And senior leaders said although they hope bullying doesn't happen in their school anything to help better educate students on the issue the better.

Make Bullying History Foundation chief executive Brett Murray delivered to students from year 7 to 12 their stronger communities program which is "anti-bullying education".

"Bullying is a major contributor to young people's health and well being and does produce anxiety," he said.

"Anxiety leads to depression, depression unfortunately leads to youth suicide.

"If we can actually get to the source of the program and help kids understand they do have intrinsic worth and value, they aren't the sum total of their past mistakes and they are a person of true value.

"If they can really get that and understand that it goes a long way to them understanding they can achieve, they do belong and that in itself has a huge positive impact on mental health and well being."

Mr Murray said there are more than 70,000 young people attempting suicide each year.

"And in over 80 per cent of those cases it is because of bullying," he said.

"It is more than just the kids talking about bullying, it is the adults engaging with the kids, the teachers and the parents."

Trinity student leaders Ebony Trebilcock and James Russell said they hope students "feel like they belong".

"You don't need to be a bully to get attention or to get people to notice you, you can just be friendly and you can make friends that way, and that creates a more supportive environment," Ebony said.

"I think it is also important that we create a cohesive environment in an around the school as it will help everyone with their learning and friendships," James said.

Mr Murray has been aiming to stamp out bullying for 17 years and said although he has seen change there is still a long way to go.

"The national average of bullying has decreased slightly because there is more awareness but just in this region here 39 per cent of students identified they have been bullied in high school and a quarter of primary school students," he said.

"But we will keep educating and visiting schools until it is history."

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