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Schools urged to back Bullying-Free NZ Week

<h2>This year&comma; Bullying-Free NZ Week &lpar;BFNZ Week&rpar; will run from Monday 17 to Friday 21 May and schools are urged to get behind the awareness campaign to stamp out bullying behaviour&period; <&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>With the theme &OpenCurlyQuote;He k&omacr;tuinga mahi iti&comma; he hua pai-&amacr; rau&colon; Small ripples create big waves’&comma; this year’s BFNZ Week is all about encouraging people to spread the word&comma; take the lead&comma; and make a change&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Student leadership&comma; agency and voice are all instrumental in the design and implementation of bullying prevention and response initiatives in schools&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>BFNZ Week is supported by Sticks&OpenCurlyQuote;n Stones&comma; a youth-led bullying prevention organisation that has worked with students to create action packs for the week&comma; among other initiatives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The week culminates in the Mental Health Foundation’s Pink Shirt Day&comma; Friday 21 May&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>How schools can get involved&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Get students talking about bullying and ways to end it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Download student activity packs and resources&period; The packs include ideas and activities to mark the week and have been created by students&comma; for students&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Enter the Bullying-Free NZ Week competition to win Prezzy cards&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Teachers can download a Teacher’s Pack&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bullyingfree&period;nz&sol;bullying-free-new-zealand-week&sol;bullying-free-nz-week-2021&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Student activity pack and resources<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>More information is available on the Bullying-Free NZ website&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bullyingfree&period;nz&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Bullying Free NZ website<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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