--- title: "Peer mentor support for Year" url: "https://www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/news/2024-09-04-peer-mentor-support-for-year" school: "Penwortham Priory Academy" --- # Peer mentor support for Year ![Image of Peer mentor support for Year](https://files.schudio.com/penwortham-priory-academy/images/news/IMG_5021_Sept_24_Y11.JPG) 4 September 2024 At Priory we realise that our older pupils are excellent role models for younger pupils and so we have a very successful peer mentoring programme in place. Our qualified peer mentors will help pupils cope with everyday life and worries at school and will offer guidance on both social and academic areas of school life. Peer Mentors also act as reading mentors to younger pupils, they are a point of contact within Learning for Life groups for Year 7 and they work alongside the prefects to represent the school at events such as open evenings, performing arts performances and parent evenings. All Peer Mentors have attended structured training sessions in school with an external trainer where they were given an introduction to mentoring and 'buddying' younger ones. Each learner participated in activities across five challenges to gain an accredited ASDAN certificate. This nationally recognised certificate qualifies their competence in the role. **YEAR 7:** To help our Year 7s settle into Priory, our Peer Mentors have based themselves in the Year 7 dining room and are on hand to answer any questions that they may have. The team is eager to support our new intake where they can. Chittara, Lauren, Emily, Geetha and the rest of the Peer Mentor team invite Year 7s to come and have a chat with them at the Peer Mentor Station. ![](https://www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/images/news/IMG_5007.JPG) [Transition](https://www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/news/tag/transition) [Year 7](https://www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/news/tag/year-7) [Personal Development](https://www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/news/tag/personal-development) [Well-being](https://www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/news/tag/well-being) [ Alumni - Josh Traynor (Class of 2018)](https://www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/news/2024-08-29-alumni-josh-traynor-class-of-2018) [Meet your Head Prefect team 2024-25 ](https://www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/news/2024-09-11-meet-your-head-prefect-team-2024-25) ### Penwortham Priory Academy Crow Hills Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JE 01772 320250 ### Useful Links - [New Year 7 Transition](https://www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/about-priory/transition) - [The School Day](https://www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/parents/the-school-day) - [Facility Hire](https://www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/facility-hire-at-priory) - [Term Dates](https://www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/parents/termdates) - [Letters](https://www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/parents/letters) ### Useful Links - [Newsletters](https://www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/parents/newsletters) - [OFSTED](https://www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/about-priory/ofsted-report) - [Online Payments](https://www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/parents/internet-payments) - [Staff Contact](https://www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/staff/staff-contact-list) - [Vacancies](https://www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/staff/vacancies) ### Social Media - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/priorystc) - [X](https://twitter.com/@priorystc) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/penworthampriory/) Penwortham Priory Academy Trust is operating as a single academy trust. It is an exempt charity and a company limited by guarantee, registered in England with Company Number 08133703 School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)