SlogansKindness and anti-bullying slogans
For classroom walls, anti-bullying weeks and morning assembly. Simple enough for junior classes, honest enough for seniors.
English
Be the reason someone likes coming to school.
If you would not like it done to you, do not do it.
Include the one standing alone.
Words can hurt longer than a fall.
Laugh with people, never at them.
See it? Say it. Bullying stops when someone speaks.
Strong people stand up for others.
Different is not wrong. Different is interesting.
A smile costs nothing and is welcome everywhere.
Share your tiffin. Share your bench. Share your time.
Nobody eats lunch alone in our class.
If you see it, say it.
A joke is only a joke if everyone is laughing.
New student? Our class says welcome.
Sit with the one who sits alone.
Tell a teacher. That is courage, not complaining.
हिन्दी
अच्छा बोलो, अच्छा सुनो, अच्छा करो।
किसी का मज़ाक मत उड़ाओ, सबको साथ खिलाओ।
जो अकेला खड़ा है, उसे अपने खेल में शामिल करो।
ताकत वह है जो कमज़ोर का साथ दे।
मीठे बोल, अनमोल।
चिढ़ाना बहादुरी नहीं, साथ देना बहादुरी है।
सबका सम्मान, यही हमारी पहचान।
दया सबसे सुंदर गहना है।
गलत देखो तो चुप मत रहो, टीचर से कहो।
हमारी कक्षा में कोई अकेला नहीं बैठेगा।
मज़ाक़ वही, जिस पर सब हँसें।
टीचर को बताना चुग़ली नहीं, हिम्मत है।
नए साथी का स्वागत करो, उसे अपने पास बिठाओ।
जो अकेला बैठा है, उसके पास जाकर बैठो।
In common use (not written by us)
Kind is the new cool.
Nothing matches. Try a shorter word, or choose All.
Where these slogans are used
Classroom walls, the corridor outside the staff room, anti-bullying week, morning assembly, the school bus and the playground. They are meant to be seen every day, so choose lines that students will not tire of.
Write your own
Children know when they are being preached at. The kindness slogans that last are concrete and a little brave. They name what to do on an ordinary Tuesday: sit with the new student, share the notes, stop the joke, tell a teacher. A slogan the class has written and voted for itself is worth ten printed ones, because breaking it means breaking your own word.
- English pairs: kind and mind, share and care, friend and mend, include and good mood, brave and behave.
- Hindi pairs: दया and हया, दोस्ती and मस्ती, साथ and बात, मदद and हद, मुस्कान and पहचान.
About bullying
A poster cannot stop bullying on its own. What it can do is give words to the students who are watching, since they are the largest group and the one with the most power. Slogans addressed to the bystander, such as "If you see it, say it", are the most useful on this page. The school should make sure every student knows which teacher to tell, and that telling is treated as courage and not as tale-carrying.
Ideas for the classroom
- A "kind act of the week" board where students write what they saw someone do.
- A buddy for every new student for the first month.
- A class promise in the students' own words, signed by all.
Using these slogans
- Let the class vote for the slogan. A rule they chose is a rule they keep.