We’re currently looking for new Thinking Books volunteers for the 2023-24 school year to start in September 2023 – would you like to be involved?
Thinking Books is TrinityLearning’s mentoring scheme for primary schools. Our volunteer mentors go into schools regularly to meet children one-to-one or in small groups. They share reading of carefully selected books which start conversations about feelings and relationships. Thinking Books volunteers commit to weekly one-hour sessions in a local primary school.
TrinityLearning is committed to Safeguarding. We provide full training and support volunteers through the application process and DBS checks as well as providing ongoing support throughout the project.
We know that Thinking Books Volunteers are greatly appreciated by the schools they support from the feedback we’ve received – “Thinking books has been very useful for a boy in my class who struggles to access a wide range of books. He does not have much confidence with reading but he is always smiling when I see him outside with his adult from Thinking Books. He enjoys the quality 1-1 time and being able to read for a long stretch of time without being interrupted… He often comes back into the classroom telling us how much he enjoyed the story that day. Throughout the week he sometimes asks how many days until he can read with his Thinking Books adult again and reminds me of the details of the story. It has definitely been a worthwhile and useful tool for him.” (Class teacher at an Abingdon Primary School).
If you, or someone you know, is interested in finding out more about Thinking Books please email Nicola at nic.trinitylearning@gmail.com
And for a more in depth look at our Thinking Books project visit our More than just reading blog post.
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