Children at a Borehamwood school released blue balloons to mark Anti-Bullying Week last Friday.

Balloons containing pledges made by the children to help stamp out bullying were released at Parkside Community Primary School, in Aycliffe Road.

This followed a week of events centred around anti-bullying including a magic show.

Children from every year at the school released the balloons as they stood spelling out the message “Say No”.

Headteacher Julie Muncey said: “The children all came dressed in blue to mark the day and earlier in the week we had a magic show that incorporated tricks with anti-bullying messages.

“This brought the whole issue alive for the children and got them thinking in their assembly.”

Reception schoolteacher Fiona Fitzgerald, who teaches four to five-year-olds, said that children can never be too young to learn about tackling bullies.

She said: “It is very good for the children to learn what they can do to stop bullying. The pledges they made were good because it made them understand the subject.”

Megan, 10, in Year 5, whose pledge was “See something, say something”, said: “I thought it was a good week and anti-bullying week will make people stop and think.”