Booking the time to help pupils at Tettenhall school
Eager young readers at a Tettenhall school are receiving a helping hand thanks to charity volunteers.
Reading charity Beanstalk has two helpers employed Carillion who visit St Michael’s Church of England Aided Primary School once a week. They work with pupils during one-to-one sessions helping them with their reading as well as playing educational games.
Beanstalk currently has around 110 volunteers helping out in 69 Black Country schools across the Black Country.
The aim is not just to improve their reading skills but also to encourage them to enjoy picking up a book in their spare time.
Mother of two Mandip Dhanjal, aged 42, has volunteered with Beanstalk for two and half years and works with three youngsters aged between seven and 11, spending half an hour with each child. takes time out from her role at Carillion’s in-house insurance department to visit the school.
“I heard about Beanstalk from the other volunteer Yvonne Brown and I thought it was something I would like to do.
She said: “I have young children myself so I know getting them to read can be a challenge.
