News
May 07, 2008
Shirecliffe Junior add Peer Mediation to their skills
Shirecliffe Junior is preparing to amalgamate and will help to form the new Watercliffe Meadow. Linda Kingdom and her team are hard at work developing the culture of the school community; encouraging pupils to be caring, tolerant and understanding of others and developing a sense of responsibility. This will be supported through a peer mediation scheme.
With the support of learning mentor, Kath Brailsford and other key staff, the peer mediators at Shirecliffe are already helping fellow pupils sort out problems on the yard during playtimes.
“The training has increased levels of confidence. They have successfully resolved many fall outs which might otherwise have developed into a more major incident. I’m very proud of our team,” says Kath.
May 07, 2008
Dinnington Comprehensive now has Peer Mediators
Dinnington Comprehensive now has Peer Mediators
Dinnington Comprehensive School has a well established Peer Mentoring Scheme which over time has proved very valuable to individual students especially at transition. Mediation, however, is very solution focussed and aimed at conflict resolution and stopping disagreements and arguments developing into serious fallouts. Falling out with friends or fellow pupils can lead to serious upset effecting attainment and achievement. Fifteen Y10 students volunteered to be trained as peer mediators at Dinnington. This team and dedicated support staff are now working out how best to establish the service within the school and offer a more comprehensive Peer Support Service.
The Neighbourhood Renewal Fund supported this training programme hoping to see some long term benefits for the local community.
Apr 15, 2008
Peer Mediation Network
The next Peer Mediation Network Meeting will be on Wednesday 23rd April 2008.
This meeting will be held at Friends House Euston Road London, NW21 2BJ
www.peermediationnetwork.org.uk
Jan 11, 2008
Peer Mediation Network comes to Sheffield
CRESST will be hosting the January meeting of the Peer Mediation Network at Scotia Works – January 15th 2008 This meeting will focus on Evaluation and Accreditation of Peer Mediation Schemes.Nov 22, 2007
CRESST key note speaker
CRESST co-ordinator Cheryl Smart has been invited to be the key note speaker at a conference organised by Sheffield City Council’s School Risk Management Service in November 2007Oct 15, 2007
The Howard League for Penal Reform
The Howard League for Penal Reform advocates Conflict Resolution Education and mediation techniques in educational settings in its latest report: Children as victims: child-sized crimes in a child-sized world
Read the full press release and order a copy of the report
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