As part of our PSHE work, and to encourage children to learn strategies for keeping themselves and each other safe, we also use a mentor strategy. A selection of year six pupils are trained as mentors. They run sessions through the year for pupils in key stage two.
Each session a bystander approach to help prevent bullying. It helps children to put themselves in the place of victims and perpetrators and then help their classmates to think about the right thing to do, whilst learning how to keep themselves safe in difficult situations.
What does the role involve?
Children receive training led by Mr Scott. The children learn to think of resolutions to situations and learn about the rights of a child and how to support peers.
Over the year, the mentors will then be involved in delivering lessons, in which they present scenarios to their classmates and then help them to come to the right resolution.
They will help promote positive role models who are empowered to support and challenge peers.