What is it?

Bullying. No way! is a website created by Australian educational communities outlining, designing programs and support in dealing with forms of bullying in schools. Educational staff were not the only people providing input. Members of the wider community such as students, parents and support agencies gave their perspectives and input in developing the site so cyberbullying can be effectively prevented or dealt with. 

What is their aim?

Their aim is to provide a learning environments where every student and school community member is safe, supported, respected, valued – and free from bullying, violence, harassment and discrimination. They have outlined certain key points in their goal statement: 

  • To provide a nationwide resource of State and Territory approaches to minimising bullying, harassment and violence in schools.
  • To develop a framework for sharing Australian school community solutions that work.
  • To use technology and networks to make this information as accessible as possible to school communities.
  • To make sure that all students can learn in a safe and supportive school environment.

What we can do...
Bullying, harassment and violence occur in all schools communities, with cyberbullying becoming a serious problem within schools that stretches out into the home environment as well. My focus on researching cyberbullying is what can we do to help prevent it from happening? Educating students and parent as well as training teachers are major initiatives that are taking place and need further addressing. How students are being educated and taught to think and respect one another needs to be in a form they can relate to, engage with, and prompt consideration. The site has many resources, such as writing workshops, painting workshop, forums and mobile movies on cyberbullying to provide several different access points to this pertinent issue. This enables people with different interests and learning styles to access the information and absorb it.  School communities around Australia – parents, staff, students and community members – can increase understanding about the issues, hear others' stories, find out about resources, and share strategies and success stories across the nation.