Community Reading Clubs
After-school reading clubs that give children regular, relaxed time with books and an encouraging adult.
Learning Materials for Classrooms
Books, notebooks and teaching materials for classrooms that have too few — chosen with the teachers who use them.
- Education
The challenge
When learners share one book between several, lessons slow to the pace of the page-turn. Teachers spend their time copying onto the board instead of teaching, and the children who most need help get the least of it.
What this work focuses on
- Materials matched to what is being taught
- Guidance for teachers on using them well
- Replacing what wears out, so the difference lasts
How the work is approached
Teachers decide what is needed — not a standard list chosen from far away.
Materials are sourced as close to the school as possible, and checked on later to make sure they are in use rather than in a cupboard.
What it aims to change
- Every learner with the materials to take part
- More of the lesson spent teaching
- Teachers better equipped to support every child
Part of our program area
Education — Access to quality education and skill-building opportunities.
Related work
Teacher Mentoring Network
Pairing newer teachers with experienced colleagues, for support through their first years in the classroom.
