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Supporting Our Students

Our school supports the contribution that each member of the school community makes in helping us to realise our
mission. We view the development of positive self-esteem as essential for our students.

Restorative Practice

Restorative Practice (RP) is a strategy that seeks to repair relationships that have been damaged, including those
damaged through bullying. It does this by bringing about a sense of remorse and restorative action on the part of
the offender and forgiveness by the victim
Royal School Cavan is formally moving towards a restorative school. All staff will take a restorative approach to
resolving conflict and preventing harm if both parties agree and the nature of the misbehaviour is not sufficiently
objectionable. Restorative approaches enable those who have been harmed to convey the impact of the harm to
those responsible, and for those responsible to acknowledge this impact and take steps to put it right.

When behavioural issues arise, we will use a restorative approach to solve behavioural issues to the greatest extent
that is practicable. This includes the use of the following restorative questions, which seek to make visible the
underlying causes of an incident and thus offer hope of a permanent solution.

When challenging behaviour:
What happened? Who has been affected and in what way?
What were you thinking of at the time? How could things have been done differently?
What have you thought about it since? What do you think needs to happen next?
The type of interventions/consequences that will be implemented is dependent on the behaviour being encountered
and the extent to which the parties involved are willing to engage with Restorative Practice. We aim to use RP as far
as practicable to help select mutually agreed interventions/consequences. This is to ensure that all parties can move
forward with the best possible learning attitude. Nevertheless, should this approach be unsuccessful; or should the
nature of the misbehaviour be sufficiently objectionable, the school reserves the right to use all other sanctions as
stated in our Code of Behaviour, up to and including expulsion.

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