- School – can the teacher advise or ensure that work is sent home on the day you meet? Ask L2L or the family to get in touch with them.
- Find out what your mentee is interested in and get books and resources linked to this.
- Do a project that they can show their family and their teacher.
- Remember non-fiction can be better than fiction- e.g. First News, Horrible Histories books.
- Make sure L2L buys you workbooks and reading books as back ups.
- “Starter” activity books written for teachers might also be useful.
- Find free websites that have educational games on them. Start with BBC Bitesize.
- Check if the school pays for educational websites that the child will have a login for.
- Use games as a reward for finishing work.
- Work towards a trip – maybe even use this as a reward for completing work that the mentee might think is “boring”!
- Trips – if you are doing trips, decide on a project linked to this, and look at museum websites for child-friendly exercises, plan in advance and perhaps write up afterwards in postcard, poster or leaflet form.
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