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Tiger Jeet Singh Public School, along with all schools in the #HDSB, is committed to taking immediate and proactive action to prevent and address all incidents of bullying to create safe, inclusive and welcoming environments for all students. Our Bullying Response Protocol guides us to address every incident of bullying quickly and with care. Through our online reporting tool, students and families can confidentially report bullying. Visit the HDSB website to learn more about the Bullying Response Protocol, access the online reporting tool and explore resources for families to support bullying prevention. Together, we can create a safe school environment for all. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4fHook2
Bullying Prevention/Well-Being Team at Tiger Jeet Singh PS 2024-2025
Principal/Vice Principal: Janet Reesor (P), James Johnston (VP), Kelly Shepherd/Kim Phillips (VP short term)
Teaching Staff: N. May, A. McMillan, J. Wood, M. Catalfamo
Non-Teaching Staff: K. Tank
Parent Member: S. Azim
Students: A.B., A.K., AR.S., B.S., E.R., J.A., J.H., K.A., K.P., L.A., M.S., N.F., S.E., S.K., T.R., Z.I.
Reflecting on Data: (Have Your Say Data for 2023-2024)
80% of our students said they have not experienced physical bullying and 86% indicate that they have not experienced cyber bullying. However, 48% of our students indicate that they have experienced verbal bullying and 41% indicate that they have experienced social bullying at some point in the past year. These types of bullying are difficult to observe as they are often experienced during personal conversations in hallways, at recess, and other times adults may not be within hearing distance.
Our Goals:
By June 2025 there will be a 5% decrease in the percentage of students who experience verbal or social bullying at school and by June 2026 there will be a 10% decrease overall.
How will we reach our goals?:
Provide direction instruction or appropriate social skills
Explicit teaching of the HDSB Code of Conduct; the difference between bullying and conflict; the types of bullying (Seven Forms of Bullying); and strategies to combat them
School wide activities to promote positive behaviour
Be Kind, Work Hard, Make a Difference (our lived vision/motto)
Bullying Prevention Assemblies
Student Led Bullying Prevention Classroom visits
Student Led Announcements, Role Playing Problem Sets, Videos
Student Activities and Clubs
BRAVE education
Virtual Headstrong Summit
Equipment available for outside play
Teach, model, and encourage self-regulation
Student concerns are addressed (Community Circles, Class meetings, teacher follow up, admin follow up)
Promotion of Bullying Prevention Week and Kindness Week
Use an Inclusive Design approach to planning lessons and activities
Clubs specific to developing social skills and supporting allyship
GSA
PALs
BSA
Girls At Bat
How Will We Measure Our Change?
January (2025) and May (2025) School Created Survey
Have Your Say Survey June 2025
How Do We Respond to Bullying?
Follow the HDSB Bullying Response Protocol
For all incidents:
Assess student safety
Acknowledge and affirm feelings of the victim
Gather information and ask questions
Assess the severity of the incident
Utilize the Discriminatory and Harmful Language Protocol if needed
Make a plan for support for victim and follow up consequences for the perpetrator keeping bias free progressive discipline in mind
Possibly access/use the following:
Access school Child and Youth Counsellor
Access school Social Worker
Collaborative Problem Solving
Restorative Justice Steps
An integral part of the process is communication with both the victim’s and the perpetrator’s families. A school support team using the Circle of Support model will ensure that parents and students know what happened; how it is being dealt with; and how these actions impact not only the individuals, but their families and school community/classmates.
Ways in which we learn; communicate our learning; implement plans to support students in order to prevent bullying or respond to it; and monitor/assess our success related to our goals:
TEACHERS:
Safe and Inclusive Schools Policies and Procedures
Public Health Resources
School Team and School Resource Team (SRT)
Bullying Prevention/Wellness Meetings
Centralized HDSB workshops and PD
Tiger Talk Communication with parent community.
Promote positive mental health using HDSB Well-Being Expected Practices
Model positive, welcoming, inclusive, and empathetic talk in the classroom and hallways
Co-created classroom anchor charts designed to reference expectations
Provide many opportunities for students to be engaged in school activities
Promote positive behaviours
Understand and use Critical Consciousness to assess and plan lessons
Promote acceptance of all, regardless of differences
Use Inclusive Design to plan lessons and activities
Promote and complete school-based surveys
Promote and complete HDSB centralized surveys (Have Your Say)
STUDENTS:
Demonstrate kindness to others
Use words to solve problems
Set healthy boundaries with friends (BRAVE program)
Be accepting of others’ differences
Understand the difference between intent vs impact
Complete school-based and HDSB centralized surveys
PARENTS/GUARDIANS:
Get involved (School Council, community events, Open House, Performances)
Reinforce positive approaches to problem solving in your discussions with your kids at home
Understand the difference between bullying and developmentally typical conflict
Read through and discuss the HDSB Code of Conduct with your children.
Complete HDSB centralized surveys that can provide us with feedback
This plan has been shared with staff and parents via:
Website
School communication (Tiger Talk)
Staff meetings
School council meetings
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