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 * 8 May 2012 **


 * Hi Girls!. I have had a quick look through your wiki and I have to say congratulations, you are doing a fantastic job on your initial media research. Over the course of today I will be looking for a space to read through your work in detail and make some comments ahead of our meeting. Keep up the energy! **


 * Mr B. **


 * 8 May 2012 **


 * Hi Mr.Ball **
 * We are very glad that you tell us that we are making a good job.We have been working constantly and very hard during this first days. Thankyou **


 * Marianna I **


 * 8 May 2012 **


 * I have been through your research into the concept questions and am very impressed: there is a lot of information there and there were many things that I was not aware of myself; excellent!!! I guess that you are now planning surveys to confirm the level of bulllying in the school, which will make a big impact in the Exhibition. Dont forget to survey the teachers!! As you mention in your research a big problem we have is that we don't see a lot of bullying going on which means that we have to find some other solution that doesnt necessarily involve the teachers. How much do the teachers know about what is going on? Have you arranged an interview with the psychologists? What is the solution that the school is proposing?? See you Thursday and we will write new lines of inquiry and I guess you will be thinking about action; I know I am! **


 * Talk soon, Mr B **


 * 8 May 2012 **


 * Hi Mr.Ball thank you and I already send you the surveys to your email.Thank you **


 * Juliana T **

10 May 2012


 * Hi Juliana **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I guess the first thing that I see looking at your survey is that it is not clear whether you are talking about discrimination or bullying. I think you should put bullying in the title and then students will know exactly what you are talking about. We need to change the order of some of the questions to make them easier to answer and we need to figure out why we are doing the survey; do you want to find out how many kids have been bullied in the CCB? Surely that will be something important for your performance assessment. The questions you have will give you info on opinions but not the quantitative info we need to tell your parents; listen, 65 % of the kids in the CCB have been victims so we need to do something about this! Lets talk about this today; once we have the lines of inquiry clear we will be able to reorganise the survey quickly. Also we need to interview adults, too, right.....? Can you ask Mrs Cosh if the survey can be in Spanish?? You will get better information. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mr B **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Hi mr. ball i made a mistake becuase that was the survey when we had the topic of social discrimination but today i will send you the one of bullying **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">thank you **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Juliana T **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">15 May 2012 **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Hi Girls **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I have just had a quick review of your work and you are looking good. I like the interview questions and the survey looks good, ready for today. The fact there was an editorial in El Pais shows how topical this issue is, and the fact they put the blame on parents and educators highlights that your lines of inquiry are good. Dont forget in your interviews to ask the experts for advice on how to solve the problem! Hope the interview with Mrs Patricia went well yesterday and good luck with your survey today. **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Your definition of bullying is not quite right in English; it should read Bullying is repeated aggressive behaviour INTENDED to harm other people by taking advantage of them.**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Please ask your teacher about the 3rd line of inquiry, it sounds a little strange; it could be**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**-how parents and teachers are coping with bullying** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**or** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**-how parents and teachers are trying to help with bullying.**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Talk soon and dont hesitate to find me if you need help.**


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mr B **

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">**17 May 2012**

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">**Hi Girls**

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">**Great work so far on the synthesis of information. You have done it very well and it is all in your own words, and it summarises what you have learned nicely.**

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">**One point seems to jump out for me; we are getting a good picture of how bullying is experienced by teachers and students, but we dont know too much about what is happening in the homes; we need to get more information from and about parents. What do they know about bullying, what are they doing about it etc. I think you will find it has a key role in causation; that is what they El Pais editorial was saying.**

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">**Is it true that in the CCB most of the popular kids are bullies? That is a disturbing result and something you should confirm with the psychologists when you interview them.**

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">**We need to focus on action, what we can do about this problem. Have you investigated about Restaurative Justice yet? It has been very effective in NZ and Australia, so much so that it is used in the general justice system and courts.**

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">**Talk today.**

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">**Mr B** <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;"> <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">**Hi Ladies** <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;"> <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">**I can see you tomorrow at 9.10 or 11.10am, please let me know early in the day. How is the Wiki going? How are the surveys coming along? I saw this website which is trying to create a lesson plan for teachers to use in their class; maybe you can use it as a model: it contains information, and activities designed to inform children and teachers and have them talk about bullying. It could be a starting point for you if you are stuck** http://www.education.com/reference/article/bully-free-schools-lesson-plan/

See you tomorrow, Mr B <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">