Everyone belongs
Everyone belongs
In this video, Australian primary and secondary school students discuss what it means to belong, and how when everyone belongs, there is no place for bullying. The students talk about the different connections that help them to feel like they belong (friends, clubs, teams) and how belonging means people look out for you and you look out for others.
Everyone belongs
[Upbeat music plays while the camera pans around a group of students standing together. They are aged approximately 9-16 years old and are passing around a phone, chatting, working together to discuss belonging]
[Text bubble appears on screen like a phone message, camera pans across students as they think about the question]
Person 2: What is belonging?
[Camera focuses on each student as they speak]
[More text bubbles appear on screen throughout video summarizing what students say about belonging]
[Students quickly speak up with ideas one after the other]
It's when people care about each other.
Everyone knowing they have a place at school.
[Camera pans between students as they share ideas]
Yeah, I agree with you.
It's being a part of something, a club, a friend group, a sporting club.
Like family. Like a team. Like a rugby team.
I've got the girls.
It's knowing someone's got your back.
I've got friends looking out for me, and I'm looking out for others.
Yeah, and we look out for each other.
It makes me feel more confident.
It's like a superpower, a shield against bullying.
[The groups nod heads and agree]
Yeah
When everyone belongs, there's no place for bullying.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's belonging.
[Students agreeing with one another]
[Upbeat music on outro]