A clear five-step poster gives pupils a quick reminder of what they can do when someone is being unkind, upsetting them or making them feel unsafe. The High Five approach is set out in child-friendly language, with each finger representing a response: talk friendly, ignore, walk away, talk firmly and report.
The printable anti-bullying poster includes practical phrases children can use, such as “Let’s talk about it”, “I am walking away” and “Stop. I don’t like that.” It also reminds them to stay calm, use respectful words, keep confident body language, go somewhere safe and ask a trusted adult for help when needed.
Alongside the five main steps, the poster includes a simple kindness check: is it true, kind and necessary? The message “Be a buddy, not a bully” reinforces positive peer behaviour, while the safety reminder makes it clear that danger or feeling unsafe should be reported straight away to a teacher.
Best suited to primary school pupils, classroom displays, playground behaviour reminders, PSHE lessons, pastoral support and one-to-one work with children who need help practising assertive communication. Teachers, teaching assistants, school counsellors, social workers and parents could use it to introduce coping strategies, revisit anti-bullying rules or prompt discussion after friendship difficulties.
The bright animal illustrations and short speech bubbles make the poster easy for younger children to understand and remember. Authorship is credited to Edita Stiborova.
