The Year 9 class of Helderberg International School has initiated a buddy reading system, Lief vir Lees or Love to Read, after an Afrikaans class on literacy. Every Friday the Year 9 learners listen to the Year 4 and 5 learners reading from their reader and then continue reading to the younger ones. The learners were asked what they most enjoy about the programme, with a Year 9 learner stating: “I liked helping them read and learning about them. I so enjoyed spending time with the younger children. It worked to let them take turns reading, so they both got a chance and to get to know them, so I knew what they were nervous about. I think reading with them makes me more confident, because I am usually shy. I got to be outside of my comfort zone.”Foto:


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