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Learning for Peace

Do you have a copy of our resource, Learning for Peace? If so, all the resources needed for the activities featured can be found here. We have organised them by section. We have also added some additional resources which have become available since the book was published. If you cannot find what you are looking for, then please contact office@peacemakers.org.uk.

Foundations for Peace

Part 1 of the book lays out some of the theory behind the approaches and activities. What is peace education? What is SMSC? What is the relationship between the two?
CPD Stimulus: What is a peaceful school? (Pg 9)

In 2013 Peacemakers co-hosted a conference with The Peaceful Schools Movement, bringing together teachers and other educators. This is a clip from the conference.

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CPD Stimulus: Building a Peaceful School (Pg 9)

John of Rolleston Primary School has been using Learning for Peace for several years. Watch this video to hear teachers and children talking about it.

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CPD Stimulus – Peace is not a dirty word (Pg 9)

This article was first published in the Development Education Association Journal in 2006. What is its relevance today?

CPD – positive and negative peace (Pg 9)

Use this template for discussions about positive and negative peace

Schools with Soul (Pg 24)

This Royal Society of Arts (RSA) report set out to explore the question – How can we ensure that schools across the UK prioritise the spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development of their students, alongside their academic development?

What’s already happening in school? An audit tool (Pg 24)

A suggested CPD activity for exploring where your school is at now, can be found in the Learning for Peace guide. You could also try this tool from Coventry City Council

Auditing SMSC (Pg 24)

A resource from the Times Educational Supplement

SMSC in the curriculum (Pg 25)

All curriculum areas can make a contribution to the student’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and opportunities for this can be planned in each area of the curriculum.

British Values and SMSC (Pg 25)

A guidance document on British values and SMSC has been produced by the Department for Education.

Peacemakers & Cambridge report (Pg 26)

Peacemakers commissioned an external evaluation of a two year project working in four Primary schools in Birmingham. The final report and the tools used can be found

Index for Inclusion (Pg 26)

A useful resource with checklists about life in school is Index for Inclusion by Tony Booth and Mel Ainscow

Pupil assessment form (Pg 27)

Example pupil self-assessment form that you can adapt

Long Term Peacemakers Pupil Evaluation (Pg 27)

An assessment form that you can adapt

Feedback Sandwich (Pg 27)

A visual way for pupils to offer feedback

Toolkit for Peace: Approaches & Games

Check In and Check Out Ideas (Pg 34)

Some Check In ideas for opening your circles and Check Out ideas for closing them

Cooperative Games

Ideas for games that use cooperation rather than competition

Philosophy for Children (P4C) (Pg 39)

P4C offers children the opportunity to learn through enquiry and the exploration of ideas. The techniques used introduce participants to the principle and practices of communities of philosophical enquiry. It is built around learning to question with others in ways that are Caring, Collaborative, Creative and Critical – the 4 Cs. Children learn that their ideas have value, and the ideas of other children have value too. Click here to learn more.

Mantle of the Expert (Pg 39)

This technique gives pupils a fictional ‘frame’ within which they can take responsibility for a situation. Pupils are given ‘expert’ information or they may research the information in advance. Participants assume responsibility for the activity. The situation is usually task orientated, power and responsibility move from teacher to pupils. The children are given a fictional ‘enterprise’ of some sort such as running a museum. They are given roles and put in ‘real –life’ situations.

Sorting cards (Pg 41)

Mystery Categories (Pg 41)

More games

Click here for descriptions and resources for more games that can be used in Peacemaker circles.

Activities: Developing Inner Peace

1.1 Magic carpet certificate

Download an A4 template here

1.7 Feeling Statements

1.8 Empathy through Images

Click here for some images that can be used to explore empathy via Twinkl (requires free sign-up to access)

1.9 I statements
I Statements

The Case Crusaders demonstrate how to use I statements

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1.10 Thoughts, Feelings, Behaviour

This handout can be used for exploring the relationship between thoughts, feelings and behaviour.

1.11 Backpack Affirmation

Activities: Peaceful Choices

2.2 Its not fair

Download a set of injury cards

2.4 Teng – to listen

2.6 Needs cards

2.7 Listen, remember, repeat

Download the story The School Trip

2.7 Listen, remember, repeat

Download Danny & Tom’s story

2.9 Rights and responsibilities

Download the rights and responsibiities card set here
2.10 Diamond Ranking

For this activity you can use the Needs Cards or the Rights and Responsibilities cards downloadable from this page

Activities: Peaceful Relationships

3.2 All of us and one of us

Activities to help regulate, relate and reason

3.3 Recipe for friendship

3.9 Rubbing out language

3.16 Cooperation donkeys

Activities: Peaceful Actions & Behaviours

4.2 What is Conflict?

See the two-headed monster on Sesame Street, talking about conflict

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4.4 Conflict escalator

Conflict Escalator

4.4 The Rucksack Conflict activity
4.5 Conflict – Being Stubborn

An animated version of the story ‘The Zax’ by Dr Seuss.

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4.6 Blaming Language

Blaming Language

4.6 Blame Game Cards

Activities: Peaceful Communities

5.6 Stereotypes

5.10 Kind thoughts

Big Questions

Inner Peace: Can you be too nice?

As well as the activities in Learning for Peace, you could use this picture book, Too Nice by Marjorie White Pellegrino. The link takes you to a free downloadable resource for use with the book, by the American Psychological Association

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Peaceful Choices: Six Blind Men and the Elephant
Peaceful Actions & Behaviours

Is it OK to fall out with someone? Use the a clip from Toy Story to explore an argument between Buzz and Woody.

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People making a difference

Peaceful Choices: Moral choice scenarios