COVID-19 Response

We all have this one issue in common right now: the pandemic of Covid 19, how it affects us and how we respond to it in our personal lives, our work settings, in our schools and shared spaces. We are all in the same storm, though as someone pointed out, we are not all in the same boat.

Peacemakers works closely with a number of schools and has been very aware of the challenges they are facing. How do we deal with the many, varied and strong needs that are coming together in classrooms, staff-rooms, corridors and playgrounds?

Peacemakers has been thinking about this from a peace/restorative perspective with a like-minded group of collaborators. RESTORE is the fruit of this work. Working together has been a wonderful experience of co-operation and shared experience and expertise. We hope it is a useful contribution. More can be found at www.restoreourschools.com.

Our work in Schools

If any school would like to discuss how RESTORE might look in their school, and training or resources available, then please look at our pages ‘What We Do’ on this website to see if anything would help or email [email protected].

We are working in several schools during this time and have adapted our training to be COVID-safe. Our risk assessment is here:

Covid19 Risk Assessment for Work in Schools [Aut 2020]

We are also offering online training for adults in schools, so please keep an eye on our events pages.

Resources

We have put these resources together which offer circle sessions using the RESTORE theme. They are free to download, however if you are able to make a contribution towards the cost of putting it together, or towards our work in general, then your donation will be gratefully received. Thank you.

RESTORE Circle time sessions to support primary pupils during COVID-19

Ideas and activities to support pupils now and when they come back into school.

RESTORE Activities to support secondary pupils during COVID-19
Donate

Click here to make a contribution towards the cost of this resource.Thank you

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As a small contribution for these difficult times, we are also making the pdf of our popular resource for primary schools, Learning for Peace, available free as a pdf download. It is full of games and activities for social and emotional learning.

Learning for Peace

The guide is built around the concept of a spiral curriculum, visiting themes relevant to SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural) development at different ages and with varied complexity and depth. It includes ‘Big Questions’, games and activities to stimulate the discussion, the practice and the reflection that is important to the development of the whole child; head, heart and hands or what they think, feel and do.

Click here for other free resources.

Sara Hagel
Director, Peacemakers

41 Bull St
Birmingham
B4 6AF

Email: [email protected]