Volunteering at YAS 

Supportive partnerships between home and school contribute to the success of our school. We value parent and community involvement in a range of formal and informal ways. Below is a list of ways you can volunteer in our school:

The Reading Cafe

  • LAP/School Mentoring Programs - see below

  • School Canteen

  • Governing Council

  • Class Room Reading

  • Excursion Help

  • Admin Help

  • Library Help

  • Sporting Events & SAPSASA

  • Breakfast Club

We welcome all volunteers either on a regular basis or for one off events.

Do any of these areas sound interesting? If they do, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, at dl.0766.info@schools.sa.edu.au

THE LEARNING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME (LAP)

“Enabling students to develop resilience and wellbeing through positive mentoring”

The L.A.P. Mentoring Program is a school-based program relying on volunteers to fulfil its task. Each volunteer works one-to-one with a child each week for about forty-five minutes – 1 hour. The child has been carefully matched to the mentor and has been identified as benefiting from the program. The main aim of the volunteer mentor is to support the development of the child's self-esteem. Volunteer mentors come from all walks of life and can be interested community members, parents, grandparents, old scholars and senior students. They each bring with them many special talents skills and interests to share with their student, examples being craft, gardening, cooking, knitting, woodwork, computers, reading, helping with a special project, writing, spelling, photography, chess and board game enthusiast and the list goes on.

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Having another person by your side, who believes in you and is prepared to commit to helping you achieve your goals is life changing.  Mentoring is making a positive difference in the lives of many students across the school and they are showing significant improvement in their relationships with their peers, family and friends. Our L.A.P. Mentors have found the work both rewarding and stimulating. Volunteer Mentors have the opportunity to attend coffee mornings, workshops and training where they can learn new skills and interact with other mentors. The kettle is always on to have a coffee and chat at any given opportunity too.

We welcome you to come and discover what it feels like to work in a one-to-one learning environment.

For more information contact our Volunteer Coordinator at  dl.0766.info@schools.sa.edu.au  or visit the LAP Website http://lap.org.au/index.html