By
Abdulrahman Althani
9-C
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First I started by looking for a second service to
begin with. I was looking for a service that
takes 1 term, a whole term or more, so that I
can take my time. After looking for a service,
me and my friend thought and said lets join
reading club, and to try it to see if it is good so
that we can continue with the service. After
going for the first time to the buddies we found
out that it is fun and helpful for the young
children, and it wasn’t useless. So after that we
continued with the service.
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In reading buddies we have to go to the buddies in
break and advisory, in a specific day and do our
job or role. First we had the pre 3 class and you
know, in pre 3 the children play so we go there
and start playing with them and asking them easy
questions, so that they can learn new things and
new words. After a while the teacher that is
responsible for the service changed my class. The
other class were grade 3, so they were bigger and
they can understand more than pre 3. So it was
easy for us to talk to them and understand them
while they understand us.
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In this project we worked together (the buddies
and us) to let the children in pre 3 and in grade
3 to learn from us and to ask help for us when
needed. In this service we had a lot of activities
where we get together us and our buddies and
start the activities with each other. There were
times where the buddies had an assignment or
a project and they gained information from us.
So after all we worked as a community in all
times before, in between and after the service.
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In this service our requirement is to to go to our
buddies for 12 times, but the time ran out and
some days I was absent and some days I had
things to finish. But after all I went to the
buddies for 8 times. When meeting my buddy I
go their and help him with his things and give
him useful information to get ready for senior
school and to be better in his weaknesses. So
that was my role in the service, and that is the
only role for all the reading buddy group.
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Our plan is to go their every Sunday and see
what help the want. But in between the service
the teachers that are in charge of the service
changed a little bit of the plan. Instead of going
there and only helping them we go there and
give them good and useful facts of comparing
senior school with grade 3, 4 and 5. That wasn’t
a big change but the bigger change was
changing the classes, from pre 3 to grade 3. In
grade 3 we really helped them but in pre 3 we
only played with them, so this is big difference
that we faced in the service.
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When visiting primary and grade 3, we
remembered that days where we were the same
age as them, and how there attitude toward
studding and learning. And also that helped us
and the grade 3 class to gain information about
how it was when we were in grade 3 and how it is
now. By telling them the things that we did and to
remember the assignment that we had, and also to
tell them the objects and items that we had in
grade 3. So I think that the teacher there (Mr.
Simpson) got so many information from us that
helped him with many assignments and activities.
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The MYP Learner Profile I have chosen for this
project is communicator. In this project we
were communicating with each other in every
part in this service. We were helping each other
on the activities and the projects that the
buddies had. We communicated with each
other also by playing games that can help them
with specific subjects, like for example math.
The games that we played with them gave
them more abilities to answer equations.
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I my self think that the project is successful and
It will continue to be successful like this. But a
good idea that I wish that they follow is to not
let the buddies to be pre 3 or the young
children, because us and the children don’t get
any information or help and also it could be
some how useless. After all I had a great time
meeting the grade 3 class and to let them
achieve something if they choose too.