WARRM conversations

At Mount Ridley College, we foster a Restorative Justice approach when incidences arise and harm is caused. Below are a set of questions to guide a discussion you can have with someone when conflict has occurred or a person has been harmed. This is called a WARRM conversation. These questions are based around the philosophy of Restorative Justices and aim to provide children the opportunity to reflect on their behaviour and provide them with strategies to help repair the harm or damage caused. These questions have been developed to promote responsibility without blame or shame imposed on the person. They aim to help change behaviours, strengthen relationships and reinforce positive behaviours.

Restorative WARRM Conversation Questions:

W – WHAT HAPPENED?
What happened? How did it happen?

A – AFFECT
What were you thinking/feeling when you.....? What were you thinking about at the time? Who has been affected by what you did/In what ways? Was what happened fair to them? Was what happened the right thing?

R – REFLECT
What have you thought about since?

R – REPAIR
What needs to happen to make things right? How will this help put things right? When can this happen?

M – MOVING ON
How can we make sure this doesn’t happen again? What would be a good plan/agreement if this happened again?

We use a template like this one:

Warm Conversation Agreement

Parties: _________________________ and _________________________

The purpose of a WARRM conversation is to allow participants to have a say, to allow participants to be accountable for their actions, and to take the steps necessary to repair the harm caused to a relationship.

As a result of the WARRM conversation, the following actions have been agreed to:

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

I, _____________________ agree to the above actions:

Signature:

I, _____________________ agree to the above actions:

Signature:

Teacher who held the WARRM Conversation: ____________________

Date: ______________________