• Prevention of Aggressive Behaviors: The main goal was to reduce bullying among school children by making bullying prevention a priority. This involved establishing clear classroom rules about acceptable behaviors and intervention programs for socially vulnerable students. • • Empowerment and Awareness: We empowered bystanders in schools to break the silence surrounding bullying, primarily through music and drama activities. • The project aimed to develop empathy, understanding, and good citizenship among students and achieve Parental and Community Involvement. • The project aimed to developed partnerships with parents to support and extend the impact of the program beyond the school environment. Increasing parental involvement is seen as a critical step in deterring school bullying
The main objective of this work was to prevent and reduce aggressive behaviors among school children -to make bullying prevention a priority in our schools .Every student has the right to feel emotionally and physically safe while at school. We tried to make sure every student understood what bullying is and that it is unacceptable-We established classroom rules with specific examples of what is acceptable and unacceptable. We identified the most socially-vulnerable students at the school and established intervention for them, and determined what makes them feel successful. We helped them to develop friendships and make connections at the school through joined work in music and drama projects. -We empowered the school’s bystanders The key was to break the silence surrounding bullying. And what best way to break this up than through drama and music plays that addressed those issues -by inspiring – and at the same time we ensured teachers and administrators were committed to addressing bullying. Bullies always feel empowered and victims feel like no one cares. With music and drama programs this issue was addressed by assigning prestigious roles to bullied children and developing partnership with parents