Sixth year students from Grangemouth High School are giving up free lessons to help with activities at neighbouring Inchyra nursery, which some of them used to attend. The 17- and 18-year-olds volunteer for a maximum of two school periods a week.
The local authority-run nursery and the high school are both involved in a cluster of settings connected through the New Community Schools initiative, which seeks to increase co-operative working between schools and other services.
Nursery manager Sandra Brown, who approached the school with the idea, said, 'As there are no male nursery staff and fewer male role models for children, we thought it would be really nice to have boys coming into the nursery. We've had an amazing response. It's made a real difference, especially with the nursery boys. It's encouraged them to go into the story corner and the girls to do woodwork.'
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