CanterburyGirlsHighSchool

　　Canterbury Girls High School is a state girls' high school that was established in 1890. At Canterbury Girls High School, students, staff, parents and community members work together to enhance the academic, social and personal outcomes for female students.

　　Canterbury is Australia’s city for cultural diversity, reflected in the school’s population: a LBOTE population of 78% including both international and refugee students; Aboriginal students; local and out of area enrolments.

　　The school is committed to supporting all students achieve their personal best, and implements a broad range of student focused, Quality Teaching initiatives to ensure individual student needs are comprehensively addressed.

　　A high level of social support is provided to every student in the school, and proactive student well being programs operate to provide students with a voice and input into genuine decision making.

　　The school achieves academic and personal excellence for students through the provision of intersecting whole school programs focusing on Quality Teaching, Student Welfare, Technology, the Performing Arts, Environmental Education, Sport and Student Leadership.

　　Canterbury Girls High School is a safe, caring and inclusive learning environment in which diversity is affirmed and individual differences are respected.

　　Students, staff, parents and caregivers believe that in order for optimum student learning and social outcomes to be achieved, quality education must be provided in a context of strong social support and respectful relationships.

　　The purpose of our Anti-Bullying Plan is to develop a shared understanding amongst all members of the school community of their responsibilities to prevent and respond to bullying.

　　Bullying is not acceptable in any form and is uniformly opposed by the School community.

　　Bullying Behaviour

　　Bullying is repeated verbal, physical, social or psychological behaviour that is harmful and involves the misuse of power by an individual or group towards one or more persons. Cyberbullying refers to bullying through information and communication technologies.

　　Bullying can involve humiliation, domination, intimidation, victimization and all forms of harassment including that based on sex, race, disability, homosexuality or transgender. Bullying of any form or for any reason can have long-term effects on those involved including bystanders.

　　Bullying behaviour can be:

　　verbal e.g. name calling, teasing, abuse, putdowns, sarcasm, insults, threats

　　physical e.g. hitting, punching, kicking, scratching, tripping, spitting

　　social e.g. ignoring, excluding, ostracizing, alienating, making inappropriate gestures

　　psychological e.g. spreading rumours, dirty looks, taking or damaging possessions, malicious SMS, internet and email messages, inappropriate use of camera phones and other electronic devices.