PUPILS’ COMMENTS ON THE VOLUNTEERS, THE INTERGENERS
“They help us. They help us doing our work, when we are stuck they just come around and help us.”
“They help the teachers too, so the teachers don’t have to swop round tables too and when the teachers aren’t here they can help us, in phonics they can help them and music and they know about phonics –they do come about phonics and they help a little bit when we are doing it.”
“They taught me qw-qu”
“You talk to them about work –they are like chatterbox chums.”
YEAR 3 CHILDREN TALKING ABOUT A VOLUNTEER WHO IS IN A WHEELCHAIR
“She is kind you are allowed to go to lunch with her you are allowed to look after her.”
“She is really good at maths so she can help people.”
“She is just really really nice in everything. I like her because she always helps me with things, I don’t even ask her she just comes round and she sees that I am stuck and she asks me ‘are You stuck’-like my times tables 7 or 8.”
“We were looking at thesaurus and it was quite hard for me to remember all the things and I couldn’t find some things and she came over and helped me quite a bit and like, some words that’s I could use. “
“She does it because she wants to help.”
“She also does it because she wants to help us and so we can have a good job and a good life.”
YEAR 4 CHILDREN
“I think she helps lots of people with their learning.”
“She is very kind and she helped me do my numeracy –she comes in after lunch.”
“She is really kind cos she brought one of her son’s book in to help us look up a poem.”
“She is very kind teacher she helps us with learning and she also tells us to make it easier with what we have to do.”
“Whenever someone’s stuck on anything she just comes to them and she understands it all and she’s really helpful.”
YEAR 5 CHILDREN
“She helped us with our topic work on the Tudors.”
“She helped stick the string to make a time line of the Tudors.”
“She helps us with our maths sometimes.”
“She tells you what the words mean, it’s really helpful, and it’s fun with her when you are doing guided reading.”
“When you fallout with a friend she kind of sorts it all out for you and you make friends again.”
“When some of us go on a job –you have to carry things that are quite heavy she helps you carry it.”
YEAR 6 CHILDREN
“He is very interesting he tells us about stars and what we should look out for Jupiter and all the old money and what they were called –like one of them was called a bob – it was a nickname.”
“We need to do the times tables and he helps to do the times tables and at the end of the lesson if he’s got something to say he will come and say what it is.”
“He is helping the teacher.”
“He might get a bit lonely where he lives so he can talk to somebody.”
“He is very like, he’s quiet and you can talk to him and he will talk back.”
