Mediationworks 2014 spring edition

Peace Education ProgrammesNewsletter

In this issue ... Rotokauri School Excels The Power of Words in Communication Reflections on the 2014 Schools’ Peace Symposium Arts4Peace - Schools’ Peace Week in Pakistan New Staff and Interns at The Peace Foundation Cool Schools Google App for iPads Proving Useful Notices ... and more ...

The Peace Education School Programmes:

“We stand together as one and we stand for peace.” The Mount Roskill Grammar School team at the

2014 Secondary Schools’ Peace Symposium

Photo credit: Manon Bourey (French intern at The Peace Foundation)

Changemakers for PeacePeacemakers for Change

Editorial

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Kia Ora Koutou ...

Christina Barruel

As I write this editorial, I am thinking how quickly this year is passing by. Christmas is not far away and therefore the end of another year.I am sure you have met any challenges with passion, courage and the determi-nation to make positive progress despite the ‘bumps’. As Cam Calkoen, the keynote speaker at our recent Secondary Schools’ Peace Symposium, says …“Attitude determines altitude.” What a great quote to remember!

New structure at The Peace Foundation:The Peace Foundation has undergone some interesting structural changes over the last few months. In my new role as Head of Peace Education I am responsible for leading a dynamic team to ensure the highest quality suite for our Peace Foundation education programmes. These are: Cool Schools (primary), LtPM (Leadership through Peer Mediation) and REACT (secondary), Kia Tau te Rangimarie (Māori), Peaceful Family Com-munication (parents, teachers, caregivers), Peaceful Teen Communication (teenagers) and ProPeaceWork (workplace). I am excited about the capacity and potential of all these programmes and know that as an organisa-tion we are promoting health and wellbeing in local communities through relationship education that has a focus on peaceful conflict resolution. Please refer to our website for more information on the programmes: www.peace.net.nz

What does Education Minister Hekia Parata have to say:I wish to quote Education Minister Hekia Parata when she made a statement recently in Issue 26, Page 6, of the Schools News bulletin: “This Government has a strong focus on supporting positive behaviour and giving schools the skills they need to deal with difficult behaviour.” The Minister goes on to say: “That’s why the Government has invested $145 million into the PB4L (Positive Behaviour for Learning) programme since it was introduced in 2009.” I do not wish to discuss the pros and cons of PB4L in this editorial, however, I will say that this expensive Government initiative aligns with our Cool Schools and LtPM programmes in a number of schools throughout New Zealand and is proving to be a successful partnership for building positive relationships within the school environment.

Promoting Health and Wellbeing through Relationship Education:This brings me to an interesting article I found in a recent issue of Gazette Focus, titled Promoting Health and Wellbeing through Relationship Education. Jointly written by Debi Futter-Puati (University of Waikato), her colleague Lorna Gillespie and Dr Gillian

Tasker, it focuses strongly on the fact that young people who grow up with stable rela-tionships are more likely to make good life choices, therefore, teaching children how to nurture these positive relationships is key to overall wellbeing. The article states that re-lationship education addresses three relevant areas of learning: social and emotional learning (SEL), sexuality education and violence prevention education. Such learning and development for young people can be provided through implementing programmes such as Cool Schools and LtPM which focus on developing positive social skills. Schools can include these as part of their Health and Physical Education Curriculum. Empirical evidence (CASEL, 2011), suggests that social and emotional learning can produce a variety of positive outcomes of interest to schools, ie improving academic achievement, increasing social and emotional skills, improving attitudes towards self and others, encouraging pro-social behaviours, resulting in fewer problem behaviours and less emotional stress.

The good news is that research shows that school wide implementation of restorative practices and peer mediation leads to improved academic outcomes, improved behaviour and a school culture where the health and wellbeing of staff and students is enhanced. All are very good reasons for a school to have an ongoing partnership with The Peace Foundation and its peace education programmes.

(Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning, CASEL, 2011: www.casel.org/social-and-emotional-learning Responsive Pedagogy: Engaging Restoratively with Challenging Behaviour, V Margrain & AH Macfarlane, NZCER, 2011)

Hauora at the Centre of a School Community:I was very pleased to discover at the Health Promoting Schools National Symposium I attended recently that both NZCER (New Zealand Council of Education Research) and ERO (Education Review Office) are focusing a lot more on wellbeing for success. Their new approach is more student-centred, supporting a model where ‘hauora’ (holistic wellbeing) is an important indicator of the success of a school community. There is a shift around the purpose of schooling, with ERO focusing more on pathways that encourage students to have a voice, be self-managing learners who are building their resilience and feeling successful at school. Both NZCER and ERO promote the Wellbeing@School tools as a useful reviewing process that aims to support schools to engage in an ongoing journey towards building inclusive practices for all learners.

Highlights:The last six months have again been busy times for The Peace Foundation and its peace education programmes. Highlights during this period include:

(a) First time, impressive implementa-tion at Rotokauri School in Hamilton – refer to page 3 of this edition, (b) Cool Schools app invention assisting mediators on duty at Oaklands Primary – page 4, (c) Our parents

programme goes from strength to strength – page 5, (d) Schools’ Peace Week and the Secondary Schools’ Peace Symposium held in August with the theme: Arts4Peace: Design it, Speak it, Sing it, Dance it, Live it! Participating in Peace Week this year were 130 schools from New Zealand, 11 schools from Pakistan, 2 schools from Africa (Benin and Rwanda), and 1 school from India! Awesome international representation! Refer to pages 7 – 9 for more details. I give all credit to the team of Peace Foundation staff, interns and volunteers who were involved in the planning, preparation and ‘hands-on-help’ of Peace Week and the Symposium.

Peace Education ProgrammesAdministrator:A new part-time position has been created by The Peace Foundation that supports administration for the peace education programmes. Annalie Sieberhagen was the successful applicant and began her role as Peace Education Programmes Administra-tor in March this year. Annalie is a qualified primary school teacher and has a wide range of skills and experience with administra-tive and secretarial roles. A big thank you to Paige Wells who was employed part time from September 2013 to February 2014 as Cool Schools Programme Assistant. Her support towards the school programmes during this time was very much appreciated.

Thanks ‘A’ team. ‘A’ for AWESOME! Finally, as this will be the last edition for 2014, I would like to acknowledge the team for all their support throughout the year. Fellow trainers: Tracy Scott, Gillian Tasker, Andrea O’Hagan, Lynn Scott, and Tania Te Whenua. My hard working colleagues at the office: Caroline Ongleo, Marcus Zhao, Virin Gomber, Lucy Stewart and Annalie Sieberhagen. Our wonderful interns: Toby Foster, Grace Ahn, Manon Bourey, Sia Tauveli, Gerhard Joseph, Eddie Tuiavii and Andries Nammensma. Your valuable contribution is very much appreciated.

Lastly, to all the wonderful schools out there that make up the grand peace education programmes whanau, thank you for your support during 2014. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a safe, peaceful summer holiday.

Seasons greetings from

Christina Barruel (Head of Peace Education)

Tangiia Enjoy and June Tofa from Mt Roskill

Grammar School.

Cam Calkoen(Mr Awesome!)

“Attitude determines altitude.”

School News

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AS A PRINCIPAL YOU TEND TO GET A lot of emails on courses and programmes that promise they are going to change the world, starting with your school. I read these things with, at times, a rather sceptical mind. Especially if a lot of money is going to change hands!

In July 2013, one of my staff members came across a programme called ‘Cool Schools’. We discussed this as a staff and on the basis of those discussions and enough information to sink the titanic, we embarked on implementing this programme into our school.

To do this we had to get everyone on board, so we decided to cut our summer holiday short, leave our sun-burned families at the beach, and come back to Club Med Hamilton for an in-service day.

Christina Barruel led this in-service day. It was her knowledge and enthusiasm that once again sold us on

Peer Mediation and the difference it could, and would, make. During the day we got a chance to revert back our childhood days through role play and work out mediation solutions for various scenarios. There are not very many courses you can go to these days and come away and say to yourself “Gee, I’ve learned something and I’ve had a good laugh” - (good for staff team building).

In March, we cut ribbons, made speeches, had firework displays and generally waited with baited breath to see how the students would respond to and adopt the programme.

The point of difference with this programme is that it is run by the students for the students. Basically, what you are doing is empowering the students to find their own solutions in a very systematic transparent way. Now some Principals may not like this concept because they

feel in some way the teachers are left out of the loop but, with the tracking associated with this programme, it actually gives you better view of what is really going on in your school.

We have regular meetings with our mediators and they continue to help us refine the Cool Schools programme. We have even used the documentation to report to our Board.

I personally believe that the Cool School programme fits nicely beside other school programmes and is a very good way of enhancing and refining school culture.

Go on, give it a go!

A Principal’s Perspective:

Rotokauri School Principal: Mark Goodson.

OUR SCHOOL IS A FULL PRIMARY school (Years 1-8) on the outskirts of Hamilton with a warm country atmosphere. We have a current roll of 194 children. As the newly appointed (beginning 2013) Special Needs Coordinator, I noticed that whilst on the surface we had a very happy, inclusive environment in our rather ‘sheltered, semi-rural part of the world’, there were some children who needed help in becoming more resilient problem-solvers. Small playground issues were often bought to the duty teacher’s attention (or shared at home) when we felt as a staff the student’s should have been able to solve these small problems for themselves.

So at the beginning of 2014, we as a staff shared a day of professional development led by Christina Barruel. We left this day feeling totally inspired and excited by the possibilities that implementing ‘Cool Schools’ would bring to our school. The programmes philosophy fits alongside the Key Competencies in our school curriculum and our school values of Honesty, Responsibility, Respect, Excellence and Persistence.

The first step towards implementing the programme was that the staff committed to implementing the programme within the classroom. We also ran an evening consulting and sharing with our school community (parents/families). This was a very important stage in the process, as without parent buy-in we felt the Cool

Schools programme and its principles of student led conflict resolution could be totally “de-railed”. Fortunately, this evening was extremely successful (led expertly by Christina), and along with the information supplied to our school Board of Trustees and our school wide community, we believe the principles of Peer Mediation were embraced both in the classroom and at home. Finally, our Year 8 teacher called for applications for the Peer Mediator roles from the students, interviewed the candidates and assisted in training the successful applicants. We were finally in business by Week 8 of Term 1 and ready to go!

We now have 12 Peer Mediators (6 pairs) ‘working’ in the playground. At first, we had rather large numbers of mediations, probably due to the novelty factor involved. (In fact, we had a total of 17 mediations during the last 2 weeks of the Term 1). By Term 2 however, things had settled somewhat (29 mediations over a 9 week period) and the Peer Mediators were honing their skills and impressing the staff and I with their leadership and communication skills. We also began to notice patterns of regular causes of conflict (and repeat “conflictees”), which helped us to ‘nip some potential issues in the bud’. An interesting aspect of looking at the data was that the students themselves were seeking out mediation and were beginning to also suggest and use

mediation systems for solving conflict in the classroom (and sometimes at home – we hear!).

With Term 4 looming, our Mediators are looking forward to training our Year 7 students who have been chosen to continue the job in 2015. We are also looking forward to a “treat day out” towards the end of the year to reward and congratulate our students for all their hard work and commitment to their roles as mediators.

The benefits of the ‘Cool Schools’ programme has been noted by parents and teachers alike. We are looking forward to continuing into 2015 with the full support of our Board of Trustees, the wider school community and our staff. Collectively we are all sold that the children are learning the most valuable life lessons and will be well prepared, effective and empathetic communicators.

Peer Mediation at Rotokauri Full Primary School (Hamilton)By Karen Hollingsworth – Cool Schools Co-ordinator

Rotokauri School Peer Mediators 2014. Left to right: Back Row: Izayah Duncan, Ryan Bright, Kate Jowsey, Amber Belle, Paris Miller, Jemma

Bradbury, Mrs Hollingsworth (Cool Schools Coordinator). Front Row: Bjorn Barris, Caylee

Farrell, Alex Dashfield, Hannah Dawson. Absent: Mrs Marsh, Libby Kells, Sarah Miller.

Rotokauri School Principal: Mark Goodson

School News


Sophie, Lalain and Jacqueline with all they need for their Peer Mediation duty.

Students using the peer mediation process to help sort out a problem.

Oakland Primary School Peer Mediators 2014.

OAKLANDS SCHOOL HAS BEEN A PART of the Cool Schools Peer Mediation Programme for a number of years.

Technology has made doing peer mediation a lot more fun and a lot easier too. We use a Google live form which one of our teachers created for us. It is on the home page of our class iPads. We just need to click on the form and record when we meditate with some students and write the name of the students involved, what happened, and the outcome. Most of the boxes are tick

boxes making it easier for us. When we press save, emails are then sent to the teachers who have those students in the class and to our Deputy Principal. It is also stored on a Google spreadsheet. This year we haven’t had to worry about lost pieces of paper, trying to find a pen, or having to quickly write down all of the information.

We wear the Peer Mediation Process on a lanyard around our neck when on duty as a reminder of the process. We also have the green mediation vest on.

Information Technology Working for Cool Schools at Oaklands Primary (Christchurch)By Jacqueline, Lalain, Sophie, Mia and Mrs O’Connor

A LONG TIME AGO, AT VALLEY SCHOOL, trouble roamed the playground and field. Kids could not solve their own problems. It was a teacher’s nightmare. But then someone in an underground laboratory dreamt up the idea of MEDIATORS. Four kids wearing hi-vis vests would help solve other kids problems every day. These vested crusaders have made a massive improvement to our school. Thanks to the mediators the kids at Valley School get along with one another well and have the ability to solve their own problems.

The kids at Valley School enjoy having

mediators to help them solve their problems. Although we are very serious about mediation, we are always laid back so the kids don’t feel pressured or intimidated. Our most frequent problems are either friendship issues (girls) and game rules (boys). We work well with our partners and help solve the kids problems together. We always try to help solve the problem but sometimes it gets out of hand, in which case we have to send them to the teacher. We like to mediate as it is our way of paying back our respect to the school. Us mediators are unique in our own way

as we have learnt special communication skills which makes solving problems easier.

If your school doesn’t have mediators you should definitely consider it, and get in touch with The Peace Foundation, as it will make a huge improvement. Your school will be problem free because of your very own hi-vis vest clad superheroes.

‘If you want peace, don’t talk to your

friends, talk to your enemies.’

- Desmond Tutu

The Negotiator Peace Maker MediatorsBy Jasmine Niederberger and Ella Watson (Year 6 mediators at Valley School, Pukekohe)

Happy result from a mediation with junior students.

Showing off the peer mediator vests at our Mediation Station.

Agreement reached in a mediation with senior students.


Information Technology Working for Cool Schools at Oaklands Primary (Christchurch)By Jacqueline, Lalain, Sophie, Mia and Mrs O’Connor

Family Programme

The Power of Words in CommunicationBy Virin Gomber, Family Programme Manager

Peaceful Family CommunicationA FREE communications skills course for Parents, Caregivers and Educators

Delivered by The Peace Foundation and Funded by the Ministry of Social Development

We are now taking bookings!

Feedback examples:• A really clear, effective and well delivered approach to understanding how to

communicate effectively.• Well-paced, good variety, playful and profound, encouraging and empowering!• A fantastic course that should be offered to more parents. Great information and

tools for everyday life.• Thank you so much for running this course. It has had a huge impact on our lives.• Very worthwhile! A course every adult would gain something from.

This 15 hour programme is designed to give parents, teachers and caregivers a set of skills that can be used immediately in their family and work environments. The course focuses on simple, proven ways for adults to increase their effectiveness with children, teenagers and their own partners.

This programme has been highly recommended since its inception in early 2010, and has been hosted by various schools in the Auckland area. If your school is interested in hosting a programme for your parents and/or teachers,

please contact Virin Gomber ph 09 373-2379 or [email protected]

Participants learn effective communication skills including how to:

• Communicate with assertiveness• Skilfully respond to unwanted behaviours• Deal resourcefully with conflict and

successfully solve it• Communicate more effectively as a family

Participants at the Peaceful Family Communication workshop in Te Atatu

joyously display their graduation certificates.

“Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence

will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.”

– Napolean Hill

THE POWER OF WORDS WE USE IN OUR communication can’t be over-emphasised. There is sufficient evidence that besides the words we choose, the feeling and emotion with which they are used has a huge impact on the result of our communication.

While these are only some of the aspects covered in the Peaceful Family Communication workshop, they form the core and basis of the structure of this communication skills programme that individuals in a family can benefit from to build better relationships.

Since the beginning of 2014, more than 100 participants at various Peaceful Family Communication workshops all over Auckland have gained the knowledge of these effective communication skills through experiential learning. Participant feedback from these workshops is rewarding and heart-warming for the facilitators, while being encouraging and inspirational for other potential participants. Below are examples of some of these testimonials:

“I would say that this course is something anyone should do, you can use it with your partner, kids, friends, colleagues. We all can learn from it.”

“The skills you learn in this course are so basic, the foundation of effective communication, that you feel embarrassed not doing this earlier.”

“Regardless of your knowledge/background it will reinforce what you know, you will learn something new, and you will most definitely have fun.”

“This course promotes and achieves effective communication allowing yourself to express yourself openly and honestly.”

“Awesome course, so practical and you get lots of chance to practice it so you will understand.”

These comments from participants followed the successful completion of workshops in Ellerslie, Torbay, Te Atatu and Mt Roskill. Participants at these courses hailed from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds – Māori , Pakeha, Pacific Islanders, Asians and others. It’s amazing to realize families from different cultures appreciating these skills and relating to the similarities of communication challenges people from different backgrounds face.

Following the successful delivery of this workshop to some of its clients, one of the organisations, Te Waipuna Puawai (in Ellerslie), decided to include this programme in their annual calendar to be offered three times a year, which is a strong testament to the benefits it offers.

Earlier this year, the Peaceful Family Communication programme received exciting news in the form of grant of a multiple year funding from the Ministry of Social Development, which has been supporting this programme for the last four years. This will keep the programme accessible to various communities in Auckland and will also ensure that we can continue to develop this programme further to keep it relevant and robust for participants’ communication needs.

Moving forward, we are working towards establishing relationships with SWIS (Social Workers in Schools), more schools in Auckland and other service providers to schools so more teachers and parents can access this programme. This list also includes schools which already benefit from the Cool Schools and LtPM programmes.

Any community organisations, schools or early childhood centres looking to offer the Peaceful Family Communication workshop to their client network can contact the Family Programme Manager, Virin Gomber at [email protected]

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THE 8TH SCHOOL PEACE EDUCATION Programmes National Hui was held from the 21st to the 24th July 2014 at the National Library in Parnell, Auckland. Pictured left at the Hui are from back left: Lynn Scott (Trainer: Northland, Far North), Annalie Sieberhagen (Peace Education Programmes Administrator), Andrea O’Hagan (Trainer: Bay of Plenty, Gisborne and Hawkes Bay) and Tracy Scott (Trainer: South Island). Seated are: Christina Barruel (Head of Peace Education and Head Trainer: Auckland, Coromandel, and Waikato) and Gillian Tasker (Trainer: Taranaki, Wellington, and Manawatu/Wanganui). The Māori Programme Coordinator, Tania Te Whenua, was absent attending the tangi of her beloved grandmother.

The Hui is an annual opportunity for the national school peace education team to get together for connection, celebration and creative exploration. Highlights of this year’s Hui included the sessions facilitated by the dynamic and talented Elaine Dyer, which really bonded the group as a team, the sharing of different strategies used by

the trainer’s in implementing the school programmes, and allowing original and creative thinking, with no preconceptions, to explore the development of our school peace education programmes in the future.

Gillian Tasker communicated new initiatives by the Ministry of Education in the area of relationship education which could be used to encourage more schools to participate in our programmes. Well-known peace, justice and environment activist, Michael Fleck, spoke about his recent experience with international sacred activist, Andrew Harvey.

The weeks’ activities reiterated the trainers’ commitment to creating opportunities for change, making a positive contribution to society and engaging the youth by equipping them with skills which they will use for the rest of their lives. The Peace Foundation is indeed extremely fortunate to have a diversely talented, caring team, with high levels of trust and respect, who are passionate about schools being safe learning environments for children.

School Peace Education Programmes Trainers’ Hui “We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves” - Dalai Lama

CANTERBURY COOL SCHOOLS CAME together on the 12th June, 2014 for the annual Canterbury Peer Mediators Big Day Out. Hosted with wonderful skill by Oaklands Primary School Peer Mediators, attending were 43 students and 7 adults from the following schools: Opawa Primary, Oaklands Primary, Highfield Primary, Timaru Primary, Beckenham Primary, Kaiapoi Borough School and Lincoln Primary.

All schools did a presentation on their Cool Schools programme and their new uniform design. The guest speaker was a guest from Enabling Youth but unfortunately a last minute change of plans meant they were unable to come. Lynette O’Connor from Oaklands Primary school led a range of leadership activities that were very well received. Lynette also led the staff/parents in a presentation on the Google App for iPads that the Oaklands

School Peer Mediators are using. This is an exciting initiative that is interesting a lot of Cool Schools for application in their playground environments.

The winner of the ‘design a new peer mediator’s uniform’ was voted on by the students and the award went to Oaklands Primary School for their colourful and interesting vest design.

Kaiapoi Borough High School performed a song

The awesome participants at the Canterbury Peer Mediators Big Day Out.

Canterbury Peer Mediator’s Big Day OutBy Tracy Scott (South Island trainer)


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FRIdAy 15TH OF AuguST WAS An amazing day as I, along with other students from other schools, came together for the Peace Symposium 2014. It was a day of fun, laughter and enjoyment. I remember going there as nervous as I could be because I was the only peer mediator from Waitakere College who could make it to the symposium. When I got there I was well looked after and made new friends from

heaps of different schools because we were all there with the same hope that the world will become a better and more peaceful place for people to live in. I really enjoyed meeting students from other schools and had so much fun playing the instruments after lunch.

Cam Calkoen was a great speaker who lives by the quote, "dream big, achieve more". Cam spoke of the many adventures he has gone though in his life. He was very inspiring and

motivational in the way that he spoke. Some schools did song and dance performances. Through my experience I truly believe that you can change the world by one random act of kindness a day. I would also like to thank Karen Franken for picking me up and dropping me off at the train station.

I would like to leave you with a quote: "You have the power to change the world.” Remember this when you do a good deed.

THIS YEAR FOR PEACE WEEK 2014, OUR theme was diversity. We encouraged everyone to wholeheartedly accept one another's differences and embrace their own diversity and uniqueness. We included some days from previous years but managed to add our own diversity-themed spin to each day.

The week began with something completely new - Ribbon Day. The peace team gave out different coloured ribbons, each ribbon relating to a different value - acceptance, integrity, respect, empathy, compassion or embracing difference. As the girls chose a ribbon they were encouraged to tie it to their bags and particularly focus on living out this value throughout the week. The rest of the

week included Pay it Forward Day - where each quote circulated, focused on a different value; Body Diversity Day - to celebrate and be proud of outward diversity; Reflection day - a time to reflect on diversity and peace week so far and an inspiring assembly video, told the story of ordinary women, who after undergoing photo-shopping, discovered they much preferred themselves just as they are. Friday centred on Cultural Diversity with our traditional lunchtime Peace Banner signing and a cultural bake sale with many different kinds of delicious baking made to exhibit different cultures. It was great to see girls trying something new and finding out how much they enjoyed food from other cultures.

During the bake sale the Baradene cultural groups gave a number of amazing performances which really showcased cultural diversity at Baradene College.

Peace week was a great success especially since everyone made such an effort to get involved and celebrate our diversity. We encourage everyone to keep a love for diversity alive in our college.

THE FIGHT FOR PEACE OFTEN FEELS LIKE a solitary one, especially when considering all the conflict in the world today. The secondary schools peace symposium is a reminder that there are indeed people in the community, be it local or international, that are willing to stand for the same ideals of peace and freedom that New Zealand prides itself on. The MAGS peer mediators are all dedicated people committed to promoting peace at school, and we all welcomed the opportunity to learn more about peace efforts ongoing both nationally and internationally. We emerged representing MAgS, at its first symposium attendance, thoroughly impressed by the enthusiasm and spontaneity shown by the participants of the event. Being our first attendance as a school, nobody was entirely sure of what the experience would be like and

some were slightly apprehensive, but we realized quickly that the environment was relaxed, friendly and one of inclusive positivity.

The symposium wasn’t only about the promotion of peace, though that was its main focus, as it also promoted the valuable skills of leadership and communication, which aim at producing youth capable of cooperation and compassion. This was achieved through “dynamic exercises and relatable guest speakers” who were an inspiration to all those present, as they exemplified the ideal that personal integrity leads to inevitable success.

I know that I speak for all the MAGS team when I say that we enjoyed immensely our time at the 10th annual Secondary Schools Peace Symposium, and finished our day significantly more educated and inspired than we started it.

Representatives from the 40 strong MAGS Peer Mediation team at the Peace Symposium.

From left: Adeli Lim, Oliver Sergeant, Dylan Barrett, Rohith Nagulan, Claudia Howlett, Lucia

Patterson and Alice Mallon.

MAGS Peer Mediators from left: Dunja Vajsakovic, Gabbie Butwell, Oliver Sergeant, Adeli Lim, Dylan Barrett and Rohith Nagulan.

Rohith Nagulan speaking on behalf of the MAGS

Peer Mediators.

MAGS Peer mediators Lucia Patterson and Alice Mallon.

My Day at the Secondary Schools’ Peace SymposiumBy Ethan Mitchell from Waitakere College (Year 12)

Peace Week at Baradene College (Auckland Central)By Myrene Otis (Year 12)

The Friday cultural bake sale was a great

success during our Peace Week 2014.

Reflections on the 2014 Secondary Schools’ Peace Symposium By Rohith Nagulan (Year 13 Peer Mediator at Mount Albert Grammar School - MAGS)

Peace Week 2014

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THE 2014 SCHOOLS’ PEACE WEEK WAS a huge success with 130 schools from New Zealand, 11 schools from Pakistan, 2 schools from Africa (Benin and Rwanda), and 1 school from India participating in the event which was held from the 4th to the 8th August. This year’s theme was ‘Arts4Peace’: Design it, Speak it, Sing it, Dance it, LIVE IT! The week concluded on the 15th of August with the Secondary Schools’ Peace Symposium at Western Springs Garden Community Hall, an event which proved to be absolutely awesome. With a veritable plethora of peace presentations, inspiring speakers, and the dictionary definition of ‘hands-on’ interactive music workshops, it was without a doubt a resounding success.

A highlight of Peace Week this year was the two contests that the Arts4Peace theme really promoted: the ‘Design it’ contest and the ‘Sing it’ contest. To say the ‘Design it’ contest was overwhelmed with excellent entrants would be an understatement, because we were absolutely inundated with superb examples of young creativity. The intention of these contests is to really encourage budding minds to think about the concept of peace, and to encourage its message through imaginativeness and originality. The techniques incorporated ranged from the artistically stylised use of inks to frenzied crayon, with each succeeding in expressing the peace message of which The Peace Foundation is so very proud.

Unfortunately only 12 winners could be chosen from the 90 entries received, 4 from each of the 3 categories. The winners of the 5-8 years old were: Laie Vatuvei from Tairangi School, Juanita Eru-Kaitiana from Tairangi School, Teniku Vailahi from Tairangii School, and Trent Alabaster from Rangiwaea School. The winners of the 9-12 age group were: Taam Pasiale From Manukorihi Intermediate, Tahana Hough from Manukorihi Intermediate,

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Exhibition of Arts4Peace ‘Design it’ contest winners.

Peace Week activities from Oratia Primary School, West Auckland.

‘Sing-it' secondary school contest winners from Mount Roskill Grammar School.

‘Sing-it’ primary school contest winners from Owairaka District School - Shona Stowers,

Noumyer Meti, and Isabelle Issako.

Romina White-Macleod from Manukorihi Intermediate, and Walter Lafleur from View Hill School. Finally, the winners of the ranked 13-19 age category were: Stephen Njoto (1st) from Mt Roskill Grammar, Nika Yew (2nd) from Rutherford College, Carmen Kong (3rd) from Rutherford College, and Deanna Li (4th) also from Rutherford College.

Congratulations to our 12 winners! The position of ‘judge’ was certainly not an enviable one. We were fairly sure we wouldn’t be leaving work on time the day the art works were considered, and we were proved right. It was worthwhile, however and quite the experience to see the 3 judges seriously evaluate and assess the merits of each exemplary artwork. One of the judges, local artist Margaret Barlett, was correct in her statement:

“The standard of work was so high that it was difficult for the judges to decide, because the works were all so amazingly good in their different ways. Colour and line and symbols and words and images of people were so fresh and meaningful and often startling. The sincerity and vision of the works were electrifying, obviously the subject of peace was so moving for these young people. They, with their gifts of communication, will be the leaders of tomorrow’s better world. Huge ‘Thank you’ to The Peace Foundation and these young artists.”

To see the video created by our innovative new Youth Co-ordinator Lucy Stewart and the artworks and music produced by the talented students who participated in Peace Week, please visit www.peace.net.nz Look under Peace Education, School Programmes, Schools’ Peace Week.

Reflections on Schools’ Peace Week 2014 By Toby Foster (Event organiser and Peace Foundation intern)

Peace Week 2015 will beMonday 3rd August to Friday 7th August (Week 3, Term 3, 2015).

The theme is:Collaboration4Peace: local,

national and global communities.Put these dates in your 2015 calendar.

Peace Week 2014Arts4Peace Schools’ Peace Week in Pakistanby Nadeem Ghazi (Schools’ Event Organiser and President of the Peace Education Welfare Organisation)

Young minds and hearts celebrated Arts4Peace Schools’ Peace Week 2014, a Peace Foundation collaboration with the Peace Education Welfare Organization in Karachi, Pakistan. More than 600 youth from 12 schools participated and have impacted 6800 other students within the 12 school communities. Peace Week 2014 lit the candle in the darkness of violence, extremism, and hatred. It was celebrated in the locality of Karachi’s most turbulent area, Lyari and Saddar Town.

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Karachi

THE PEACE FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES OF PEACE Week 2014 supported schools to be connected with each other and united for peace within their communities in Pakistan. We received amazing responses from schools, staff, teachers, parents, community leaders and students. Students were observed with positive gestures and commendable enthusiasm in all peace activities. We witnessed students expressing their feelings for peace through all forms of universal communication in the school community.

I would like to thank Caroline, Christina, Audrey, Toby and all the staff from The Peace Foundation

who generously supported us with ideas and great motivation to participate in Peace Week. I am extremely thankful to our volunteers, Jahangir, Hasnain, Abdul Sattar, Mumtaz, Saira, Naila, Imran, Aasia Tabassum, all 12 school principals, staff, and especially our very wonderful youth, who made this event so memorable for us all. I know this event has helped to seed peacefulness in unrested souls within our community for sustainable peace through young minds and hearts of Pakistan.

The following is a selection of photos taken of activities from seven of the schools who participated in Peace Week.

World Learning Grammar School - Creative House

- Sharing for Peace Lunch - Students shared their food,

friendship and love.

World Learning Grammar School - Wisdom Building - Peace Book - Students showed artistic and creative peace books with

amazing peace messages.

World Learning Grammar School - Peace Building - Face Painting for Peace.Aga Khan School - Peace Tree -A peace tree was decorated with peace messages and expressions from students.

Aga Khan School - Peace Badges - Students wore their peace badges and felt proud to be representatives of

peace for their friends and community.

Aga Khan School - Famous Faces of Peace - Sketched by students.

Abbas School - Kick 4 Peace - Students played football with different ethnic groups: Bolouchi, Panjabi, Pushtoon, Sindh and Mahajir. They learnt that they were one when they played in a team and there is no

defeat. We are all winners when we play!

Abbas School - Peace Wall Mural - Students displayed peace, love and kindness messages on the community wall that truly translated their feelings

towards peace in a conflict ridden community.

World Learning Grammar School - Transformation House - Walk

for Peace. Students participated in a peace walk displaying banners

of peace messages.

Al Musleh Foundation School - Peace Badges & Promotion of World Peace.

KMA Girls School - Conflict Resolution Classroom Skills and Peace Posters.Raza Foundation - Islamic school that embraces peace education for supporting students to understand about the value of love, understanding and kindness to others.

Afshan Public School (Islamic) - Chalking for Peace.


Youth Wing


Responding to Armed Conflicts

Photo credits: Peace Pals - One People One Planet 2012

REACT School Workshops Updated and RevampedBy Lucy Stewart (REACT Programme Coordinator)

WE ARE ExCITED TO LAUNCH INTO a fresh round of delivery with the newly updated and revamped REACT presentation to schools around the Auckland region. Peace and prosperity can only be attained by communities heeding the voices of our diverse and vibrant youth, which is why it is so important to work in partnership with youth. Youth are not only the builders of our future they are among the architects of change today. They are positioned in our fast-paced and connected world to promote the significance of education, personal empowerment and leadership and to build peaceful and resilient

communities. Youth have the power to create change. And for real progress to be made, they need to be a part of the solution.

One of The Peace Foundation’s school programmes is Responding to Armed Conflict (REACT), which is offered to New Zealand secondary schools in Auckland and Northland. It aims to raise awareness about armed conflict focusing on nuclear abolition and disarmament. The presentation is approximately thirty minutes long, followed by an interactive workshop specifically designed to cater for the particular age group of the school group. Workshops include activities such as creating peace symbols and banners, debates, and writing letters to Heads of Government. Our trainers are young, vibrant and passionate about their topic. The presentation is interactive and allows for questions and discussion from the students.

In the current year, REACT has reached

approximately 500 students. These students now have a greater awareness of the perils and consequences of nuclear weapons and armed conflict around the world. We hope to have inspired the many students we meet to become activists in their communities. This year we are privileged to have Manon Bourey from France and Toby Foster from England in our team, who bring a depth of knowledge and energy to the presentations.

We are now taking bookings for the later part of 2014 and early 2015. If you would like a thought provoking, interactive, informative, REACT presentation please email [email protected] to make a booking. We will happily present to a classroom, or to a specific age band or to a whole school assembly. We will cater for your school preferences. At this stage REACT workshops are available FREE for schools in the Auckland and Northland regions. We look forward to hearing from you.

Intern Toby Foster delivers the REACT presentation to Pompallier

College students.

Intern Gerhard Joseph delivers the REACT presentation to students at

Pompellier College.

Students create peace banners and peace symbols as part of the REACT workshop at

Pompallier College.

LUCY STEWART has recently joined the Peace Foundation team as the Youth Pro-grammes Coor-dinator to work alongside a group of passionate and committed indi-viduals that work

to promote peaceful local, national and global communities. Lucy has recently finished her Masters of Professional Studies in International Relations and Human Rights at the University of

Auckland. Her undergraduate degree in International Relations was carried out at Victoria University in Wellington.

Aside from her academic qualifica-tions, Lucy brings a range of life ex-perience having travelled extensively throughout Asia, North and South America, the Middle East and the Cau-casus region. She has recently spent three years working in a primary school in the Kurdish region of Northern Iraq as a course facilitator for adult train-ing classes and a teacher at both the adult and primary level. This hands on experience demonstrated to Lucy the power of education in conflict resolu-

tion and in promoting peace within a troubled region. She is currently learn-ing the Arabic and Kurdish languages. She thoroughly enjoyed the experience of living in the Middle East and getting to be a part of the vibrant and fasci-nating way of life there. She is excited about being involved in the range of programmes that The Peace Founda-tion offers and about helping to make a difference within new Zealand through the successful delivery of these pro-grammes. In her spare time Lucy loves reading, festival films, cooking, yoga, cycling, traveling and spending time with friends and family.

Staff Profile: Lucy Stewart Youth Programmes Coordinator

Lucy Stewart


Interns

THE PEACE FOUNDATION REGULARLY has local and international interns and volunteers working with the staff. Their contribution to the Foundation is in-valuable, in hours and commitment to the peace cause. It is an opportunity to share ideas, cultures and get to know an interesting and diverse range of people. Current interns with The Peace Founda-tion are:

Toby FosterToby Foster was born in the south of England where he lived until the age of 13, after which his family emigrated to New Zealand. He attended St Peter's College in Cambridge for 5 years before attending Victoria Univer-sity. He graduated from Victoria University in May 2013 with a Bachelor Degree in In-ternational Relations. Toby has aspirations of joining the New Zealand Navy due to the high level of peace-keeping work it per-forms. Toby is an avid reader and as a con-sequence is also an aspiring writer currently taking a part time creative writing course. While at The Peace Foundation, Toby assists with peace events such as: Schools’ Peace Week, Schools’ Peace Symposium, the Annual General Meeting, and the Auckland City for Peace Awards. He also assists with disarmament education and promotion. Manon BoureyManon Bourey comes from France. She has travelled to New Zealand to carry out a five-month internship at The Peace Foun-dation. In Toulouse (France) she has been studying Political Sci-ences for two years and is spending her third year of study abroad to discover the professional world. She hasn’t made up her mind yet about her future profession and is currently con-templating either an international relations career or a journalistic career. Manon is a very creative person who loves arts (pho-tography, music, cinema, ballet) and enjoys travelling and meeting up with people during her spare time. While at The Peace Foundation, she assists with the REACT pro-gramme and the marketing of this program. She also helps with communication through social networks.

Sia TauveliSia is of Tongan de-scendant but raised in South Auckland. She is currently in her last semester of a Bach-elors in Arts major-ing in Criminology at Auckland University of Technology (AUT). She is doing the in-ternship with The Peace Foundation as part of her course and is focusing on the Peaceful Family Programme. Sia grew up in South Auckland surrounded by youth who are associated in gangs and where bullying was a part of life. These experi-ences have made Sia passionate about re-storing social justice among young New Zealanders and helping to restore peace in communities affected by violence. She believes that people can change their perception of life if you give them some guidance, and support them in the right path. She believes that the work The Peace Foundation carries out gives people the support and tools they need to live a peaceful life. During her internship with The Peace Foundation she has also at-tended the workshops for Peaceful Family Communication and has assisted with the Secondary Schools Peace Symposium and Annual General Meeting. Her hobbies are watching movies and hanging out with her friends.

Grace Ahn Grace Ahn was born in South Korea and came to New Zealand in 2003. She is currently studying at the Uni-versity of Auckland majoring in Criminol-ogy and Japanese. She is in her last semester of her studies and she is planning to com-plete a community work course after she graduates. At The Peace Foundation, she has been working primarily with the ‘Auckland City for Peace’ project in collaboration with the Auckland City Council, and helped in all the preparations for the Auckland City for Peace Awards which was held in Septem-ber. Grace applied for an internship at The Peace Foundation to gain practical experi-ence working with communities and dif-ferent groups of people around Auckland. This is her first experience as an intern so she said that she is nervous and exited at the same time! What she has enjoyed most so far at The Peace Foundation is meeting new people and helping out with several

events that The Peace Foundation has held. Her goal for the future is to become a com-munity worker where she can help people who seek assistance in her community. She is hoping that she can use the skills that she has learnt from The Peace Foundation in her future career.

Gerhard JosephGerhard immigrated to New Zealand from the Philippines in 2008 at the age of 16. He is currently attending the Univer-sity of Auckland un-dertaking a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Politics and International Relations. He has previously completed a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce conjoint degree ma-joring in French, Political Studies and Eco-nomics. gerhard aspires to one day travel the world and pursue a career in the public sector. While at The Peace Foundation, he is focusing on a research project entitled "State of the Nation: Peace Indicators in new Zealand". In his spare time, gerhard loves to read, watch TV series and films. He is also an avid tennis fan.

Eddie TuiaviiEddie is from Auck-land and currently studying the Masters of Public Policy through the Univer-sity of Auckland. During his intern-ship with The Peace Foundation, Eddie is carrying out his own ‘State of the Nation’ research on the ‘Indicators of Peace in New Zealand’. Eddie’s research will be looking at why New Zealand dropped from being ranked ‘The Most Peaceful Nation’ in 2010, to 4th place in 2013. Peace experts and organiza-tions are expecting New Zealand to drop even further in these rankings. Eddie’s re-search will attribute a significant part of the rise in the salience of violence (bully-ing, substance abuse, homicides, domestic violence, rise in crime) to the fall in the peacefulness of New Zealand. Eddie brings to The Peace Foundation a depth of expe-rience and knowledge. He currently serves as an Education Specialist for the New Zealand Commission for UNESCO and was a Chairman Youth Advisory for the Minis-try of Education.

The Peace Foundation Interns and Volunteers

Kia Tau te Rangimarie


Kotahi ma te patu, kotahi ma te kupu. Kia mate ururoa. Heio, ko te kai o te rangatira he

korero.It is a brave warrior who fights for the vitality of his people. It is a great leader who negotiates.

THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR HAS been a year of great development for the Kia Tau Te Rangimarie programme (KTR). Former KTR co-ordinator and trainer Jonnie Black accepted a new position as a teacher at Gladstone Primary School and was succeeded to by myself, Tania Te Whenua (Tuhoe, Te Whakatohea) in January 2014. Jonnie worked diligently with the Peace Foundation to pilot the programme from 2012 to 2013, na reira kei te mihi atu ki a ia.

Traditional Māori cultural beliefs acknowledge that the balance between war and peace can be a tentative one, and my hometown Opotiki is a testament to this principle. Within Opotiki, conflict and violence is the inescapable result of long-term socio-economic suffering with some instances of conflict even ending in violent death. At the other end of the spectrum, Opotiki schools do their very

best by their students and are assisted by the sense of whanaungatanga that prevails in the close-knit community. Therefore, it was particularly moving for me to return to my former secondary school, Opotiki College as both a solicitor and educator, to deliver peaceful conflict resolution training to a class full of inspirational young Māori leaders. I was even further elated to later see Opotiki College identified by the Education Review Office as one of new Zealand’s top ten highest performing low decile schools with a decile rating of just 1 and a demographic of almost 100 percent Māori .

On the other hand, I was also very moved to deliver peaceful conflict resolution training to a behavioural unit within a Lakes District secondary school, whose demographic was again 99.9 percent Māori and whose students’ experiences included witnessing domestic violence ending in death. As is often said, to make a difference to just one person in education can make it all worthwhile, and in our work not only can is it worthwhile, it can have a dramatically life changing effect.

This year, KTR is undergoing resource development to ensure that the programme is as effective and useful as it can possibly be to the young Māori students it aims to assist. An evaluation by key stakeholders

has been completed and the drafting and production stage of the material is underway. We at The Peace Foundation are motivated to produce an educational programme that helps to reduce incidents of violence and violent conflict amongst Māori communities. In addition, I have personally extended an invitation to Peace Foundation staff and volunteers to attend my Awa Whenua professional development courses on the Treaty of Waitangi and Cultural Competency which many have taken up with very positive feedback.

As an organisation we hope to increase the relevance of both our mainstream and Māori specific programmes to Māori audiences. My personal hope is to inspire the next generation to seek enlightenment, education and the skills necessary to voice their feelings, views and grievances in order to settle dispute so that we may all aspire to the whakatauki as an essential life principle, “It is a brave individual who fights, and a great leader who communicates”.

To find out more about Kia Tau Te Rangimarie, a free educational workshop for Māori in schools, please contact [email protected]

IT IS A PRIVILEGE for me to be part of the dynamic team at The Peace Foundation and to know that the work which I do makes a real difference in the lives of others.

On a personal level; I emigrated from South Africa with my family 9 years’ ago and, as avid All Black supporters, New Zealand is definitely our home. I am grateful every day for the opportunity to raise our two daughters in such a beautiful, peaceful country, which offers so many wonderful opportunities.

Being a qualified teacher, the majority of my career has been dedicated to education and I am passionate about lifelong learning. I believe that it is crucial to keep learning to keep growing. I love the adventure of travelling and learning about different countries, beliefs and cultures. I am fortunate to have spent time in North and South America, Africa, Europe, Hong Kong, Israel, Egypt and Turkey. Living “down under”, we have had opportunities to explore new countries including Australia, Fiji and Vanuatu. In my free time, I enjoy walking, cycling, reading, growing my own vegetables and I am in the process of writing my first book, an autobiography about my life experiences. I am very fond

of animals and we have two Labradors and a cat, which share our home.

As the Peace Education Programmes Administrator, I am responsible for the development and management of the schools’ and family education programmes database, evaluation analysis, project and event management, and administration. During the past six months, I have especially enjoyed my involvement in the School Peace Education Programmes National Hui and the Secondary Schools’ Peace Symposium. It’s been extremely rewarding seeing “peace in action”, both as a participant and as an observer. I am looking forward to sharing my expertise to further peace education both locally and internationally.

Staff Profile: Annalie Sieberhagen:Peace Education Programmes Administrator

Kia Hora Te Marino: An Update on the Maori Conflict Resolution Programmeby Tania Te Whenua (Kia Tau te Rangimarie Programme Coordinator)

Annalie Sieberhagen

Tania Te Whenua


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PURPOSE: To share ideas, resources andto problem solve any challenges

2015 National Schools’Peace Week WHEN: Monday 3th - 7th August

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local, national and global communities

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(Week 5, Term 2, 2015) WHAT: Pink Shirt Day is a national

campaign aimed to raise awareness about the power to prevent bullying. Facebook: www.facebook.com/

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(Week 10, Term 3, 2015) WHAT: The United Nations’ (UN)

International Day of Peace is celebrated on September 21 each year to recognize the efforts of those who have worked hard to end conflict and promote peace. The International Day of Peace is also a day of ceasefire, personal or political. www.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/international-peace-day

Youth Week Aotearoa WHEN: Monday 18th May - Friday 22nd May

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Universal Children’s Day WHEN: Friday 20th November

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Name Regions Phone/Mobile Fax EmailChristina BarruelHead of Peace EducationPri/Sec

Auckland, Coromandel, Waikato, Hawkes Bay

09 373 2379027 272 9331

09 379 2668 [email protected]

Annalie SieberhagenPeace Education Programmes Administrator

All regional programme inquiries 09 373 2379 09 379 2668 [email protected]

Gillian TaskerPri/Sec

Taranaki, Wellington, Manawatu/Wanganui

04 475 9770021 023 32765

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Andrea O’HaganPri/Sec/PP/PTCP

Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Waikato 07 307 9085027 711 2072

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Northland, Far North 09 434 0135027 542 3665

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Tracy ScottPri/Sec

South Island 021 055 9575 [email protected]

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National 09 373 2379 [email protected]

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Stage 2: Defining the Problem

➠ “Who would like to speak first?”

To Disputant going 2nd:

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➠ Ask 1st disputant …

“Please tell us what happened. How are you feeling about this?”

Mediator summarises …

Example: “So you are feeling … because …”

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➠ Ask 1st disputant … then ask the 2nd disputant:

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LTPM (LEADERSHIP THROUGH PEER Mediation) is a secondary student peer mediation programme run by The Peace Foundation and is available to schools throughout New Zealand. LEADR members make a valuable contribution to the programme by coaching students in mediation skills and sharing their experience. Christina Barruel, Head of Peace Education for The Peace Foundation, comments that “secondary school training with LEADR trained adult mediators acting as mentors, coaches and storytellers, is very inspiring and beneficial for the student participants”.

Coaching for the programme provides valuable experience for coaches as well as the students. LEADR trainer and LtPM coach Anna Quinn says “Mentoring students is an excellent way for LEADR mediators to develop their own skills both in coaching and gaining more experience with mediation in a different context”. LEAdR accredited mediator and three times LtPM coach William Hursthouse says “It is inspiring to see so many young people genuinely interested in acquiring conflict resolution skills. The speed at which they integrate the new information is wonderful to watch”. LEADR recognises coaching with the LtPM programme as professional development,

which contributes to CPD (Continued Professional Development) requirements.

Teaching mediation in the school environment is a way LEADR members can really make a difference. developing young people’s skills in managing conflict helps students now and contributes to building future generations skilled at navigating conflict and understanding mediation. Anna says that "Involvement in this programme is also a lovely way to give back and invest in the future of our local community”. William comments “I think all the students who go through the LtPM training come away with an understanding of how important it is to think of what might be going on beneath what is said in conflict, and gain some skill at getting down to that. They also gain a truly impressive tolerance and respect for diversity”.

The idea of involving adult LEADR trained mediator coaches for LtPM training in New Zealand came from Janine Edge of TalkingWorks in the U.K. Janine provides the same adult coaching and mentoring opportunity for secondary students involved in the TalkingWorks programme. This involves professional mediators and lawyers from the school community where the training is being held. Janine comments

“this is the secret to the success of effective mediation skills training and provides students with new career aspirations”.

NB With a membership of 2,700 across New Zealand, Australia and the Asia Pacific, LEADR is Australasia's largest membership organisation for dispute resolution practitioners. LEADR promotes use of mediation and dispute resolution and supports members with information and development. LEADR began training New Zealand mediators in 1996 and LEADR training is internationally recognised. LEADR has been accrediting mediators for over 15 years. LEADR mediator accreditation is widely recognised in both New Zealand and Australia.

LEADR Supports The Peace Foundation’s LtPM Training for Secondary School Students (Published in the May issue of LEADR’s Update newsletter)

LEADR members, supporters, and students at the Mount Roskill Grammar School Advanced training

held in March 2014.

Mediationworks 2014 spring edition

Documents

Transcript of Mediationworks 2014 spring edition