Learning Buddies

Our Learning Buddy programme offers an opportunity for interaction between the age groups in our school. Students in Grade 4 are paired up with JK students, and move through grades 5 and six with them, as the little ones progress through to grade 1.

Every week, for half an hour, Learning Buddies meet to share a love of books and learning. Over the years the students develop a fond and nurturing relationship with their Buddies, as they read to each other and enjoy various books together. As the skill for reading emerges, the moment when the younger students read to their older buddies is a time of joy and celebration.

Learning Buddies support learning in other areas as well, and classroom teachers work together to ensure that this one to one peer time is used to its fullest potential. Being a Learning Buddy to a younger child gives our students a first taste of leadership, mentoring and responsibility in an academic context.

Our younger students enjoy the mentorship of an older peer. Looking up to a student in the senior school, they learn in different ways. It is wonderful to see how they become attached to their Learning Buddies.