This is the product of a budding, young film director, Rachael Bigelow, a 3rd year student at AUT studying a Bachelor of Communication, majoring in television.
Rachael's decision to support The Peace Foundation with her documentary film project on Cool Schools, has resulted in this great resource for primary schools implementing the programme.
This 10 minute informative film features a small team of eight Year 7 and 8 peer mediators from Stanhope Road School in the Auckland suburb of Ellerslie. Elijah and Sharon, two student mediators, guide us through the steps of becoming a mediator and what is involved - including everything from application to mediating in the playground.
This DVD is highly recommended as a training resource for primary Cool Schools Co-ordinators who are training student peer mediators. It is also a valuable resource to show teachers so that they are reminded about the role of a mediator.
