After our 2 day PD session on restorative practice in the holidays there have been ideal situations for me to trial some of the restorative practices we learnt.
On day 1 of this term while on a lunch time duty I dealt with a boy, who was brand new that day to our school, that had been hit by a another boy. I seized the moment and got all boys involved to sit down in a circle on the school field (it just so happened when I walked the boy who had been hitting/pinching to the other boys they were all together on the field). We had an impromptu circle time on the field!
This worked and gave each child their turn to speak and then apologise.
Just today I tried a discussion with a boy in my class who had had two perfect morning blocks but went a little 'sideways' during the library this afternoon. I was completely perplexed?!
After attempting a restorative chat and having him shrugging his shoulders all the way through I am not 100% convinced these restorative chats work for him right now. I am going to persist because I believe in the long run it will work but in the meantime I think I need to do more work around apologies and feelings - getting chn to explain how they are feeling and why.
This works for most chn in my class but there is small bunch who need to express their feelings better.
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