"For it to be student-led was really important – we asked them what messages they wanted to get across."
She said Jack and Thomas wanted to hold activities on the sports fields to draw in students who might not normally take part.
"They held a crossbar kicking challenge on Monday and that drew in football players."
She admits to having some doubts when the boys suggested creating a large word or image and photographing it from above.
"I thought that would be really hard to manage – hard to get the shape right, and difficult to get a drone in."
Jéan Stalmann, husband of one of the school's teachers, volunteered his drone. On the day enthusiasm for the project gradually increased among the students.
"As soon as a group or two started walking over, interest perked up," Reynolds said.
Another activity she judged a success was run by school librarian Lindsay Burrows, who painted the trunk of a tree and had children paint their hands to make leaf prints, with the theme "lend a hand, stop a bully".
Other school-wide initiatives included a poster competition, signing a bully-free pledge, guessing the number of pink lollies in a jar and a pink jelly eating competition, as well as a discussion at assembly on how bystanders contribute to bullying.
"It's about talking about bullying. And getting opinions about it and what to do to help," Reynolds said.
To follow up on the awareness week, she and student mediators will discuss ideas to keep the bullying-free spirit alive at Bream Bay College year-round.
