Fri, Oct 31: Gossiping & Bullies

What do you call a ghost that bullies other ghosts? Answer: A boolie. Okay so it’s a corny joke, but that leads into our lessons from last week on Gossip and Bullying. Before the girls took part in the lesson they had to get by an ugly scary witch (Coach Connie) and a creepy Darth Vader (Coach Tanya), both lurking in the Ronald McNair Elementary Library on Halloween. We had a great time getting in on the Halloween fun, but first down to the business about learning how harmful gossip and bullying are to other people.

Coach Jennifer led the discussion and the girls talked about why people gossip and bully other people. They also discussed how it harmful gossip and bullying are to kids and communities.

Coach Connie, decked out in her full witch regalia, led the telephone game which illustrated gossip. The girls worked in teams and were given a statement from Coach Connie, they then had to run to another girl and whisper the same statement to her, that girl ran to another girl and whispered the statement. Finally, the last girl came back to the group and told the group what they heard. Well, you guessed it, what was repeated to the group, was not what Coach Connie initially whispered to the first girl. The girls got the idea that they should not repeat gossip and if they want to know something to go straight to the source.

Coach Bill and Darth Vader (Coach Tanya) were busy preparing a Halloween Scavenger Hunt for the girls. The girls kept their same teams from the Telephone Game and were given a Scavenger Hunt sheet with items to find, activities to do (i.e. find a coach and do crazy eights) and cheers to make up. There was a lot running, laughter, Crazy Eights, jumping jacks and jumping rope. After the Scavenger Hunt the girls turned in their bags and Scavenger Hunt sheets for a trick or a treat. They did a great job, so Darth Vader saved the tricks and handed out Halloween bags with orange and black Spooky Straws and orange juice boxes.

As we packed up to go back inside…Coach Bill had disappeared…where was he? We walked into the cafeteria and heard, what? The sound of bagpipes, Coach Bill was welcoming the girls back in playing the bagpipes..pretty cool, and a good way to end the session.

We hope everyone had a safe and Happy Halloween.