Year 3 Put a Stop to Online Meanness

These resources were originally put together in November 2020 during anti-bullying week. They have been taylored for Year 3 but extra resources are added for other years.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand what online meanness can look like and how it can make people feel
• Identify ways to respond to mean words online, using S-T-O-P

Lesson Outcomes

Discuss ways to put a STOP to Online meanness

Practical Tasks

E-Volve on Common Sense Digital Passport

Interland Kind Kingdom

Starter Discussion

What can you do if you someone is mean to you.

Put a STOP to online meaness

S: Step away

• Why do you think you should stop using your device and step away?

T: Tell a trusted adult

• If someone makes you feel angry, sad, or scared online, which grown-ups can you tell and ask for help? 

O: OK sites only

• Why is it important to go online only with an adult, or when an adult says it is OK?

Emphasize that some sites are not made for kids, and allow kids to communicate with others. This opens up opportunities for online meanness to occur.

P: Pause and think

• Would it be helpful to talk to the person who was being mean?

What is cyber bullying?

Practical Tasks

E-volve on Digital Passport by Common Sense Education

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Kind Kingdom

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More tasks at the bottom of the page

More Tasks

Cyberbully Word Search

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TASK: Be Strong Online Quiz

Quiz – Cyber Bullying

https://bestrongonline.antibullyingpro.com/quiz-cyber-bullying/embed/#?secret=BdDZJbkLNI

TASK: Digital Etiquette on BrainPOP

https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/culture/digitaletiquette/

TASK: Record a video of yourself

Suggest what you will do to help prevent Cyberbullying

MORE SUGGESTED TASKS:

Create a Poster about Cyberbullying

Use Paint to make a logo for Cyberbullying prevention

Write a story or poem about Cyberbullying

ODD SOCKS DAY:

https://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/anti-bullying-week/odd-socks-day/what-odd-socks-day