Volunteer one-to-one numeracy support

Organiser: Number Champions

When

What

School selects children who are behind in maths and could benefit from personal support.

Trained volunteers use games and other creative activities in one-to-one session to help the child acquire interest, confidence, and skills in the subject.

• School selects children who could benefit from support in maths
• Number Champions trains volunteers to tailor one-to-one sessions to the needs of a particular child and to help them overcome "the maths barrier"
• Sessions are weekly, in school time, outside the classroom, for the whole school year
• Admin is minimised for the school, but we do need (a) in September, basic information on the child's needs (b) in July, the teacher's evaluation of progress over the year

• Our volunteer "one to one" model is based on the many successful reading programmes; we are the only charity using this approach systematically for numeracy
• We have experienced teachers also volunteering with us who train our "In-School Volunteers" and give them individual support during the year
• We supply our volunteers with a kit of manipulatives and with extensive support material on our website (some of which is of use to parents to help their children)
• We work with Years 2 and 3 as educational research (supported by the views of most teachers) shows that early intervention is most effective
• We can show strong positive evaluations by teachers year by year

• Space for the volunteer sessions