{"id":9023,"date":"2021-11-29T14:50:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T14:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/?p=9023"},"modified":"2021-12-02T07:51:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T07:51:49","slug":"introducing-the-new-bes-peer-mentors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/introducing-the-new-bes-peer-mentors\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the New BES Peer Mentors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/peer-mentors-2021.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/peer-mentors-2021.png 500w, https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/peer-mentors-2021-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>The new BES Peer Mentors (left to right): Ruby McDermott, Edith Towle, Hettie Liddle, Sienna Turner, Hannah Ealey, Frederika Williams-Brown, Thomas Brettle and Will Claydon (Rhys Owen not pictured)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A group of nine Year 9 students have been announced as Bridgnorth Endowed\u2019s new Peer Mentors and are poised to play a vital role within the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The newly-appointed team are tasked with supporting pupils from Years 7 to 9 by providing general advice and guidance, and signposting people and resources where needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As positive role models, they will also assist in coordinating programme activities and events that help to promote student engagement \u2013 a key focus at BES.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The selection process challenged the applicants to show they had the right qualities to become an effective mentor, including good listening skills, honesty, and the ability to provide constructive feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pupils seeking support are encouraged to approach the mentors around school or, if they prefer, they can contact them confidentially by emailing <a href=\"mailto:peermentor@bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>peermentor@bridgnorthendowed.co.uk<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of nine Year 9 students have been announced as Bridgnorth Endowed\u2019s new Peer Mentors and are poised to play a vital role within the school. The newly-appointed team are tasked with supporting pupils from Years 7 to 9 by providing general advice and guidance, and signposting people and resources where needed. As positive &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/introducing-the-new-bes-peer-mentors\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Introducing the New BES Peer Mentors&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-9023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-school-news","tag-bridgnorth-endowed-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}