Using our WITS

Today we had our first WITS assembly at school. The WITS Programs brings together schools, families and communities to create responsive environments that help elementary school children deal with bullying and peer victimization. The WITS Primary Program teaches children to make safe and positive choices when faced with peer conflict. The WITS acronym - Walk away, Ignore, Talk it out, and Seek help - provides a common language that children and the adults in their environments can use to talk about and respond to peer victimization. If you would like to learn more about this program you can click here.

Our assembly was approximately 30-minutes long and involved all students, Kindergarten to Grade 7. In this special assembly, the WITS program was introduced by our school's Officer Liaison. The students recited a WITS oath, received a WITS badge and were deputized as WITS Special Constables. Throughout the course of the school year, the students will continue to engage in a number of lessons and stories related to the WITS program. Additionally, community leaders such as our school's Officer Liaison, may make follow-up classroom visits. The students enjoyed the assembly and were excited about making safe and positive behaviour choices. Here are a few photos from today's assembly.

 

 

 

On another note, I came across a great website today. It is called We Give Books. It has a number of free online books! The Editor's Picks are free for anyone to read, anytime, anywhere, and on any device - without logging in. What a great way to encourage reading. I will definitely be using this resource at our computer centre and computer lab times. If you would like to check it out, just click on the link below.

 

http://www.wegivebooks.org/

- Mrs. Singh