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Rotary Helps Harleston Pupils in UK Become PeaceJam Ambassadors |
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Posted 12/23/2012 at 8:30 AM by Kate C in Project News
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Pupils from Archbishop Sancroft High School in Harleston receive their PeaceJam awards from Pat Webb, past president of Harleston Rotary Club, and the club's district governor of District 1080, Trevor Sayer. Photograph Simon Parker
Fran Cox, Alex Scott, Tom Bacon, Shanice Homer, Harvey Miller, Ben Schofield, Iain Symon and Izzy Sieveking were presented with their certificates at a celebration assembly at Archbishop Sancroft High School in Harleston yesterday.
Members of Harleston Rotary Club have been training the youngsters to become ambassadors for PeaceJam – an international education programme which aims to increase young people’s awareness of global issues around violence, racism, war and peace, and develops their problem solving and conflict resolution skills to bring about more peace in their schools, communities and the world.
Assistant headteacher Rob Connelly said: “We became involved with PeaceJam as it is an opportunity to widen and increase our students’ understanding of conflict and conflict resolution within society and the importance of addressing these issues.
“It’s fantastic the students have given up so much of their own time for such a worthwhile project and their ongoing commitment demonstrates the strong sense of community within the school.”
Archbishop Sancroft is the first state school in England to have this link with PeaceJam through the Rotary Club. Eventually the Harleston youngsters will train others to become peace ambassadors.
According to Pat Webb, the Rotary Club’s PeaceJam co-ordinator for the district, who has been training them since September, “When they leave school, hopefully the skills they have learned will help them in the wider world.”
She said they had learned about listening to people, being impartial, watching what they say so they don’t inflame a situation and body language, so they’re in the middle sorting out conflicts without taking sides and so they know what to do if they are in a situation where a mediator is needed. |
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