NEWSPAPER

REPORTS ON BULLY
CASES
Presented by: Dominators
Abdul Aziz
Bernadette Mening
Chai Kian Xin
Christa Robert
Emmee Kuek
Wilbet Ikat

THE STAR ONLINE (2012,

JUNE 27)

The Borneo Post (2014, June 13)

DEFINITION
An imbalance of power:
Kids who bully use power physical strength,
access to embarrassing information, or
popularity to control or harm others.
Repetition: Tend to happen more than once.

Includes actions such as spreading rumours,

physical or verbal attacks and making threats

Verbal
bully

Physical
bully

Types
of
Bully

Social
bully

TYPES OF BULLY

Verbal bully : Teasing, name-calling,

inappropriate sexual comments, taunting and
threatening to cause harm
Social bully: leaving someone out of the
group on purpose, telling other children not
to be friends with someone, spreading
rumours, embarrassing someone in public
Physical bully: kicking, punching, spitting,
making mean or rude gestures

CAUSES OF
BULLYING

CAUSES OF BULLYING

Want to get noticed

They like having power over there peers
They have problems at home
Think it's cool and funny
Aggressive personality
Lack of adult supervision
Jealousy
Revenge
Take their feelings out on others

EFFECTS OF
BULLYING

"Dear Mommy and Daddy,

All of my life I have been teased,
harassed and pushed around. I
can't stand it anymore.
I love you all very much and i'm
sorry to do this to you and
disappoint you once more, but
I just can't go on living because
there's no place in the world for
someone like me." - Kirby's suicide
note

LONG TERM EFFECTS (KIDS WHO

ARE BULLIED)

EFFECTS ON KIDS WHO BULLY

OTHERS

SURVEY REPORT ON
BULLY CASES

TEACHERS ROLE
TO OVERCOME
BULLY CASES IN
SCHOOL

Engage colleagues to be more responsive to

bullying
Fighting

against bullying can be more powerful if

colleagues can be engaged to help in preventing
bullying to happen inside or outside the
classroom.

Hold bullying centered classroom activities

Help

the children by letting them recognized

what bullying is in various types of media.
The activities can be the main centered on the
power of bullying and how it can be resolved.

Perform immediate proper action

Tolerating

bad behaviour means approval of that

behaviour which can be precedence for other
bad behaviour.

Supports the students involved

To

make sure the bullying does not continue and

effects can be minimized.

Create a safe and supportive environment

Establish

a culture of inclusion and respect that

welcomes all students.
Set a tone of respect in the classroom.

Manage classrooms to prevent bullying

Develop

rules with students so they set their own

climate of respect and responsibility, and
reinforce the rules by making expectations clear
and keeping requests simple, direct and specific.

REFERENCES
Borneo Post Online (2014, June 13). MCPF views bullying activities among kids, teenagers seriously. Retrieved from
http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/06/13/mcpf-views-bullying-activities-among-kids-teenagers-seriously/
Hardy, J. (2013, December 6). Dear Dad (Anti-Bullying Short Film). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=5H8RnV9b_cY

MCMC (2014, September 9). Online harassment of schoolkids. Retrieved from

http://www.skmm.gov.my/Mobile/Tools/ViewMobile.aspx?datapath=/Media/Press-Clippings/Online-harassment-ofschoolkids-as-high-as-70-Surv&classname=SKMM.CustomArticles

Notar, C., E., Padgett, S. (2013) Adults Role in Bullying. Retrieved from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1053880.pdf

The Star Online (2012, June 27). School bullies getting younger, say police. Retrieved from
http://www.thestar.com.my/story/?file=%2F2012%2F6%2F27%2Fcrimewatch%2F11503037

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (n.d.). Bullying Defintion. Retrieved from http://wwwstopbullying.gov/what-isbullying/definition/

Wright, J. ( 2004). Preventing Classroom Bullying : What Teachers Can Do. Retrieved from
http://www.jimwrightonline.com/pdfdocs/ bully/bullyBooklet.pdf