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Y ear 8 Buddies. By Evie Armstrong, K eela Davidson and Z ayanya G regory. What are Buddies?. Buddies are a group of Year 8 students who help Year 7 students to settle in at our school. Some of the things we are working on at the moment are: setting up a stationary stall
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Year 8 Buddies By Evie Armstrong, Keela Davidson and Zayanya Gregory
What are Buddies? • Buddies are a group of Year 8 students who help Year 7 students to settle in at our school. Some of the things we are working on at the moment are: • setting up a stationary stall • allocating Buddies to new students • Selling stationery at the Pupil Reception daily • we will generally just help Year 7s through the year in any way we can.
Who are the buddies • Joshua Suddes 8C • Holly Smith 8B • Megan Doney 8B • Bethany Roscoe 8R • Freya Chaffe 8R • Katie Howarth 8B • Javeria Habib 8B • Niamh Roach 8B • Charley Godsman 8B • Emily Crooks 8A • Chloe Dawber 8A • Owen Longley 8A • Ali Hussain 8S • Aisan Aziz 8A • Zayanya Gregory 8C • Keela Davidson 8C • Darcie Willis 8P • Holly Cassell8L • Loren Cooper 8L • Evie Armstrong 8P • Lucie Rand 8E • Chloe McWilliam 8E • Dylan Jones 8C • Abbie Mayor 8P • Chloe Kirby 8C • Amad Hasan 8A • Alfie Durkin 8A • Megan Murray 8A • Chloe Butterworth 8L
How to spot a Buddy • All buddies wear a red badge with the word BUDDY • All Buddies will have the correct uniform and will always look smart. • Buddies are very approachable so don’t be scared to ask us questions or tell us your concerns. • We just want you to feel safe and happy in the school environment.
Some of the things we do Buddies are around to help you, we do this in many ways here are some of the jobs buddies have: • Some people have set up a stationary shop at reception • Some people help new Year 7 and 8 pupils settle in and perhaps contact them before they start at school. • Act as tour guides for visitors • We all will go and visit primary schools with students thinking about joining Wardle academy. • We give talks on Anti-Bullying initiatives • Join in Community Assemblies • Help at Form Time when needed These are many of the responsibilities we have as buddies all to help you.
An article written by our buddy Zayanya Gregory • In the autumn and winter term of 2013 the buddies where compressed to a small space to look after the Year 7’s but now we have a brand new building to help our new students! • In the old building the year 7’s lived in a small block called the Anderson suite, it was small and we were all together in the same block. The Buddies would be allocated roles on particular days, some would do Mondays and sell equipment to people who had lost their pens and pencils or maybe on a Wednesday some Buddies would hand out planner sheets to those without planners. It was hard back then it was hard to get around because of the new building sites, it was always dull and cold, but now 2014 promises us some new opportunities and fantastic facilities. So moving on to how the new building affects us! • Now that were here we have loads of new things on our hands. At the moment we have just been assigned roles, Keela Davidson, Evie Armstrong and Zayanya Gregory are on the newspaper. • Chloe Kirby it recording all the stationary sold. • Dylan jones is in charge or setting the rotors. • The rest of us have different existing roles or are waiting for a special role of their own. • So now that you’ve got a better idea of what we do and how existing it is here at Wardle Academy there is only one thing left to say. Thanks for reading!!! • By Zayanya G
An article written by our buddy - Keela • There are lots of buddies around to help, no matter how bad the issue is, come and talk it through, we can help. • We will never complain, because we like to help out and especially Year 7s. • We do lots of jobs around and about, so don’t be afraid to stop us in our tracks to ask us questions or where to go in the building if you need something or are lost. • If you’re struggling to find a buddy and you don’t know who is a buddy and who is not, just look at our blazers because we have red badges on sayingBUDDY in nice and clear text. • We will have a table full of buddies for you at break-time in the Dining Room, so if your uncomfortable where you are or you don’t want to be alone you can come and sit with us, we will have a nice joke and chat. • If any day you run out of pens, pencils or rulers. Any pieces of stationery that you don’t have, our buddies will give you one for very reasonable prices at any time of the day, because we always have access to them. • Buddies run Pupil Reception at Break. • Some buddies might come to you in form time to see if you have everything you need - ask. You may be a Buddy next year! • We will always have a spare time table sheet just in case you don’t have yours. Because at the end of the day we just want to make your life better at school!!!
THANK YOU • Thank you so much for listening to us we hope you have a lovely day!!!