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Mentoring the younger pupils?

Is anyone else doing a mentoring scheme, where you mentor the younger pupils and get a qualification at the same time?? If so whats the actual qualification you get??
I'm doing the scheme and actually can't wait! I'm hoping to be nicer than the 6th formers who were mentors for my class :biggrin:

Reply 1

Champagne Breakfast

16

Yes but no qualification.. how sad is that? Why would you want a qualification for mentoring first years?

Reply 2

Mustard-man

18

same, no qualification given

Reply 3

saiyamanadingdongbanana

I'm starting to mentor a SEN student next week and i cant wait! :biggrin:

but i dont know what qualification your talking about :frown:

Reply 4

rainy_skye

OP

hmm well i defo get a qualification i know its a level 2 in summin.... strange, when i fidn out exactly what it is i'l let ya know!

Reply 5

donvito

11

I'm doign this mentoring scheme thing, it runs up until May! Hopefully I get someone decent.

What are all your reasons for taking this up? I know why I am....it is purely UCAS driven...I suppose it would be good to help someone else but it is helping me more!!!! (i hope!)

Reply 6

Xx Tomásíona - Mháire xX

14

yeah I got to start this today...however we actually do have to see our 'charges' as they put it on a regular basis or it cannot be placed on our UCAS forms :frown:

xoxo

Reply 7

username5154

0

15

When I was in sixth form, we need to mentor year 7 students. That activity goes towards an ASDAN universities award to accredit extra curricular activities, citizenship, etc...

Reply 8

litispendence

1

I would have to loved to have done that, but I went to college. Shame.

Reply 9

rainy_skye

OP

my reasons for doing it, i thought it would actually be really kool to do it... sad i know, and plus looks good on your uni form thing, and if you get a qulaification will look good on job applications im guessing! and.... i dunno im thinkin it will be a laugh :biggrin:

Reply 10

veryrandom

10

I got a letter for doing that today... such a funny letter. Especially the last sentence 'you could be the most important thing in this year 7's life' and how you will 'worry for her' haha.

Reply 11

~nat~

1

i'm mentoring year 7 pupils at the moment, but not getting an award for it... I don't mind about that though, it's quite fun! They are so innocent :p:

Reply 12

Niaya

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LucyMP

I would have to loved to have done that, but I went to college. Shame.

Im at college to this is the first i've heard of these sort of things

Reply 13

sexysax

14

I didn't do that but I did a reading buddies course. It was fun

Reply 14

Xx Tomásíona - Mháire xX

14

Is anyone doing paired reading as well? when you help children become more fluent and confident with literacy? xoxo

Reply 15

mrs_bellamy

18

I'm gonna start metoring 'gifted and talented' kids at a primary school soon. I dunno who yet cos they're still trying to set it up, but my friend has two children she has to teach GCSE science to. Thats GCSE SCIENCE to PRIMARY SCHOOL children. There's also a boy trying to teach himself Italian who wants someone to help him. I never knew anyone who did anything like this at my primary school. It seems kind of weird, at that age they should be playing and having fun - what use is GCSE sciecne and Italian to them when they're below 11??? :confused:

Anyways, hopefully it'll be fun. I'm just worried that they'll be cleverer than me! :p:

Reply 16

Creative02

1

i got my mentor kiddies wen i was in lower 6th (4 gurls) n they are mad....n im upper 6th now and they hav grown so much over the summer.....

To be a mentor we had to have an all day talk from childline... was that the same with ya'll?? we got a booklet just but no quailification...they jus always said it was sumthing gud that we can put on our personal statements. :wink:

Reply 17

Champagne Breakfast

16

Creative02

i got my mentor kiddies wen i was in lower 6th (4 gurls) n they are mad....n im upper 6th now and they hav grown so much over the summer.....

To be a mentor we had to have an all day talk from childline... was that the same with ya'll?? we got a booklet just but no quailification...they jus always said it was sumthing gud that we can put on our personal statements. :wink:

Um.. no. We're sufficiently co-ordinated enough to go and speak to the mentees ourselves, make human conversation and sort out problems using our own initiative. What an odd school you must go to.

Why would you put this on a personal statement? How do you link it to university life/academia?

Reply 18

Creative02

1

i mean the talk was showing different ways of aproaching your mentor kiddies and how to focus and handle their problems...

How does your skool do it? :smile:

If your going into the fields of care, this is why u wud put it down on ur personal statement...

Reply 19

Champagne Breakfast

16

Creative02

i mean the talk was showing different ways of aproaching your mentor kiddies and how to focus and handle their problems...

How does your skool do it? :smile:

If your going into the fields of care, this is why u wud put it down on ur personal statement...

My school selects mentors, pairs you up with mentees who are best suited to your personality, and quickly tell you your role - be a friendly face, talk to them, if they have any problems sort them out. Simple as that, the rest is left down to us, and occasionally we meet to discuss major problems and how to deal with them. It doesn't require training!!

I understand now about the personal statement - I thought you were saying it was useful for other non-related subjects as well and was wondering how I could use it.

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