The day in the life of a volunteer...a snapshot.

Over and above volunteering at the Prestwich Street Primary School Shine Centre, Kelly Harding teaches vocabulary enrichment every Monday afternoon to 16 Grade One boys at Zonnenbloem Boy’s Primary School.

Kelly has made use of materials and activities, teaching this group in a fun interactive manner since the end of May 2011.

The children have responded well to this new and exciting experience and the teacher has noticed a marked improvement in their classroom English skills.

Kelly with the Grade One English Programme boys: she was showing them photos of her trip to Botswana

Here they are looking at an elephant, discussing his skin.  "Is it rough or smooth? Feel your skin.  It is smooth, feel the carpet, it is rough! How do you think the elephant's skin will feel, rough or smooth?" Rough was a new word for them.