SK Kerayong Jaya, Bera, Pahang

After introducing the idea of Peer-Assisted-Learning at a Bera Cluster CPD, the first school in the Kerayong Jaya sub-cluster to try it out was SK Kerayong Jaya. Mentees Kamarul Faisal b. Kamarudin and Haslin bt Salamon are always quick to try out new ideas, so on mentor Meryl Thomas' suggestion they teamed up their year 3 and year 2 classes for a reading session. 

Neither class needed much introduction to the idea, just some simple instructions that they would be going to the library where the year 3's job would be to help the year 2's read a short passage. The "big brothers and sisters" would first read it to the "little brothers and sisters" (Haslin's terminology), then the year 2's would try their best.

I can honestly say that we were quite shocked to see how smoothly this ran, and how successful it was. All the pupils took their roles very seriously. Some of our observations, apart from just how responsible they were, was how comfortable the younger pupils were in asking questions of the older group, how patient the year 3's were, and how proud they all were of their achievements. Haslin sat listening to one pupil for quite a while, and told me afterwards that he is a Linus pupil and she had been quite convinced that he was just unable to read- and there he was reading! A heart-warming and valuable experience that has lead Kamarul and Haslin to realize the importance of using peer assistance in the classroom on an on-going basis!