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Dartmouth Academy pupils trained as mentors by Future First
23rd July 2024Year 7 pupils from Dartmouth Academy were recently trained as mentors by Future First.
The mentor-mentee relationship is a very special one, we often think of the mentee getting all the benefits of being mentored, but this is not the case. The Future First mentoring programmes place equal emphasis on both sides of the relationship.
Year 7 mentors will benefit from training in improved communication and listening skills and acting as an empathetic support to younger pupils. The pupils are now working with Dartmouth Academy Year 6s and children from Stoke Fleming Primary School. They spent some days together taking part in a series of activities about transition from primary to secondary, finally they all participated in a careers workshop.
The mentoring days were highly successful and involved members of the community to come in and work with all pupils around aspirational careers. These visitors were rigorously questioned by the pupils and offered excellent advice. They were from fields such as neuroscience, financial management, the police and fire services, nursing and many more.
