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Three more school visits

Posted on 18 March 2016 by David Colwill

It’s been a busy fortnight here at SHARE with Schools! We’ve been out on trips to Cathays High, Woodlands High, and Michaelston Community College. Michaelston and Woodlands are part of the Ely and Caerau Federation, aka Westfed. Volunteer coordinator Matt Vince on the Cathays visit: Cathays visit – WW1 workshop Last week myself, a handful of
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Guest blog by volunteer Kelsey Clarke

Posted on 24 April 2015 by David Colwill

Kelsey Clarke During my first year at Cardiff I wanted to sign up to volunteer with SHARE with Schools, but I convinced myself that I did not have enough knowledge to go out and deliver the workshops. What if these children knew more than me? What if they asked me a question and I couldn’t
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Guest blog by volunteer Beth Cox

Posted on 17 April 2015 by David Colwill

Beth Cox I went to my first ever SHARE With Schools Project event early in my second year and I was terrified: terrified I wouldn’t know what to say, terrified the kids wouldn’t listen; terrified I knew nothing about the Romans. But I loved it! I came home, signed up for ever other one that
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Guest post by volunteer Jon Langston

Posted on 9 April 2015 by David Colwill

We’re happy to present the first of a new series of guest blog posts from our student volunteers. Enjoy! My name is Jon Langston, a third year ancient history student. I felt compelled to participate in the SHARE With Schools Outreach Project as it would offer me an insight to a potential career in education. Not
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Volunteers talk about visiting Mary Immaculate

Posted on 31 March 2015 by David Colwill

Here’s some footage from the archives. Volunteers talk to us about one of the early workshop deliveries in the SHARE with Schools programme, at Mary Immaculate Catholic School, Cardiff. Happily for us, Kelsey, one of the volunteers featured in the video above, stuck with SHARE with Schools through her undergraduate studies and into her postgraduate
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Read this glowing feedback from a volunteer

Posted on 17 February 2015 by David Colwill

Out of the blue, we had a request from one of our volunteers asking if we wouldn’t mind her sending us a few words about her experiences with SHARE with Schools. Of course, we said yes! We present to you, third-year undergraduate student and former-SHARE with Schools volunteer, Hannah Parker: SHARE with schools is an incredible
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[QUOTE] I found this lesson very enjoyable…

Posted on 9 May 2014 by David Colwill

I found this lesson very enjoyable and educational, my favourite part was when we got to hold and feel the artefacts. I would’ve liked to see all the artefacts. It made me realise that I want to go to Cardiff University to study history…I really like the students because they were very kind and helpful.
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