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CARL SARGEANT AM URGES YOUNG PEOPLE TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST BULLYING
Carl Sargeant, AM for Alyn and Deeside, has used National Poetry Day to encouraging children and young people in Alyn and Deeside to come up with their own poems as part of an Anti-Bullying Week competition to raise awareness of bullying in schools.Pupils in primary schools are being asked to write a short poem about bullying, while secondary schools are being asked to develop a script for a spoof news bulletin with bullying as the main topic. Anti-Bullying Week takes place between 17th - 21st November this year.Budding poets have until next Friday, 18th October, to send their entries to petshare@wales.gsi.gov.uk or by post to Anti Bullying Competition, Pupil Engagement Team, DCELLS, Welsh Assembly Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ. Mr Sargeant said: ““Unfortunately bullying is an issue in too many of our schools in Wales. By using Anti-Bullying Week to highlight the problem, the Welsh Assembly Government is aiming to encourage schools, pupils, teachers and parents to work together to discuss issues instead of ignoring them, and stamp out bullying for good in their school.”“Further details about the competition or about anti-bullying initiatives in Wales can be found at www.wales.gov.uk/respectingothers or from my office on 02920 898716.”