It has been national anti-bullying week this week and this is always a good opportunity to talk to the children about this aspect. We know the children quickly flag concerns to us which means we can act quickly. However, bullying happens across all walks of life and to adults so we explored what this might look like for others and the damage it causes. The slogan this year is to ‘reach out’ – to get help, share worries with others but also to not stand by and let it happen but tell bullies it’s not OK. Wearing odd socks is a way of showing solidarity for this – to celebrate our uniqueness, you may have heard of ‘odd-sock day’! I suggested to the children to wear the oddest socks possible for today so if they made some strange clothing choices today, now you know why!