Practical Activities Please find some ideas for your sessions. These can be used if you feel that you have run out of activities or conversation with your mentees, or you want to do something different with them. •
Work on some homework/coursework together.
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Talk about school/college and their likes and dislikes.
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Go on a tour of the campus.
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Work on writing a job application or CV
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Work on writing a UCAS application.
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Talk about how to look for a job.
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Do a pretend job interview.
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Find out about the costs of going to FE/HE and the support available.
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Learn how to budget.
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Help your mentee make healthy choices about day-to-day life from food to exercise: for example plan a week’s meals.
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Learn how to improve ICT skills.
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Help your mentee improve their organisation and planning by working together to plan their time on a calendar.
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General conversation using a newspaper or magazine as a catalyst e.g. discussing news articles, politics, sports, etc.
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Looking at study activities to assist with exam preparation – e.g using the internet to look at revision activities.
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Look at subjects in school which they feel they have particular weaknesses, and try to offer advice or activities as to how they could progress and improve.
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Talk about interests and hobbies and make the effort to find out something about their interests e.g. if they are interested in skateboarding try and find some information about competitions, competitors and bring it in to talk about.
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