We enjoyed a visit from PC Cumming on Friday afternoon. He told us about his job and we asked lots of questions, keeping him on his toes. It was interesting to hear how he still needs to go on training courses and find out about the favourite parts of his job. We are looking forward to working with him this year as Anti Bullying Champions.
Primary Seven enjoyed training to be Peer Mediators, at assembly on Friday they shared their success with the whole school and were presented with Peer Mediator badges and official certificates. We were all very proud and pleased with our shiny new badges.
Photo update
Primary 7 launched Peer Mediation at the whole school assembly on Friday. We all wrote the script and designed the Powerpoint slides. Well done to the girls who made up a drama and acted out the Mediation circle. We showed off our posters and Mediation point signs to the whole school. These will be on display shortly.
An update of Peer Mediation Training Day 2. We learned lots about dealing with anger, body language and responding to pupils who need mediation. In addition to our learning we played some great games and broke the world record in the Speedball challenge.
Another important part of the day was role playing a Peer Mediation circle using the official scripts.
On Friday the 30th of August Primary 7 presented a peer mediation assembly there was be lots of things such as drama, posters , our peer mediation pledges and a thank you speech. We enjoyed it and everything went well.
Photos to follow.
Caitlin and Beth
We had a fantastic training session today with Mr McKendrick and Miss McMahon. We learned what it means to be a peer mediator and started to develop the skills and responsibilities we will use in our new roles.
Here are some important things we have learned so far:
Don’t ask closed questions – Danielle
Don’t take sides in a peer mediation circle – Gemma
Try not to judge – Caitlin
Think, look and listen to your peers – Bethany
Keep your emotions in check – Olivia
Sort it all out fairly – Jack
Other children can’t be forced into sorting things out – Kelsey
No accusations should be made – Rachael
Take a neutral position – Cameron
Show you are listening by looking at the speaker – Martin
Primary Seven have settled into their new class, they have been thinking about the important role they play in St. Serf’s and are looking forward to many successful and exciting things this year. Some of these include; Monitoring, Peer Mediation, Kilbowie, Visiting High School and most importantly setting a great example to and supporting younger pupils at St. Serf’s.
This week Primary Seven will be trained in Peer Mediation on Wednesday and Thursday. Check back soon to see photographs and hear how well it goes.
Welcome to our blog. We are looking forward to sharing our work with you all this session. Our teacher this year is Miss McKenzie. Please check back soon for up-dates.
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