What it’s like to be a Buddy!
Hi, we are the newly trained Year 10 Buddies and as part of our
development we are reflecting back on our role within the school and
what we have gained from taking part in the project this year.
• Going to the primary schools:
We enjoyed talking to the year 6 pupils that were transferring into our
high school.
They had a chance to ask us many questions including some amusing ones,
such as “do you get your head flushed down the loo?” and “do you get
thrown down the banks or in a dustbin?”
• Talking One to One:
As Buddies we are assigned a pupil that needs someone to talk to about
their problems in school or at home. They were able to confide in us,
many trusted us, and we used our Childline training to help us in
helping them. This means that we don’t just give advice but listen
carefully before helping a pupil to decide what they want to do about a
particular problem.
• Getting trained:
To get trained we had to miss a few lessons (which was absolutely
awful!) but it was well worth it. We learnt valuable skills like how to
listen to their problems, what type of advice to give them, to give them
different options and when to tell an adult. We really enjoyed the games
and we learnt to confide in each other and trust each other.
• Year 6 induction days:
The year 6’s from all the schools that we visited came up to our school
for a day to find out what their surroundings would be like in year 7
(big school). They got to have an early lunch and got to ask more
questions about anything to do with the school. We made some bonds with
some of the Year 6’s and they felt more comfortable knowing they’d have
some older friends when they first went to this big new school.
