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Magic away the bullies |
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Lancashire Evening Post
November 2008
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Good advice to stop the bullies...now that's magic |
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Lancashire Evening Post
February 2009 |
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A show with a difference |
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Lancashire Evening Post
January 2006 |
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New member of LANPAC |
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Lancashire Evening Post
February 2007 |
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Magic show to make school bullying vanish |
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Bolton News
November 2009 |
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Magic message to combat bullies |
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Anti Bullying Alliance
East Midlands Network
July 2007
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Other articles
Tricks to beat the
bullies
Yorkshire Post - October
2007
Illusionist Sarah Lewis
taught children, including Mishal and Jacob,
 some
magical tricks to
help them
avoid becoming the victim of bullying when she staged her show in their
classroom yesterday.
The Anti-Bullying Magician
uses sleight of hand and audience participation to help children
understand and identify bullying behaviour and aims to give them the
confidence to report it.
According to Rotherham
Council, which organised the show at St Ann's Junior and Infant School,
in
the
Clifton area of the town, the show emphasises the fact that bullying is
not acceptable.
Sue Horton, anti-bullying
officer for the authority said the show was a great introduction to an
anti-bullying week planned for November.
Beating bullies...it's
magic at High Oakham
Mansfield Chad - November
2009
Pupils
at High Oakham School in Mansfield took part in a week-long series of
activities as part of
Anti-Bullying week. The anti-bullying
magician Sarah Lewis, who put across the ant-bullying messages through a
series of tricks and ‘magical messages’.
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Magic at Derby primary schools
Derby
Evening Telegraph - June 2007
Magic will be used to get across the anti-bullying message at Derby
schools.
Magician Sarah Lewis will give 16 performances at city schools from
Monday to Friday.
The aim is to help infant and junior school pupils deal with
bullying if it happens and prevent it happening
in the first place.
The Rotherham entertainer will use comedy, magic and audience
participation.
Councillor Sara Bolton, cabinet member for young people for Derby
City Council, said: “The magic shows are an excellent way of getting
the anti-bullying message across to younger children.
“This is the first visit to Derby by Sarah Lewis but she has given
performances as the anti-bullying magician at many schools in the
north west.”
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Sarah the
Anti-Bullying Magician visits Simms Cross Primary School, Widnes
Runcorn and
Widnes Weekly
News -
November
2009
IT’S MAGIC: Sarah the
Anti-Bullying Magician was at Simms Cross Primary School last
Thursday morning to talk to pupils and counterparts from St Bede’s
Catholic Primary School.
Pictured are children
from both schools, who were joined by the High Sheriff of Cheshire
William Ferguson, when they met Sarah.
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Major crackdown on bullying in Blackburn
with Darwen schools
Lancashire
Evening Telegraph
- Monday 16th November 2009
A MAJOR
crackdown was launched today to stamp out bullying in all schools in
Blackburn and Darwen. Education bosses have spent two years drawing
up a new anti-bullying strategy to tackle the problem.
They
aim to end the misery of victims quicker and stop bullying before it
starts through a host of initiatives including:
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Pupil-to-pupil massages where students will give hand massages in a
bid to break down social and cultural barriers and aggression.
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Visits by anti-bullying magician Sarah Lewis to all primary schools
to show children how to identify bullying behaviour and deal with
it.
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Access to counselling website www.kooth.com for all secondary school
pupils so they can get help and advice.
Leader
of Blackburn with Darwen Council Mike Lee said the authority had
been prompted to act because young people themselves regularly
raised concerns over the issue.
He
said: “Anything that addresses bullying is a good idea. Pupils lives
can be a nightmare as a result of bullying. “Anything that will help
is worth doing to reduce cases of bullying.”
The 12
page document, endorsed by Blackburn with Darwen Children and Young
People’s Trust, coincides with national anti-bullying week which
also starts today. The strategy will use partnerships with
organisations such as the police to protect children from bullying
as well as providing support and training for schools.
It
includes information about the warning signs of bullying for
parents, which will be published in the form of leaflets, and the
development of ‘bully free’ neighbourhoods through pilot projects.
Every school in the borough has received a copy of the strategy and
anti-bullying posters will be displayed
in
schools and around both towns.
Robin
Campbell, headteacher of Pleckgate High School Maths and Computing
College, Blackburn, said: “Bullying is a major issue in schools but
it also occurs away from schools and on the school bus or using the
internet for example. “I know schools have really put in
comprehensive strategies in place to deal
with
bullying and we have our own strategies too. “We have a range of
strategies. One is empathy where senior pupils go out into the
school yard and they are there to approach if a child needs help as
a first step. “We welcome a comprehensive strategy which can offer
help and information about bullying during and
after
school.”
This
year’s national anti-bullying week, which is being supported by the
council, has the theme “Stay Safe in Cyberspace”.
Schools
are being provided with information about safer ways of working on
the internet and how to counter cyber bullying. Councillor Chris
Thayne, executive member for children’s services at Blackburn with
Darwen Council, said: “All children have the right to feel safe.
Bullying, which undermines a young person’s feeling of security is
one of their top concerns. “The strategy will help schools, parents
and young people in tackling bullying together. “By discussing with
them how best we can deal with bullying there is a much better
chance of ridding our schools of this barrier to the best
educational experience.”
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