ABSTRACT
The detail of how to establish and run Circle Time in the secondary school is given in Part II of this book: The Practice. There you will find many ideas for games, scripts and activities. Here it is enough to point out that the circle meeting has structures and strategies that encourage the development of positive relationships, selfdiscipline, self-regulating behaviour, conflict resolution, assertive communication and democratic group process alongside the skills of speaking, listening, observing, thinking and concentrating. The meeting takes place usually once a week to consider issues relating to personal, social and moral education and matters of whole-school concern.
