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PARK JUNIOR – PEER SUPPORT
Peer Mediation. A small group of year 6 children
have been trained with the help of The Quaker Peace Foundation
– to confidentially mediate between pupils who have a problem
with one another. The pupils voluntarily elect to go to mediation
but on occasion they maybe advised by Staff to consider this option.
There is a set procedure for the mediation process and the agreement
reached is signed by the protagonists. A member of Staff co-ordinates
the programme and can be consulted by the mediators if the problem
proves too difficult for them to mediate.
We have twenty trained mediators and they are grouped in pairs
on a fortnightly rota; the sessions take place at lunchtimes and
the mediators if the problem proves too difficult for them to mediate.
We have twenty trained mediators and they are grouped in pairs
on a fortnightly rota; the sessions take place at lunchtimes and
the mediators wear a distinctive cap.
The second idea is much simpler. Each new member of our school
community, child or adult, has a buddy. Their buddy will look
after them during the settling in period and afterwards if the relationship
develops in that way. Year 3 buddies write a letter of introduction
and invitation to Year 2 children, during the Summer Term, before
their first visit to our school.
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