With a little help from Dr Doolots

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Hero saw that Ollie was

being teased but he did

nothing about it. What do

you think that Hero could

have done?

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How do you think doing

nothing about it

would have affected

Hero’s life at the zoo?

If you let bullying go it builds a

whole atmosphere of bullying.

Another word for that is a culture. A bullying culture is

no fun for anybody. We need to build

a culture of encouragement, acceptance and

friendship instead.

Hero was worried that if

he told the bully to stop

that he would be picked on instead. Do

you think that is a good

reason not to help?

Sometimes it’s hard to step in to help

someone who is being bullied and you might be frightened that the

bullying will turn to you but imagine how you would feel if you were in the position of the person being bullied now. You would want

someone to help.

People who have studied bullying have found that when someone

steps in to stop it, it normally stops! We

can all make a difference. And if the bullying does turn to you, tell

someone about it.

What if it feels too dangerous

to help someone who is being bullied? What do you do

then?

Remember that you can, at least, let a

teacher or someone else in authority know. You can at

least do that. What else can you do to

help someone who is being bullied?

I wondered why Ollie

didn’t stand up for

herself. Do you think she should have stood up for

herself?

Yes she should have. But she probably felt so down about the teasing that she couldn’t. People who are being bullied do need

someone to help them. We are all responsible for the culture we

create.

I didn’t understand the saying, “You will reap what you sow.” What do

you think it means in terms of

friendships?

The line of the song that is repeated is “You sow,

you wait, you reap.” Lots of people forget about the waiting part. They want to have friendship straight away when they haven’t given it time to

grow. What sorts of things can you do to help friendships and a friendly

culture grow and to encourage others?

The line of the song that is repeated is “You sow,

you wait, you reap.” Lots of people forget about the waiting part. They want to have friendship straight away when they haven’t given it time to

grow. What sorts of things can you do to help friendships and a friendly

culture grow and to encourage others?

In the show, Michelle says “If you sow kindness you’ll eventually get

kindness back. If you sow encouragement, you’ll eventually get encouraged too.”

That’s a good thing but do you think it works

the other way too? For example if you sow nastiness will you

eventually get nastiness back?

How have you seen this work both

ways? Try to think of one

good way and one bad way.

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