On Wednesday 29 May, the Year 7s and 8s viewed ‘Backflips Against Bullying’, performed by Action Education, a program exploring bullying behaviours taught through parkour and flips.
Both performances covered important topics such as:
Year 7
- Power Dynamics and Resilience
- Cyber-bullying
- Physical, Verbal and Social Harassment
- Real-world Consequences
- Targeted and Repeated Harassment
Year 8
- Practical Resilience Tool
- Aggression
- Playing the Social Game
- Rumours
- Interactive Group Reflection
"Backflips Against Bullying taught me about some of the major effects of bullying. This performance was a very good way of presenting some difficult topics to talk about. Luca and Christian made the performance fun by incorporating flips and activities into the mix of information.
We learnt that even when it feels like you have no choice you always do and no matter what, things can always get better. You should always talk to an adult like a teacher, your parents or even a friend’s parents. There are also four types of bullying: verbal, physical, cyber and social.
There were also multiple times when people were invited to go up onstage. One was to make sure Luca didn’t fall into the crowd, another was to play a game and at the end around 15 students went up so that Luca and Christian could flip over us. This was a really good way to lighten up the mood in between talks." - India, 7LSCO
Rachel Hogan
Year 7 Leader
Jane Healey
Year 8 Leader
