St Aloysius RC Primary School, Camden, partnered with Faithfull & Gould
Background to the scheme
Age of students - 8 to 11 year olds (each
volunteer works with 2 students)
Sessions - Weekly for 30 minutes
Length of partnership - 3 years
Impact of the scheme
- Class teachers report that students are more confident and
contribute more in discussion
- Student progress data shows that students have reached their
targets and some have exceeded them
- Students enjoy the interaction and are more open to
learning
- Students gain confidence and learn to correct mistakes without
feeling under pressure
- Students feel special being part of the scheme
Comments from volunteers include:
"I thoroughly enjoy the volunteer work and am genuinely
disappointed when I have to miss a session due to work
pressures."
"Working as a Number Partners volunteer really makes a
positive difference to my Tuesdays. The nature of working
with the children requires me to move away from my usual
environment and 'think outside the box' to help the children with
their maths whilst chatting and encouraging them to work through
the problems. It is a very rewarding experience, not only
from the point of view of them looking forward to your visit, but
to seeing them improve and fire back answers to you which each week
gets quicker and quicker so that you challenge yourself to come up
with harder questions."
Comments from students include:
"It's good it helps us get better. Before I was struggling a
bit. I feel more confident in numeracy." Year 5
pupil
"I'm learning. I want it to continue because before I was
rubbish and now I'm getting better and better at division."
Year 5 pupil