Weekly English enrichment class conducted by teachers from EtonHouse, to develop a strong command of English through poems, music and creative expression.

Age group: 3-4 year olds

Commitment: 1 hour every week, minimum 6 months

As a programme coordinator, you will:

• Remind parents on upcoming sessions

• Monitor attendance and progress of children

A reading support programme focusing on phonological awareness, phonics instruction, vocabulary building, sight word mastery and guided reading.

Age group: 5-8 year olds

As a programme coordinator, you will:

• Remind parents on upcoming sessions

• Monitor attendance and progress of children

Saturdays, 2 pm – 3 pm

Age group: 4-8 year olds

A weekly programme by NLB to promote the love of reading and cultivate good reading habits among young Singaporeans.

Commitment: 1 hour every week, minimum 6 months

As a KidsREAD volunteer, you will:

• Execute NLB KidsREAD activities in conjunction with the book read for the week

• Update volunteer and children attendance after each week’s session

• Maintain system to keep track of books read and materials used

• Liaise with NLB coordinator for administrative updates and other tasks like delivery of materials and training sessions for volunteers

Volunteer requirements

• Volunteers must be at least 15 years of age, have a good command of the English language, enjoy interacting with children, and can commit at least 6 months of their time to the programme.

• Volunteers are required to undergo a compulsory training session to familiarise them with how to do storytelling, as well as the etiquette they need to observe.

Volunteer benefits and support

Programme-specific support

• KidsREAD: (i) volunteer sharing sessions; (ii) annual KidsREAD Symposium; (iii) opportunities to attend the Asian Festival of Children’s Content and the Singapore Writers Festival; and (iv) advanced training sessions to further skillsets.

Appreciation of volunteers

• KidsREAD: volunteers who contribute a minimum of 41 hours within a calendar year will be invited to the annual kidsREAD Appreciation Event. Hours are derived from the number of sessions recorded, where one session is equivalent to 3 hours [Bronze (41-60 hrs); Silver (61-80 hrs); Gold (81-100 hrs); Platinum (101 hrs and above)].

Thursdays, 7.30 pm – 8.30 pm

Age group: 4-8 year olds

One-to-one reading and homework support with student volunteers.

Commitment: 1 hour every week, minimum 6 months

Volunteer scope:

• Actively engage kids in one-to-one reading or homework

• Take and submit attendance to the KidsNight Co-ordinator

• Create and maintain borrowing and reward system to encourage good reading habits

Commitment: 1 hour every 2 weeks, minimum 6 months

As a parent engagement volunteer, you will

• Be a friend/advisor/cheerleader to 3-5 disadvantaged families with pre-school children

• Encourage parents to bring children consistently to WeLL pre-school programmes

• Conduct house visits/chats on a monthly basis to catch up with parents and identify new issues on a timely manner

• Organise gathering with parents and buddies on a quarterly basis to build a sense of community

Commitment: Ad-hoc

As a social media volunteer, you will:

• Contribute posts on pre-school activities to Well & Care in Henderson-Dawson facebook and Instagram accounts

• Create and maintain Whatsapp group chats as primary mode of communication with families

• Disseminate information to various parties where required by the different project teams

• Create posters and other publicity materials as necessary for specific projects

Commitment: One hour every week

As a volunteer manager, you will:

• Organise recruitment campaigns, through physical (e.g. posters in neighbourhood) and online (e.g. giving.sg) avenues

• Manage inquiries and induct new volunteers

• Organise periodic bonding sessions with volunteers