Horbury’s CyberMentors recieved great news today, we have won the Diana Anti-Bullying Award for tackling bullying in our communities and schools.
It has come as a great boost to the team at Horbury and has encouraged us to increase our Anti-Bullying Promotion.
Laura said: “It has come as a great boost to the team at Horbury and we can’t wait to carry on our work after the summer holidays”.
For more information on the Diana Award check out the website
Posted By Oliver on July 16th, 2010
Horbury’s CyberMentors would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who took part in the BBC News School Report Sports.
Thanks to Beth, James S, James B, Ben, Josh, Lauren, Jamie, Ben, Katie, Jess and Jessica. I’m sorry if I’ve missed anyone off!
Your support was very much appreciated and we hope to have you on board next year!
The video is still being edited and will hopefully be available in the coming week.
Posted By Oliver on July 6th, 2010
Today saw the annual year 6 Taster Day take place where year 6 students from around the catchment area who have chosen to come to Horbury School in September were given the opportunity to sample some lessons and get a feel for school life at Horbury.
As part of the assembly which took place to introduce the year 6’s to the school, Horbury’s CyberMentors were given the opportunity to present to them and introduce them to Horbury’s CyberMentors.
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Posted By Oliver on July 6th, 2010
*NOTE: This post was originally written for the BBC News School Report which Horbury’s CyberMentors took part in.
We all know that bullying is all around us, but do we really take notice of the homophobic kind? Homophobia is one of the most ignored types of bullying in my opinion. The word “gay” is heavily over used. An everyday saying like this could be the most haunting word to a gay/lesbian or bi-sexual. A massive 49% are too scared to ‘come out of the closet’ because of harassment or bullying.
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Posted By Laura on June 25th, 2010
Horbury School CyberMentors are, participating in the BBC News School Report Sports Day. The CyberMentors along with several members of the Sports Council will be reporting on events such as the up and coming Sports Presentation Evening, Fantasy Football and all the World Cup related activities going on in Learning Groups.
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Posted By Oliver on June 22nd, 2010
4 members of the Glee cast were bullied when they were at school. Chris Colfer (Kurt), Amber Riley (Mercedes), Kevin McHale (Artie) and Jenna Ushkowitz (Tina) all had different bullying issues. Kevin had food thrown at him and Amber was called names and would stay in the library or classroom during lunch.
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Posted By Chloe on June 19th, 2010
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