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Posted on November 29th 2022
Welcome To Our New Band Of 'Reader Leaders'
A big HAB welcome to our new cohort of student Reader Leaders, who have been trained to support younger students with their reading.
Reader Leader is a peer mentoring project which sees older students read with younger students during tutor time. The scheme helps younger students to develop their reading skills and gives older students the opportunity to develop their leadership skills too.
"I joined the Reader Leader Team because I want to help younger students and because I believe in the importance of spreading the love of reading," said one of our Year 9 Reader Leaders. "It’s been a really useful process because I’ve had the opportunity to learn a lot about the person I read with and I’ve developed my leadership skills, so I’m better at explaining key ideas and fielding challenging questions."
A Year 8 student who is supported by the Reader Leader scheme agreed there were lots of benefits. "Reading with my partner is really useful because my partner always corrects me and teaches me how to pronounce new words which means I’m better next time I see that word," she said. "The words that I learn during my sessions help me in my lessons too," she added.
Staff have noticed a difference too. "After attending Reader Leader, one of my tutees is far more confident when reading aloud in lesson," said a Year 8 tutor.
HAB is dedicated to supporting all students with their reading skills and our Reader Leaders are the living embodiment of the HAB values of Compassion, Ambition and Respect.
"Those who read succeed" is a mantra we abide by at HAB, since reading is an essential skill for future success.
