Bullying is a violent behavior that affects everyone and is unacceptable in an educational environment. Only when all bullying issues are resolved can students have the opportunity to develop comprehensively at school. Therefore, with the desire that everyone in the school - including students, teachers, and staff - are treated fairly and also treat everyone around them fairly, comply with and support the school's development policies, the School Bullying Prevention Policy is issued to:

1. Create a happy environment that encourages kind and respectful behavior towards students, teachers, staff, and everyone around them.

2. Ensure that students learn and develop in a safe, non-violent educational environment with adequate support and care in all aspects.

3. Raise awareness about bullying and its impact on each individual's physical and mental health.

4. Equip everyone in the school with knowledge and skills about bullying and school bullying to encourage speaking out against bullying behavior in all cases and situations.

5. Promote community spirit and the joint efforts of everyone in preventing bullying behavior, as well as building a safe and civilized school community.

6. Raise each individual's awareness of their rights and responsibilities in participating in solving, preventing, and combating all behaviors related to school bullying, as well as the awareness of promoting a culture of kindness towards everyone around them.

1. Activities under the school's management, including extracurricular activities and off-site field trips/visits.

2. All school staff (CBNV), including the Board of Directors, Board of Principals, all teachers, staff, students, and volunteer students studying and working at the school.

1. Bullying can be defined as an unwanted, aggressive behavior that is intentionally and repeatedly carried out to cause pain or harm to an individual or group physically or mentally. Bullying is often motivated by prejudice against specific groups of reasons, such as race, religion, culture, gender, physical condition, or family background. Bullying is often characterized by an imbalance of power: Those who perpetrate bullying use their power (physical strength, influence) to control or harm the victim, making them feel anxious, scared, ashamed, or self-conscious.

2. Bullying can take many different forms, including: Physical Bullying, Verbal Bullying, Social Relationship Bullying, and Cyberbullying. Specifically:

a. Physical Bullying: Intentionally causing harm to a person's body or property, causing short-term or long-term injury. These behaviors may include: punching, kicking, pinching, spitting, pushing, taking or damaging property, etc.

b. Verbal Bullying: Intentionally saying or writing words with negative meanings to hurt the other person, making them feel anxious, scared, ashamed, or self-conscious. These behaviors may include: making negative comments about the other person's body, gender, circumstances, etc.; giving the victim bad nicknames; threatening to cause harm, etc.

c. Bullying through Social Relationships: Non-violent, wordless behavior that hurts the other person by disrupting social relationships, separating the victim from the community, from social groups, or affecting their relationships. These behaviors may include: Deliberately abandoning someone; Spreading bad, untrue rumors about the other person; Luring a group to isolate the other person; Humiliating, damaging the other person's reputation in public, etc.

d. Cyberbullying: Carrying out bullying through electronic devices such as phones, tablets, etc. to cause the other person sadness, anxiety, anger, shame, or inferiority complex, etc. These behaviors may include: harassing, disturbing, revealing personal information, impersonating to perform negative behaviors, etc.

3. The term 'bullying' is often associated with violent behaviors, but most students experience non-physical bullying at some point in their school years.

4. One characteristic of bullying in schools is that its existence is not always recognized. Bullying can occur with all subjects in the school: between students and students; students and staff; staff and staff.

5. Bullying may involve complicity with other individuals and no direct participation of the bully, such as manipulating a third party to tease or physically and mentally abuse the victim.

Personal Characteristics: Bullying behavior focuses on discriminating against educational level, appearance, physical condition, and economic status.

Racial Discrimination: Racial bullying is expressed through making insensitive remarks, not necessarily physical assault behaviors that cause injury. It can be identified by the bully's motives, the words they use, and isolating someone because of their skin color, way of speaking, or way of practicing religion or culture. Racial bullying is particularly common in multicultural environments.

Culture: Bullying focuses on differences between cultures.

Gender Discrimination: Gender discrimination or sexism is having behaviors, language, or prejudices that express the attitude that one gender is inferior or less capable than the other. This often occurs with the female gender when limiting their choices and roles in society. Sexist bullying can be done through gender-offensive language, name-calling, or even sexual assault.

Sexuality: Such as making comments, jokes, unwanted or inappropriate physical contact or sexual innuendo, online sexual harassment, and sexual assault.

Homophobia: This is behavior or language that makes children or teens feel unwelcome or disadvantaged because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation. Not all young LGBTQ people (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) are bullied with homophobia, and not all homophobic bullying targets young LGBTQ people. Homophobic bullying often occurs because of other people's prejudices aimed at children or teens because: they are/are seen as or have friends who are lesbians, gays, or bisexual.

Transgender: Discrimination against someone because they are or are considered 'transgender' (a person who believes their gender is different from their gender at birth). Young transgender people are often bullied by people who think that 'boys should act like boys' and 'girls should act like girls'. Sometimes people are bullied because they have transgender friends or family members.

Religion: Attacking beliefs, faiths, religious practices, or customs.

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: Making comments, drawing attention to, or discriminating against people with physical disabilities or learning difficulties or other special educational needs 1 that have been identified as social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH) and Specific Learning Difficulties (SLD) - (Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, and Dyscalculia).

What Victims Should Do

1. Don't fight back! This can be very difficult because many people will advise you to fight back, but fighting back is never the solution. If you condone bullying by fighting back, you can get yourself into trouble! Don't bully a bully, because in the end you may become a bully while you were originally the victim.

2. If you feel you can, talk to the bully directly. You can speak to make them aware that what they are doing is wrong. Practice with a friend, an adult, or with yourself in the mirror about what you can say. Practice speaking assertively, confidently, and get to the point. Believing in yourself and telling others what you think can make you respected and encourage others to stand up for themselves.

3. Share your feelings with others. If you don't want to talk to a teacher directly, talk to your friends or any trusted adult. We are often afraid to tell someone because we don't want to be weak or feel ashamed. You may be shy or afraid to speak up at first, but adults can help stop bullying and make things better. If the bully gets into trouble, that's their problem and they have to deal with it, not your responsibility.

4. Don't blame yourself - it's not your fault. No one deserves to be bullied - NEVER! Whatever the reason, being bullied is never your fault. Try to stop it with the above advice or with the help of an adult. Don't ignore the problem and hope it will go away. They bully you because they can. So stop their bullying behavior immediately.

What Witnesses Should Do

1. Support the bullied person by befriending them and affirming that what is happening to them is completely wrong.

2. Encourage them to speak up for themselves by standing up to the bully, or with their permission, you can stand up to the bully. Or find a trusted adult to accompany them.

3. Anyone who knows that bullying is happening must tell the School Safety Council or any staff member working at the school.

Zero Tolerance for Bullying Behavior

1. Greenfield School is committed to disciplining bullying behavior with zero tolerance.

2. Greenfield School follows the developmental age and reacts step-by-step to all incidents. Punishments will reflect the severity and/or frequency of any reported incident. In case of legal violations, the school will report and coordinate with the competent authorities to resolve the issue.

How to Resolve Bullying Incidents

1. At Greenfield School, handling bullying cases will follow these steps:

a. If an incident is suspected or reported to include bullying behavior, the incident will be handled immediately by a member of the School Safety Council - who receives the report of the incident.

b. Each incident must be specifically recorded in the form of a report/minutes and sent to the Head of the School Safety Council.

c. If necessary, all relevant parties will be interviewed and recorded in the incident report/minutes.

d. Other members of the School Safety Council will always be informed of relevant information.

e. Teachers will always be informed of relevant information.

f. Parents will always be informed of relevant information.

g. Handling measures will be applied appropriately and in consultation with all relevant parties.

2. Students who are bullied will receive the following support:

a. They can immediately contact a member of the School Safety Council to share and consult.

b. Psychological reassurance for students.

c. Provide timely and continuous support to students.

d. Make students feel safe.

e. Find out why students are involved in the above incidents.

f. Identify incorrect behaviors and/or need for change.

How to Resolve Bullying Allegations

1. Allegations of staff bullying students occurring in the School will be reported directly to the Head of the Council for investigation.

2. Staff in the school accused of being involved in student bullying behavior must report the matter directly to the Board of Directors.

3. If the Head of the Council is absent, the staff must report the matter directly to the Standing Vice Head of the Council or the Vice Head of the Council. In case the Standing Vice Head of the Council or the Vice Head of the Council is absent, the report can be made to any member of the School Safety Council.

4. All reports from students, parents or staff will be kept confidential and anonymous.

5. The victim(s) of the allegation must be made aware that their safety is paramount.

Storing Information about Bullying Incidents

1. All cases of bullying are carefully and fully recorded/stored. The school distinguishes bullying cases based on the reasons for bullying.

2. If a student is held responsible for bullying behavior, the student's parents or guardians will be informed of the incident to help their children change. Appropriate disciplinary steps will be taken and adjusted depending on the student's age, circumstances, and in accordance with the School's Student Discipline Regulations.

3. At Greenfield School, disciplinary measures reflect the severity of the incident and are publicized as a form of effective prevention.

4. In serious cases, strong sanctions - such as suspension or expulsion - will be applied if necessary.

Recognizing the Signs of Bullying

1. The term 'bullying' is often associated with violent behaviors, but in fact, most forms of bullying that students experience during their studies are non-physical bullying.

2. The following signs may be indicative of students having problems with school bullying:

a. Students suddenly do not want to go to school, avoid going to school.

b. There are signs of excessive anxiety, lack of concentration, suddenly become less talkative and withdrawn.

c. Failure to complete assigned work or the results of the work show signs of abnormality (like being copied, modified, affected or damaged by someone).

d. Personal belongings such as backpacks, books, etc. suddenly disappear or are damaged.

e. There are changes in habits (changes in the way of speaking, communicating, limiting participation in extracurricular activities more than before,...)

f. Being psychologically affected and reducing self-confidence.

g. Being sick, often needing medical services with symptoms such as abdominal pain, headache,...

h. There are unexplained physical injuries.

i. Frequent absences, irregular attendance and late for class.

j. There is anxiety, insecurity when receiving messages.

k. Asking for more pocket money or stealing money - which has never happened before (possibly to pay the bully).

l. Suddenly want to be closer to adults.

m. There are signs of restricted, repressed body, poor eye contact, difficulty sleeping, often experiencing nightmares.

n. Often say negative words (ridiculing others).

o. Sitting alone or automatically leaving the group during class or group activities.

p. Talking more about negative self-harm behaviors, suicide or running away.

q. Decline in hygiene or self-care activities.

3. Although there may be other reasons for one of the above signs, the recurrence or combination of the above manifestations must be clearly investigated by parents and school staff.

4. Students are encouraged to actively report bullying behaviors at school. All school staff need to recognize the signs of bullying, take timely action and resolutely fight against any bullying behavior in accordance with the school's policy.

Preventing a Hostile Environment for Vulnerable and Easily Bullied Students

1. The school is committed to creating a civilized, positive environment that encourages and promotes integration, equality and cultural diversity where all students feel valued and cared for. This includes creating an environment that is completely against violent behaviors or interactions that can create violence, which may harm vulnerable groups through intervention with appropriate actions.

2. Not only stop at intervening when problems occur, building a non-violent environment is expressed through all educational activities of the school for all subjects (students, teachers, staff). Everyone is involved in training to raise awareness and skills in preventing school bullying. All opinions contributed by the subjects are listened to fairly.

3. The school regularly reviews its educational content to ensure that the content is appropriate and finds controversial points if any, these contents are handled delicately and appropriately with the circumstances and time.

Class Management

1. Teachers, Parents' Association and Boarding Staff need to closely coordinate with this Policy, as well as the School's Student Rules and Sanctions. The focus of the regulations is towards handling the problem in a humane, positive educational way rather than punishment and violence.

2. Equip students early with knowledge and skills of self-discipline as well as self-protection. Build trust and peace of mind for students towards teachers, parents and staff so that students are willing to share their problems.

3. Students have the opportunity and are encouraged to discuss bullying and how to deal with it, how to integrate with everyone and form a positive attitude in class as well as activities at school.

4. This education includes promoting students' awareness of kindness and how to treat people with love, fairness and respect.

5. The role of "adults" in the school is emphasized: teachers and staff are emphasized their influence in educating and changing students' bullying behavior.

Staff Training

The school raises staff awareness through training, ensuring that the principles of the Policy are clearly understood, legal responsibilities are clarified, measures to prevent and resolve problems are identified and support sources are always available to assist. Regularly conduct training courses to equip specialized skills to understand students' needs, protect vulnerable student groups and raise correct awareness of issues related to aspects of bullying behavior.

What School Staff Should Do

1. Continuously recognize, prevent and be ready in all situations; encourage good behavior and awareness of caring for others, including proactively responding to bullying behaviors to ensure safety conditions.

2. Ensure students are adequately supervised.

3. Report all cases of bullying to members of the School Safety Council. If necessary, it can be reported to external agencies such as the Police and relevant Social Organizations related to children.

4. Need to seek the participation and cooperation of parents; Ensure parents are informed of relevant information.

5. In the curriculum, Greenfield School will raise awareness of the nature of bullying by incorporating weekly focus sessions, class meetings, Life Skills or Personal Development subjects or other subjects if appropriate, to eliminate bullying behaviors.

6. The School Bullying Prevention Policy is combined with the Discipline Policy (with support for both victims and bullies) and clearly states the penalties for bullying behavior.

7. Our policy includes the role of parents and ensures students understand their role in preventing bullying, even if they consider themselves bystanders.

8. The handling of a bullying incident is carefully considered to ensure that all incidents are known, agreed upon and understood by the bully and the victim(s).

9. Bullying cases are reported and recorded.