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Resources developed by Peacemakers to support peace education in schools.

Learning for Peace

Learning for Peace includes a book and online resources for primary schools wanting to bring fresh approaches to pupils’ Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development. SMSC dovetails with the core ideas of Education for Peace which are presented through 5 themes – Inner Peace, Peaceful Choices, Peaceful Actions and Behaviours; Peaceful Relationships and Peaceful Communities.

Click here to view the resources which accompany the book.

The book and online resources costs £30 plus P&P, £20 per copy if you buy 3 or more.

Invoice – if your school would like an invoice, please email us with your contact information and purchase order number.

Quaker meetings: in May 2016 we wrote to all Quaker meetings in England inviting them to buy Learning for Peace as a gift for their local primary school. Local meetings can still order books for this purpose. Contact us for details.

Find out more about the book and read reviews here Find out about Learning for Peace staff training here

Magic Carpet

Our Magic Carpet is made of high quality cotton and has been designed by children. The 'carpet' is used at the end of our Peacemaker sessions to affirm a person. If you're lucky enough to get on the Magic Carpet, people share positive thoughts and comments about you. Our free Magic Carpet resource and template certificate can be downloaded from our resources page.

Our Magic Carpets cost £20 each.

Restorative Prompt Cards

These gorgeous cards are conveniently sized to fit in a wallet, lanyard or back pocket. They are made from plastic and are really durable. For those of you who have had the Peacemakers Restorative Training, this is a lovely tool for you to have and keep.

Buy a pack of 10 cards for £5.00

RESTORE

Activities to support groups of children and young people experiencing the impacts of the pandemic, or times of uncertainty. The activities are organised around the acronym Recognition, Empathy, Safety, Trauma, Opportunities and Engagement.

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

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Click here to contribute towards the cost of these resources. We recommend a donation of £5 for the RESTORE resources and 99p for the chatterboxes.
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Physical and Emotional Safety Story Cubes

Story Cubes for Storytelling

Junior Peacemakers Workshop Guide

A toolkit full of ideas and activities to help you run your own Junior Peacemakers one day workshop for Primary pupils. There are 6 themes to choose from [Refugee Issues, WW1, Climate Justice, Anti-bullying, Making a Difference, Healthy Schools] and lots of advice on how to set up and run the day. Whether you are a classroom teacher looking to run an off-timetable day, a facilitator wanting to offer a workshop to local schools or you have access to a venue that you can invite school groups too, you will find support in this resource. Free to download.

Junior Peacemakers Workshop Guide

Download Junior Peacemakers Workshop Guide here

Make a donation

Donations are used to help pay for our work with children and young people in the West Midlands. We recommend a donation of £10 for this resource. Thank You.

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Peer Mediation Resources

Resources to help you prepare for Peer Mediation and inspire you to set up a scheme in your school.

Preparing for Mediation

Free Classroom Resources

Some of our favourite games and activities for you to try.

Chatterboxes

Chatterboxes can be used as conversation starters in the classroom. We use them in Peacemaker circles. Play a game to mix up everyone in the class and then give a chatterbox to groups of 4 children. Let them play a few rounds and have a discussion, then gather their thoughts and ideas.

Anger Chatterbox

A useful way of starting discussions with the class about anger.

Check In Chatterbox

Great for helping people get to know each other better.

Circle Games Chatterbox

Use this chatterbox as a choice maker with your class to decide which game to play next. The instructions for all the games are on this page.

Chatterbox Home 1

Chatterbox Home 3

Chatterbox School 2

Chatterbox School 1

Games and Activities

Some of our favourite activities for you to enjoy! Adapt according to age and needs of your class.

Activities to help Regulate, Relate and Reason

To support young people when they are feeling overwhelmed.

Pass the Plant Pots

Popular game for team building.

Tongue Twisters

Try these tongue twisters. Great as energisers.

Grounding Activities

These quick activities use the senses or things you can touch to help move through distress.

Circle Mayhem

Not as chaotic as it sounds! Great for encouraging good eye contact and cooperation.

The Sun Shines on You

Great game for mixing and an excellent ice breaker. Works with children and adults of all ages!

Here I Sit

For mixing up the circle and encouraging children to include everyone in the class.

Greetings your Majesty

Great game for calming an active classroom and developing listening skills.

Bus Stop

How do we make choices and what influences our decisions? Play Bus Stop and explore this with your pupils.

Fives and Cooperative Fives

Two versions of Fives, one competitive and one cooperative. Uses concentration, looking, listening and cooperation skills.

Postie

Mixer game that uses listening, memory and participation skills

Sentence Starters: How would you feel...?

Sentences to help children develop their emotional vocabularies

Hi Hi Hi Game

Junior Peacemakers Workshop Guide Climate Justice peace, sustainability & rights- activity 5 - Learning from others

Affirmation

Affirmation activities help raise the self-esteem of pupils in your class. Try them at the end of the day or at the end of the week.

Magic Carpet

Give your pupils the chance to feel 'magical' by affirming them on the Magic Carpet.

Magic Carpet Certificate

Template certificate for you to download and edit.

Posters

Posters for your staffroom or classroom wall.

A Tale of Two Schools

How to have a Restorative Chat

Adult Peer Mediation Flowchart

Child Peer Mediation Flowcart

Two Mules Poster - English

Two Mules Poster - Welsh

Session Plans

Plans and resources to help circle time stay focused and purposeful.

Staying Safe Online: Circle Sessions (Primary)

Peacemakers Antibullying Pack for Schools

This version can be printed as an A5 booklet. In your printer settings select double-sided, print by short edge.

Peacemakers Antibullying Pack for Schools - online

This version contains hyperlinks to featured websites and resources

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In Focus - Resource Sheets

These information sheets contain links to resources to support discussions about peace through different themes.

Refugee Week 2022

Opportunities for teaching and learning

In Focus - Fairtrade

Birmingham’s Peace Hub regularly campaigns on Fairtrade issues and gets involved with Fairtrade Fortnight in February/March. Here we share opportunities for teaching and learning about fairness and trade justice.

In Focus - Teaching Controversial Issues

Talking to children and young people about what is happening in the world today, the stories they are hearing and the images they are seeing, can be challenging...

In Focus - Climate Change

Looking at opportunities for teaching and learning about Climate Change and its connection to peace.

In Focus - Summer of Sport

Activities and resources for celebrating a summer of sport in your school.

In Focus - Restorative Approaches

Looking at what we mean by restorative approaches, and offering some resources to get you started.

Video Resources

Watch how to play Peacemaker games and hear young people talking about our work.

Peace in the News

Articles and reports about Peacemakers, peace education and restorative approaches in schools.

Every school in Britain should have peer mediators, Quakers say

A grant from the Sir James Reckitt Charitable Trust has allowed a new post of peer mediation national co-ordinator for Quakers in Britain to be created to engage schools directly, offer capacity building and advice.

Peace at the Heart

A new report from Quakers in Britain examines the use of peaceful and just learning environments to tackle the problems facing British school children, from mental ill-health to violence.
11th May 2022

How to turn a school around with love: ‘People are so very grateful that we care’

The Guardian 16th April 2022

Pupils say no to conflict in films that show power of peace

Burton Mail 17th March 2022

Watch as Burton children talk about peace and say no to war

Staffordshire Live 15th March 2022

Restorative Justice in UK schools ‘could help reduce exclusions’

The Guardian 29th December 2017

Relationships Matter: Peace Education for spiritual, moral, social and cultural development

Sam Spencer and Amanda Lees. RE Today, Autumn 2017, Vol 35, Number 1.

Addressing Blame and Blame culture in Schools

Teach Primary, February 2018

Positive Peace Report 2018

Report from the Institute for Economics & Peace

Peace Perceptions Poll 2018

Shares the views of 100,000+ people around experiences and responses to violent conflict.

Recommended Books

Getting More Out of Restorative Practice in Schools

Practical Approaches to Improve School Wellbeing and Strengthen Community Engagement

Edited by Margaret Thorsborne, Nancy Riestenberg and Gillean McCluskey. Foreword by Fania Davis.

Drawing from a range of perspectives and settings, this edited collection provides different ways that restorative practice can be implemented in schools. This guide addresses issues such as poverty, trauma, implicit bias and family engagement to offer strategies that can really benefit schools' and restorative practitioners' work with children.

Buy from Jessica Kingsley

How to be a Peaceful School: Practical ideas, stories and inspiration

Promote peace at school with this practical guide, which provides a simple four step system for improving wellbeing and nurturing the potential of pupils and staff. It is full of easy-to-implement anti-stress and anti-bullying strategies, plus ideas for getting children interested in peace on a global level. This book includes a chapter from Peacemakers. Published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers (JKP). Buy through JKP and you can get 10% off, by using the discount code: Y18.

Buy from Jessica Kingsley

Faith and Experience in Education: Essays from Quaker perspectives

This book emerges from a deep concern about the direction of educational policy in the last decade and its effects on children, teachers and school leaders. It addresses contemporary educational issues from the perspectives of justice, peace, equality and truth, and is informed by Quaker approaches to these values. It presents a coherent approach to education, including subject teaching, that resonates with the authors' deep integrity in practice and in making sense of education. The book includes a chapter from Peacemakers.

Buy from Trentham Books

The idea that sustainable peace can be encouraged via how and what we learn is known as peace education. This is not a rigid framework or set of curriculum guidelines. Rather, it's a way of approaching teaching which is defined by its human-centred ethos and emphasis on creating well-rounded learners. Peace education is globally recognised as a way to contribute to peace and development and is included in the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. The European Union - a key actor in social policy, development and conflict resolution - is ideally placed to support and promote the use of peace education around the world.

In Peace Education: Making the case, QCEA's Peace Programme argues for a multi-layered approach to peace education on the part of the EU, with a cohesive, coordinated strategy for peace education as a peacebuilding and conflict prevention tool across relevant EU policies and programmes - both within its borders and around the world. With an exploration of the history of peace education, as well as case studies and institutional analysis, our new report encourages the EU to recognise what Quakers have understood for centuries - that peace is built in the classroom, as well as around a negotiating table.

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Useful Websites

Other organisations doing work in the pursuit of peace and peace education.

Central England Quakers

Our parent charity, the CEQ coordinates work on Quaker's concerns in the Midlands.

Peace Hub

The Peace Hub is a shop-style space, focused on peace & justice. Peacemakers shares a building with the Peace Hub.

The Priory Rooms

The Priory Rooms is a conference venue in Birmingham City Centre. It has a strong commitment to ethical and sustainable business, in line with Quaker values.

EcoBirmingham - Inspiring Positive Action

Created in 2009 as Northfield Ecocentre, a project of Central England Quakers, we became an independent charity in July 2018, allowing us to grow our work across the city. Our work continues to be inspired by the Quaker values of equality and justice; peace; truth and integrity; simplicity and sustainability.

Quakers in the World

Quakers have a long tradition of being active in, and seeking to make a difference to, the world in which they find themselves. In their actions they seek to put Quaker testimonies such as equality, peace and integrity into practice, as best they can. This website aims to bring together the many different ways in which they have done this, all over the world.

Peer Mediation Network

A network of organisations and practitioners working on peace education. Peacemakers is a member of this network.

Peace Education Network

The Peace Education Network is a national UK network that brings together people and organisations committed to education for peace. Peacemakers is a member of this network.

The Forgiveness Project

The Forgiveness Project shares stories of forgiveness in order to build hope, empathy and understanding. It collects and shares stories from individuals and communities who have rebuilt their lives following hurt and trauma.

Restorative Justice Council

The RJC is the independent third sector membership body for the field of restorative practice. It provides quality assurance and a national voice advocating the widespread use of all forms of restorative practice, including restorative justice. Peacemakers has an accredited RJ practitioner on its team and offers RJ accredited training.

The Anglican Pacifist Fellowship

The Anglican Pacifist Fellowship is a body of people within the Anglican Communion who reject war as a means of solving international disputes, and believe that peace and justice should be sought through non-violent means.

Fellowship of Reconciliation

FoR is an international movement of people who commit themselves to active nonviolence as a way of life and as a means of personal, social, economic and political transformation.

Movement for the Abolition of War

The Movement for the Abolition of War is:
- a civil society movement which challenges popular thinking about the acceptability of war and raises awareness of constructive alternatives
- non-partisan, of all political and religious persuasions or none
- organised and run entirely by volunteers

Peaceful Schools Movement

The Peaceful Schools Movement in the UK is a network of schools and organisations steered by the Peaceful Schools Strategy Group.

Pax Christi

Our vision is of a world where people can live in peace, without fear of violence in any form. Pax Christi is rooted in Catholic Christianity but is open to all who share its values and work.

Peace Pledge Union

The Peace Pledge Union is the oldest secular pacifist organisation in Britain. Since 1934 it has been campaigning for a warless world.

Quakers in Britain - Peace Education

Quakers challenge the promotion of war and violence. Instead we promote education rooted in positive peace and in justice. We work with educators, volunteers and partners to develop and share creative peace education resources and practice.

The Peace Museum

The Peace Museum explores the history and the often untold stories of peace, peacemakers, social reform and peace movements. It occupies three small galleries in one of Bradford’s many fine Victorian buildings. It is unique in that it is the only accredited museum of its kind in the UK.

The Hope Project

The Hope Project is an agency which used to offer consultancy and training in peace building skills and the creative handling of conflict.

Anna Freud - National Centre for Children and Families

The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families is a children’s mental health charity with over 60 years’ experience of caring for young minds. Our vision is a world in which children and their families are effectively supported to build on their own strengths to achieve their goals in life

Stop Bullying in Brum

The Bullying Reduction Action Group (BRAG) is an inter-agency group of anti-bullying providers, educators, health services, police, schools, early years settings, community, youth and third sector organisations who work together to prevent and tackle bullying of all children in Birmingham. Peacemakers is a member of BRAG.

Oasis Inspire

Inspire is inviting discussion around peace, stimulated by the centenary of the end of WW1. Inspire is a call to action - to create a movement of change agents; young people who not only learn from the past but choose to courageously engage with the present so that the future can be different.

Network for Peace

Network for Peace was set up to continue the work of the National Peace Council, one of the oldest peace organisations in the UK. We are an organisation-based network, most members are groups who are working for peace, disarmament, or similar.

Forces Watch

ForcesWatch scrutinises the ethics of armed forces recruitment practices and challenges efforts to embed militarist values in civilian society.

Rethinking Security

Rethinking Security is a network of organisations, academics and activists who share a concern about the current approach to national security in the UK and beyond.

The beauty of diversity

For #ScienceWeek2021, we worked with @_CRESST to devise an activity for Key Stage 2 children. It will help your class re-connect and build their relationships, whilst exploring, discovering and experimenting.