ARCh
ARCh is a registered charity which trains and support volunteers to help disadvantaged primary school children develop a love of reading.
Children benefit from two individual half-hour sessions each week during term-time with their ARCh volunteer. The sessions are at school during school hours. The main idea is to make the children feel happy and successful, so they start to think of reading as something they can enjoy.
With this in mind, ARCh volunteers do a variety of things with the children. In addition to reading, they may play word, board or memory games, make and draw things, help the children write their own stories, or just talk. This all helps to boost confidence.
The charity provides volunteers with resources, matched to their children's ability and interests. With help and encouragement from their ARCh volunteer, children begin to see themselves as readers and by the end of the year their reading ability and attitude to reading and learning in general improves dramatically.
archoxfordshire.org.uk/