On Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th June Primary 6 took part in Peer Mediation training. Sarah and Amanda came from Scottish Mediation and led us in our learning of the mediation process. The days began with some simple games which were enjoyed by all and then we began to break down and role play mediation situations.
We learned that we were the mediators and the people who came to mediation were disputants. There were rules for the mediators and for the disputants to help the process run smoothly. Primary 6 developed their questioning skills and their ability to help the disputants to come to a resolution, most of the time. They also learnt that sometimes they may not be able to help the disputants to resolve the situation and that is OK too. One important rule was that mediators are not allowed to offer a solution, everyone agreed that this is very difficult sometimes.
Primary 6 enjoyed developing their mediation skills and were able to demonstrate this through their role play.
