The mentoring activities include: Knowing me, knowing you - Building rapport with a student Planning the journey - Giving students a baseline for improvement Initial self-assessment - Providing a baseline for measuring progress Student reassessment and evaluation - Giving students the opportunity to reassess their progress Target setting and action planning - Developing targets and a plan of action Show me the difference - Students demonstrate that there is measurable progress Improving attendance - Develop strategies to improve attendance And the moral of the story is - Stimulates the concept of conscience Let me tell you a story - Students consider choices and consequences What if? - Students look at different possibilities, a good activity when they claim there is 'no point' The treasure hunt - Develops problem solving, communication and teamwork skills Sunshine thinking - Helps students see themselves in their best light I remember when ... it happened to me - Students recount a personal experience and reflect on what they learnt from it Oh no! Sarah's in trouble - Students create a story that looks at issues of conflict and reconciliation Conflict - What it is and how to deal with it - Looks at the skills students need to mediate between people in conflict. I'm seeing red - How to recognise the initial signs of anger and identify ways of defusing it. Stop seeing red - Strategies for coping with highly charged emotional situations It's about time - Managing study time effectively A place to study - Creating a positive environment for successful study.

"In her manual Activities for Mentoring Young People, Stephanie George has developed a comprehensive programme of activities to enable children and young people in their life choices and relationships. The supportive, patient and caring mentorship this programme endorses can only enhance and equip the children and young people we seek to support." Bill Rogers, Education Consultant