Work in Primary Schools
DACYP currently work in the following primary schools:
Dunbar Primary School
School roll of 950 children.
East Linton Primary School
School roll of 176 children.
Innerwick Primary School
School roll of 46 children.
Stenton Primary School
School roll of 18 children.
West Barns Primary School
School roll of 95 children.
We have a particularly close working relationship with Dunbar Primary School and our youth worker has an office there.
Richard and three volunteers went on the Dunbar Primary P7 residential camp and were a help to both staff and students.
DACYP work in the primary schools in a variety of ways.
Our work includes, but is not limited to:
Pastoral Care
Pastoral Work is mostly focussed on students in Primary 6 and 7.
Weekly check-in groups are peer-to-peer groups to assist children to talk about their feelings and raise their self worth.
One-to-one support is also available as needed.
20+ children
Classroom Volunteers
Our volunteers attend school weekly and offer literacy, numeracy and practical support to classes and individuals.
We have more than a dozen volunteers working in this way, some in more than one class.
could you help with this work?
P6 Religious & Moral Education
Our Youth Worker inputs to the relevant curriculum for P6 and helps the teachers to deliver the lessons on:
Awe & Wonder
Christian beliefs about how to treat others
Christian baptism ceremonies,
Christian marriage ceremonies,
Christian funerals.
150 P6 students
Seasons for Growth
Bereavement and loss support groups to help young people adjust to significant loss or unwanted changes in their lives.
2
groups running
Mindfulness
Weekly P6 Mindfulness, health and wellbeing group.
One of our volunteers runs a session each week with the class he volunteers with.
A great gift to these children.
P7 Religious & Moral Education
Our youth worker works closely with the P7 teachers to help them to deliver the curriculum around beliefs, faith, suffering, Christian beliefs (and their significance and relevance to others), faith and morality, the teachings of Jesus.
Local ministers also come in to the popular
"Grill a Minister" Q & A session.
180 P7 students
26 x P6
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53 x P7
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