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Conflict and disagreement are part of life, and sometimes we need help to make peace. Peer mediators are there to help young children and young people around the school respond to conflict. When we’re on duty, other pupils can come and find us if they experience a on it. We have to be calm and patient. It’s about listening really well to what everyone involved has to say we stay impartial. We don’t take sides. We respect people’s privacy. We keep everything we’ve been told in peer mediation a secret, unless we think anyone is at risk of harm. We help people in conflict find their own solutions. We enjoy being peer mediators because we like to help people. Our teachers say that peer mediation helps them because they don’t need to sort any problems after a break. We’ve noticed breaktimes and lunchtimes are less stressful since introducing peer mediation the difference mediation makes to our whole school. As we are learning skills to solve problems and improve relationships. To become peer mediators we had training from Scottish mediation, which really helped us develop the skills.The best part of training was the game we played to control our emotions and not there. Other skills you’d use peer mediation because it made skill a happier place. Find out more at Scottish mediation.org.uk slash young talk.