Restorative Practice
The adults and children work ‘with’ each other so the whole school community can succeed
Relationships
Strong relationships mean there is a culture of belonging that has had a significant impact on the wellbeing of staff and students in our school.
This is because everyone is valued and listened to. We work hard at prioritising the building, maintaining and repairing of relationships. Staff and children learn how to deal with conflict in a constructive way to promote self-regulation. Emotional literacy and communication skills are key to this.
High challenge & high support
Our expectations of all staff and students is of the highest standard.
We believe all students can achieve amazing things and therefore provide high levels of challenge both in terms of their learning in the classroom and their personal and character development.
This high challenge is followed by appropriate levels of support. Staff and students understand that we prioritise equity over equality so all can succeed.
Consistent learning environment
Expectations, routines and learning behaviours are consistent across classrooms.
Our ‘Wetherby Ways’ in the classroom involve relentless routines – these create a consistency of approach across our classrooms to support predictable high challenge. This gives children a clear sense of what is expected and reduces the need for explanations, which increases learning time. Our highly skilled staff that know each child well, know how to use relationships to support students in meeting these routines.
How the restorative approach benefits our students
- A feeling of belonging and acceptance
- A sense of school community all moving in the same direction
- Understanding how their actions can affect others
- Helps them to choose to and want to do the ‘right thing’
- Develops social and emotional literacy
- Develops character and a sense of civic responsibility
- Learn how to move through conflict constructively
