Support children and young people to make positive changes in their lives
Click to watch ‘Teachers TV: Four Learning Mentors’ produced by Teacher’s TV and available on the TES website.In ’Primary Support Staff’, Julie and Dwight are learning mentors at the Ellen Wilkinson School, east London, dealing with behavioural and emotional issues which might present barriers to learning. Julie works with Year 6 pupil Toni and her mother, who has difficulty persuading Toni to attend school. One of Dwight's jobs is to run an anger management clinic with young boys at the school. At New City Primary School, Newham, learning mentors Mandy and Teasie build links between the school and the community, with a breakfast club, helping spot problems before they occur.