Schools work to beat cyber bullies

THIS week is National Anti-Bullying Week and schools in North Lincolnshire are working hard to beat the cyber bullies.

The annual event aims to highlight bullying and send a clear and positive message to pupils that bullying is neither acceptable or inevitable in schools or the wider community.

Research conducted by the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA) has revealed that one in five children aged 10 to 11 have been subject to taunts threats and insults via the internet and mobile phones.

Ewart Gibbs, headteacher of Leys Farm Junior School, said cyber bullying can be devastating.

"Cyber bullying at its worst can take place almost 24-hours a day and seven days a week," he said.

"It can be much harder to detect than other forms of bullying and it is sadly something which is on the increase with the introduction of new technology.

"Bullying is something which our school and every other school in the area takes very seriously throughout the year - not just in Anti-Bullying Week."

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