SK Sungai Rual

Ian Patterson working in Jeli, Kelantan has started a Junior Mentor Programme at SK Sungai Rual.

Another slant on the Junior Mentor Programme was to send Junior Mentors from SK Pendok to SK Sungai Rual (Orang Asli School) to help the special needs kids improve their English during a week long English Camp.  This proved a great success as the Junior mentors had the opportunity to work with kids with learning difficulties and the Orang Asli kids benefited from 1-1 instruction.

SK Ayer Lanas

Ian Patterson working in Jeli, Kelantan is running a Junior Mentor Programme at SK Ayer Lanas.
Junior Mentors are also helping to run events at their school.  In the pictures above, Junior Mentors were in charge of different stations which had games designed to help LINUS kids improve their English.  To date, SK Ayer Lanus has reduced the number of LINUS kids by 60%.

SK Lubok Bongor

Ian Patterson working in Jeli, Kelantan is running a Junior Mentor Programme at SK Lubok Bongor.

A slightly different approach has been adopted in SK Lubok Bongor.  At this school, the best Year 5 class is mentoring the best Year 1 class.  In the picture above, Year 1 are putting on a play that the Year 5 kids have helped them to produce.

SK Bukit Jering

Ian Patterson working in Jeli, Kelantan is running a Junior Mentor/PAL Programme in SK Bukit Jering.

Unlike many PAL Programmes, I have encouraged Year 5 kids to help Year 1 LINUS kids back into main stream English.  With the help of both Year 1 and Year 5  MTP's, SK Bukit Jering has managed a 100% success rate. 'No more LINUS'  being their motto!

SK Kuala Ping

Andrea Price from Hulu Terengganu is running the PAL Programme in SK Kuala Ping.

In this school, the year 2 and year 4 students were paired up together. Teacher Nor Mastura, was teaching both years and knew the students well.  Shortly after the wall of the hall was painted to encourage the children to read, the hall became the area used for PAL reading.  

SK Seri Buloh

Andrea Price from Hulu Terengganu is running the PAL Programme in SK Seri Buloh.

In this school, the year 2 and year 3 students were paired up together, pairing the strongest with the weakest, and so on.  The students enjoyed working together and the teachers also enjoyed bringing their classes together.

SK Tementi

Tara Springstroh working in Sebertak, Bera, Pahang is running the PAL Programme in SK Tementi.

This is the first of three trials of PAL partner reading at SK Tementi. Here Year 3 and Year 2 pupils are working through the program. Norpamela desigened PAL lanyards for the mentors to wear. Pupils were only allowed to change books when the mentee was able to read the story on their own. A later trial at this school saw Yusnita pairing together year 5 and year 1 pupils. The results were astounding and the otherwise restless pupils were focused and on task for the full hour.