Our peer mediation programme has been operating in New Zealand since 1991 and has been delivered to nearly two thirds of schools nationwide.
The programme empowers students by teaching them skills and processes to resolve conflict peacefully. They learn how to use conflict scenarios as an opportunity to build positive relationships with others. Non-violent, constructive, co-operative, WIN/WIN solutions to a problem are negotiated.
Students are providing a service for other students as "peace-keepers". They are modelling skills and processes, which will last a lifetime and are readily transferable to the home, workplace, comm
unity etc.
It has been shown to have a positive impact not only on students, teachers and parents but also for the wider school community.
In 2011, the Cool Schools Peer Mediation Programme was introduced at Muritai School by Lynn Scott (Cool Schools Trainer). Led by Stu Devenport and his year 6 team, staff and students have been trained in the processes of peer mediation. Two mediators are on duty at any one time in the playground a
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Cool Schools is a whole-school proactive programme that teaches essential life skills for peaceful conflict resolution. Theskills taught in this programme empower individuals to build positive, caring relationships with others especially in times of conflicts.
The Cool Schools Peer Mediation
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Budding, young film director, Rachael Bigelow, a 3rd year student at AUT studying a Bachelor of Communication, put together a short documentary on The Peace Foundation's Peer Mediation Programme - Cool Schools.This 10 minute informative film features a small team of eight Year 7 and 8 peer mediators
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Watch the students of Flanshaw Rd School in West Auckland perform a sasa with a peer mediation theme!
http://www.peace.net.nz/index.php?pageID=1&itemID=296
The Peace Foundation would like to acknowledge the staff and pupils of Flanshaw Road School, West Auckland, for their valuable contributio
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The main thing that I've gained is with family problems at home. When my parents get into an argument I can now help them sort it out between them. (Young Pacific Island man)Being a young Pacific Island person I've grown up with a background where violence and abuse is the way to solve your problems
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