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Understanding Cyberbullying Worksheet

Explore how online behaviour affects relationships and wellbeing. Read the case study, then use the clues and decision-making tasks to practise safe, supportive responses. You may discuss personal experiences only if you choose; you do not need to share private details.

Case file: The team chat

Mika, a Year 8 student, is part of an online gaming group. Over several days, two group members post insulting comments about Mika and tell others not to team up with them. Someone shares a screenshot of a private message without permission. Mika stops joining games, feels worried when notifications appear, and finds it harder to concentrate. A friend, Jamie, sees the posts. Jamie is unsure whether to reply, report them, or stay quiet.

1.Which details in the case suggest the behaviour may be cyberbullying rather than a one-off disagreement? Identify two clues and explain briefly.

2.Choose the best explanation of why online bullying can affect wellbeing beyond the moment it happens.

Messages or images may keep appearing, spread to other people, and make someone feel unsafe or isolated.
Online behaviour cannot affect real friendships.
A person can always stop worrying by switching off their phone.
Only public posts can cause harm.

3.Match each possible effect to the area of wellbeing it most directly describes. Some effects can fit more than one area.

Feeling anxious when a notification appears
Avoiding gaming with friends
Finding it harder to concentrate
Feeling tired after a disrupted night

Mental wellbeing
Emotional wellbeing
Social wellbeing
Physical wellbeing

Choose a safe response

A helpful response focuses on safety and support, not retaliation. Save evidence only when safe, use platform tools, and involve a trusted adult. In Aotearoa New Zealand, Netsafe can give advice about online harm; a trusted adult can help decide what to do next.

4.Jamie wants to support Mika. Select the two most helpful first actions.

Check privately how Mika is feeling and ask what support they want.
Post an insulting reply to scare the other players.
Encourage Mika to save relevant evidence and report or block the accounts with adult support.
Forward the screenshot to more people so they know what happened.

5.Put these actions in a sensible order for Mika. Write the letters 1–4: A) get support from a trusted adult; B) use block/report tools; C) keep safe evidence if appropriate; D) check immediate safety and step away from the harmful chat.

6.True or false: If a harmful post is deleted, it is always safe to assume nobody saw or saved it.

TrueFalse

7.Write a short, supportive message Jamie could send Mika. It should avoid blame and offer a practical next step.

8.Fill in the blank: A strong password should be difficult to guess and kept .

9.Fill in the blank: If an account is targeted, use the platform’s feature and ask a trusted adult for help.

10.Name two trusted adults or support options a young person in Aotearoa New Zealand could approach about online harm.

11.A group chat repeatedly excludes one person and shares mocking memes about them. Explain one way a bystander can help without making the situation more unsafe, and one action to avoid.