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Cyberbullying

• Cyberbullying is defined as when a person or groups of people aim to threaten, tease or embarrass someone else by using a mobile phone, the internet or other technologies.
• It is a method of bullying where the bully uses technology as a means bullying.
• Cyberbullies can make use of e-mail, mobile phone and text messaging, digital photography, instant messaging, personal websites, chat rooms, blogs and social networking sites. Cyberbullying, like all bullying, is never acceptable and is taken extremely seriously by the School.
• It is recognized that members of staff and other adults can be victims of cyber bullying if they are ridiculed, threatened or otherwise abused online by pupils.

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NAMED PERSON

The Scottish government are improving how we work and communicate with young people across Scotland. I have enclosed an information sheet on GIRFEC (Getting It Right for Every Child) and the named person procedure.  Within the school your child has been allocated a named person and a lead professional. If you or your child have any concerns and require any support please don’t hesitate to contact the appropriate named person who should always be your first point of contact in the school.

YEAR GROUP	NAMED PERSON	LEAD PROFESSIONAL
S1/S2	Mrs Wishart	Mr Thomson
S3/S4/S5	Miss Hughes	Mr Thomson

February 2014

All of our year groups were visited by speakers from Landed.

Landed, who work in conjunction with NHS Lanarkshire, visited the school to pass on information about drugs, and alcohol.

The presentations and discussions that followed were as beneficial as they were engaging.

The organisation takes pride in helping young people make safer choices based on the facts surrounding alcohol and drug use.

They did so  in a way that was accessible—using language and terms young people clearly understand without ever being patronising.

The booklets ‘Steamin’ and ‘Oot Yer Face’ used humour to drive home some very serious messages.