshirehill.com/our-learning/curriculum-subjects/pshe-rse/
In the meantime our staff continue to take an active approach to supporting the wellbeing of all children by encouraging open conversation about worries, discussing the purpose of classroom worry boxes, enforcing positive behaviour and reinforcing resilience through the Anchor values. Bullying behaviour will not be tolerated.
Our school’s Anti Bullying and Behavior Policy can be accessed on the school website: https://devonshirehill.com/about-us/policies-reports/policies/
Yours sincerely,
Julie D’Abreu | Headteacher
