by IainW | Mar 29, 2016 | Education
A year six boy had been putting other students down and using racist language on a continual basis. Other students reported that one female student was very distressed. When the female student was questioned she said he had been putting her down for over a year. The...
by IainW | Mar 29, 2016 | Education
I’ve been using circles with my Year 9 and 10 Spanish classes. At the start of class, we form a circle and start off with a ‘well-being’ or ‘personal interest’ type of question (in Spanish). Each student asks the person next to them the...
by IainW | Mar 29, 2016 | Education
My six year old piped up at dinner one night with “we had a restorative practice today!” With gentle questioning his story unfolded about one of his classmates pushing another into a cubby hole in the cloakroom. When the teacher was told about the incident the next...
by IainW | Mar 21, 2016 | Community
Community circles are an opportunity to make connections with other people living in our neighbourhood and to have conversations about the challenges and opportunities available. Community Circles are an opportunity to work together to create the neighbourhood we...
by IainW | Mar 21, 2016 | Community, Front Page
We were pleased to be involved in transforming conflict within a pensioner housing complex and with staff of the Whanganui District Council. In 2015, the Whanganui District Council committed to the “Towards a Restorative City” vision through their “Leading Edge”...
