Manchester- Harpur Mount Primary School Project

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Dates: Monday, Thursday and Friday afternoons. 1-30 pm to 3-15 pm plus travel time.

Classroom based with an opportunity to work outside the classroom by arrangement with your mentee's teacher! We hope to arrange at least one trip to the University during the year so you can show your mentee where you hang out!

This project started in October 2007. The OFSTED report in March 2008 (the last one published) said:

This larger than average primary school serves a mainly White British population and has small groups of pupils from a range of other ethnic heritages. A small proportion of pupils are at the early stages of learning English. The area has significant social and economic disadvantage and two-thirds of pupils are entitled to free school meals. Larger than usual numbers of pupils move in and out of the school during the year. Around one-third of pupils have learning difficulties and/or disabilities. In recent years, there has been significant disruption to the school caused by movement and illness among the staff. Extended provision includes a breakfast club. The school has successfully achieved the following awards: Healthy schools - Silver; Eco schools - Bronze.

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Start date: As soon as possible.

Age of Mentees: 10/11 (Years 5 and 6)

Duration: 2 hours plus 25 minutes transport each way.

Transport: All mentors are provided with free transport leaving from the Whitworth Art Gallery. map

Criteria for joining this project:

16 places are initially available.

You will have to register as a mentor (to register click on the "Register" button on the sidebar to the left of this page).

You will need to satisfy the following training criteria:

Attending one of the two training options organised by ReachOut!

You will need to satisfy Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) Disclosure criteria. When you log in (use the Log In button on the sidebar to the left) after registering as a mentor you can follow the progress of your CRB application in your "home area." You can follow the navigational links to check how many places are still available for this project and if there are places still available, sign up for this or other projects.

You will need to have read our Mission statement which sets out our overall objectives and sets out the values which are fundamental to the project and the relevant ReachOut! policies and procedures. You will declare that you have read all these documents.

You will have to have (digitally) signed up to our Mentoring Agreement.