RIC-20013 AC Health (Year 4) Communicating for health and wellbeing
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<strong>Communicating</strong> <strong>and</strong> interacting <strong>for</strong> <strong>health</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>wellbeing</strong><br />
Many bullies like the support of their 'gang' but there are those who bully in secret;<br />
cowards who inflict their pain under a cloak of invisibility.<br />
Discuss the events of the following story.<br />
Grace's parents had money problems <strong>and</strong> her older brothers were in trouble at<br />
school again. The family had to move house <strong>and</strong> she <strong>and</strong> her brothers had to<br />
change schools. Life was not good.<br />
The girls at Grace's new school all seemed very friendly <strong>and</strong> she had her choice<br />
of groups to join. But she didn't want to be 'the new girl', just tagging on to another<br />
group. She wanted a group that would be known as 'Grace's group'.<br />
It didn't take Grace long to find a way to disrupt the social harmony of her class.<br />
She quickly discovered who were the 'leaders' <strong>and</strong> 'followers' in each group <strong>and</strong><br />
which would be the easiest to conquer.<br />
Having chosen her target group, Grace set about making them love her. She<br />
brought in treats <strong>for</strong> them, invited them to play dates after school <strong>and</strong> arranged <strong>for</strong><br />
her parents to take them all on outings at weekends. The girls were hooked. Grace<br />
was truly 'one of them'.<br />
She had deliberately chosen a group in which none of the girls was bothered about<br />
being leader. They all enjoyed each other's company <strong>and</strong> had lots of fun together.<br />
But that was about to change.<br />
Knowing all the girls had<br />
social media accounts, Grace<br />
created a fake identity with<br />
her brothers' help. She began<br />
telling lies about her friends<br />
<strong>and</strong> excluding some of them<br />
from group chats. The effect<br />
was devastating.<br />
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Each day when Grace came<br />
into school, she pretended to<br />
be shocked about the latest<br />
lies that were being spread.<br />
She com<strong>for</strong>ted her friends who<br />
were so upset by these nasty<br />
events <strong>and</strong> they started to look upon her as their leader.<br />
Grace got what she wanted; but she didn't want to stop. She realised how powerful<br />
her secret weapon was <strong>and</strong> she would continue to use it.<br />
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