Restorative Justice Champions
Restorative Justice Champions
"Be A Buddy Not a Bully!"
Our Anti-Bullying Mission at St Michael's
Our school is a place where everyone feels safe and accepted and has a sense of belonging. All staff, children and the local community will work in collaboration to prevent all forms of bullying. At St Michael's we “value the uniqueness of every person in our Catholic Christian Community, realising that every one of us is created in God’s likeness.”
We will not tolerate bullying of any kind by adult or children. We believe that:
- Our Christian faith teaches us that each person is made in the image of God and therefore bullying is unacceptable.
- Pupils develop best in a secure and safe environment.
Work together to help those children who experience bullying at school.
At St Michael's the children also agreed that our mission would include the following:
- We stand up for each other
- Everyone is treated fairly and equally
- Be more inclusive not exclusive
- Be kind and help others
- Be mature and respect others
- Be a good listener
- To build good relationships with others around the school
Roles and Responsibilities
Our Restorative Justice champions will take their role very seriously and ensure that they:
Help spread the ethos of anti-bullying across the school and in the community.
Make sure they are aware of what bullying is and how we can fairly tackle any issues of bullying.
- Ensure that all children understand what ‘bullying’ is
- Ensuring that pupils know what to do if they are being bullied or know someone else who is e.g. go to teacher, Restorative Justice Champion.
- Setting up Peer Mentoring, Restorative Justice ambassadors or similar schemes
- Ensure that Anti-bullying week (or friendship week) is celebrated, that pupils are involved in planning activities
- Promoting positive friendships and healthy relationships
- Giving students a voice on bullying and prejudice issues e.g. via school council and Anti Bullying meetings
- Bullying on social media – originating from outside the school – and how to respond to this
Meet our Restorative Justice Champions
Our champions consist of KS1 and KS2 children who were elected by their classmates to foster and promote a welcoming environment for all children in our school.
Year 6: Cameron and Lovleen
Year 5: Rachel and Nehemiah
Year 4: Praise and Jesse
Year 3: Cindy and Freddie
Year 2: Oreoluwa and Harlowe
Year 1: Jasmine and Zara
Anti- Bullying Week 11th - 15th November 2024
2024 Theme
Odd Socks Day 2024 - Tuesday 12th November 2024
Term 1 meetings
This year, the champions are focusing on choosing respect. To begin, a team meeting was held to educate the children about their roles as RJCs. The children were supplied with resources to hand out to a member of their class, once a week, to celebrate someone who has shown kindness and respect to them. The shooting stars will be displayed on the RJC board.
Next Term, the RJCs will be leading an Anti-Bullying Assembly for all their peers. In this assembly, they will educate their peers on how to sustain a friendly school.
In addition to the assembly, the whole school will be engaging in activities on Odd Socks Day scheduled for the 12th of November 2024.
Kindness Every day presentation to the team
Term 2 Meetings
This term, we have adopted the theme of Choosing Respect as a whole-school approach to eliminating bullying and fostering a positive school culture.
On November 7th, 2024, the Restorative Justice Champions (RJC) met to plan the upcoming Anti-Bullying Week and Kindness Day activities.
The following day, November 8th, the RJC lead met with the school Governor to share the initiatives and strategies being implemented to address bullying within our school community.
As part of our Anti-Bullying Week celebrations, on November 12th, we participated in Odd Socks Day, encouraging students to wear mismatched socks as a fun way to celebrate individuality and embrace differences.
On Kindness Day, November 13th, our Key Stage 1 (KS1) students joined a World Kindness Day conference call. They learnt that kindness is free, that working together is key to spreading kindness, and that respecting and valuing each other's differences is essential.
A recorded version of the call was shown to Key Stage 2 (KS2), who learnt that empathy is an important way of working together to promote kindness in our school community.