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Saturday Home work Club
The Saturday Homework Club project has been set up to help French/Swahili speaking children under 16 years of age from centre Africa (Burundi, Congo Brazzaville, Congo Kinshasa and Rwanda) living in Birmingham and Sandwell areas develop study skills learnt in their current schools placement. During our meetings with parents, they have asked if Care Link could be of help to children with literacy, numeracy, English and ICT difficulties so that they become motivated and independent learners through after school activities during the year.
We meet with the children at the parish of the resurrection/Smethwick where a hall has been offered to us by the Parish. The timetable can be viewed under our web link on events during the year. Some parents occasionally come to visit the club to be aware of how things are being made. The project activities only run on Saturdays.
1. Problem
Teachers do not have enough time to tailor homework to the individual needs of each student especially those children whose English is a second language. During a couple of meetings with parents to discuss issues related to inclusion, a number of parents have shown interest in giving Care Link responsibility to support our children with home works. They appear to have less time to spend with children during the week. As problems seem to be common for most children, putting them together in a classroom setting would make a difference.
2. Solutions
- Carelink would like to work with these children with the help of their teachers to assign specialised homework that children enjoy and can complete successfully using an approach where their first language will be the support of education. Feedbacks from parents are welcome. Carelink would like to offer mentor programmes to offer extra support beyond what home and school can give. Mentor programmes will pair children with adult volunteers who will assist with the children’s special needs, such as maths, language arts, health, English, science, tutoring or career advice.
- Make connection between school work and Carelink to bring meaning and fun to children’s homework experience. • A willingness to take the time and make the effort to be involved in our children’s education.
3. Goals of the Project and Expected Achievement (Outcomes)
- Help refugee children whose English is a second language to be in school ready to learn.
- Help year 3 to year 11 refugee children demonstrate competency over challenging subject matters including English, Mathematics, Arts, History, Geography, and Civics. Care Link will ensure that all these children using the club are able to increase their homework ability, learn to use their minds well, so they may be prepared for colleges and universities to become active and responsible citizens.
- Care Link teaching force will have access to programmes for continued improvement of their professional voluntary skills and the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to unstuck and prepare all French speaking African refugee students for the next century.
- African French speaking children will be among the first best students in Mathematics and Science achievements.
- Every child refugee attending the club will be literate and will possess the knowledge and skills necessary to compete in the labour market and exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
- Every child attending Saturday Homework Club sessions will be free of drugs, violence, and the unauthorised presence of firearms and alcohol and will offer a disciplined environment conducive to learning.
- The programme (SHWC) promotes partnerships that increase parental involvement and participation in promoting the social, emotional, and academic growth of children.
4. Activities
The following activities are part of the Saturday Homework support activities
- Every child matters activities
- Raise awareness in children on health, Road safety.
- Leisure activities, health & safety
- Enjoyment and achievement
- Making a positive contribution in exile land
- Highlight and promote good practices
- The respect agenda (prevention and/or reduction of anti-social behaviour by children and young people, drug abuse/alcohol and gun culture.
- Teenage parents (deliver a message on preventive strategies targeting teenagers considered “at risk” of becoming teenager parents.
- Promoting social inclusion & integration in full of African refugee children regent arrivals (learn a little bit of English history, English mode of life, English culture, English economy/understanding currencies, English politics and governance; example king Dome Versus Republic, English education system, etc.
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