Worksheet
Scenario
Students read the scenario and complete the task below.
Shirley’s Story (13 year old girl) Shirley is a new girl in her high school. She arrived half way through Term 2 and has been at her new school for eight weeks. She has made friends with a group of six girls. She has visited two of their homes and gone to the movies with the same two girls. She thinks that Susan and Nicole really like her and feels that the rest of the group are nice friends as well. At recess one day Kristie, a girl in the group, begins calling Shirley a ‘bitch’ and tells her she is no longer part of their group. Shirley has no idea why Kristie has said this. Susan and Nicole, who have been talking to Shirley about plans for the weekend, suddenly stop talking and move next to the other girls in the group. Kristie continues ‘slagging off’ at Shirley and Shirley looks for support from the other girls. No one comes to her aid. |
Task
From the scenario:
- identify the forms of bullying and harassment
- describe the reasons why the bullying and harassment are occurring
- explain the effects of the bullying and harassment
- explain how the situation could be managed.