Restorative Practices ....

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WHAT ARE RESTORATIVE PRACTICES?

Restorative practices are innovative ways to:

* build communities of care around students whilst               not condoning harmful behaviour. In other words, supporting people to take responsibility for their actions and repair any harm that has been done.

* recognise and encourage the contridutions that staff, parents, carers and the community make in promoting healthy relationships that enable better behaviour and better learning in our schools.

* involve all those affected by the conflict to find a way forward reducing anger and resentments.

BENEFITS TO THE WHOLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY

Restorative practices can help our school by:

* making it a safer, happier place where your childrens' talents can be recognised and rewarded.

* raising attendance.

* providing greater opportunities for support and mediation when conflict occurs.

* creating bully awareness and working towards a bully free zone.

OUR SCHOOL NEEDS YOU!

Make our school more restorative by encouraging your children to:

* try to see situations from the other person's point of view.

* pay closer attention to what people say to them and show that they are actively listening.

* talk to others without sarcasm or put-downs.

* express their feelings more often.

* offer their support to other pupils through friendship or buddy program.

* talk about how we can 'repair the harm'.

* use restorative language
      e.g: 'tell me what happened?'

          Instead of blaming:

'who has been affected by this behaviour?'
'how can we repair the harm?

Students involved in an incident all have an opportunity to talk about what happened in a conference.

Each student has an opportunity to express their feelings, discuss how they were harmed and how the harm could be repaired.

We work through the conferencing process until we reach a point of agreement and a sense of fairness and justice from all involved.