Week 2:
The last few weeks have been used for setting up the Peer Mediation program in our school.
Alongside the Assistant Principal we have researched and set the students up to run this successfully in the school. The students have had one session talking about expectations and have been given skills to help them solve simple problems that they may come across in the playground. The students are aware that with bigger problems they need to get a duty teacher.
The students will be out in the playground as of today and we are hoping that we have some positive interactions with the younger children.
Throughout the year the students will be given many opportunities to show their skills and earn peer mediation badges.This will be set up over the next term and introduced to the students over the course of the Peer Mediation sessions in class.
Week 3: Update.
The students have had one week out in the playground, I have had some really good feedback about individual students who are doing a great job.
The Deputy Principal ran a session on Restorative Practice and the steps to use to resolve the problem. The students responded well to this and will be able to hopefully this week will put it into practice in the playground. This session was great for my own learning as well and well and made me think how important the Restorative Practice is to our school.
I have learnt that this process is a great way to make sure that all students get to have their say and that they are heard. When I am out on duty now I will have more confidence using this process and this re cap was just what I needed.
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Great job with your first published blog Tracey. You have set up a really important role for the students and our school, one that all will benefit from now and in future. So great that you have also learnt alongside the students.
ReplyDeleteGreat to see that peer mediation is so successful Tracey. I have heard some pretty effective restorative chats going on in the playground lately. Glad that you found my sessions with the children worthwhile. As you witnessed, it is a passion!
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