May 2024

We are delighted to announce that we are now a fully affiliated Dog Mentor school following the successful assessment and training completed Ruby and Bella, theur owner/handler Mrs Fryer and their other school handlers, Mrs Ellis, Miss Greenhiill and Mrs Hodgson!  The Dog Mentor programme has built upon the benefits of the human-animal bond by providing children with positive experiences with dogs that can help them educationally, developmentally, emotionally and socially

What is The Dog Mentor?

DOGS SUPPORTING EDUCATION

The Dog Mentor Programme has built upon the benefits of the human-animal bond by providing children positive experiences with dogs that can help them educationally, developmentally,

emotionally and socially. The aim of The Dog Mentor is to create a completely universal offering in your environment for not only social, emotional and mental health well being but also covers all aspects of curriculum based education in order to improve educational outcomes.​

Over the past 11 years, implementation of The Dog Mentor Programme in Primary and Secondary schools across the UK has proven to have significant impact on many children’s lives.  ​The Dog Mentor Programme has been implemented in over 350 schools all over the UK with over 800 educational professionals having been trained. There here are now more than 410 Dog Mentor dogs working in school every day.

Dundale is very proud to have our very own Dog Mentors, Ruby and Bella and to be part of such an amazing programme.  To find out more about the programme, see below:

The Dog Mentor - Building Characters

We are really excited about the start of our journey - watch this space for more news....

3rd May 2024

Ruby and Bella have had a busy first week as our new Dog Mentors.   They have visited every classroom in the school at least once to meet all our children.   The children have learnt how to be 'Bella and Ruby ready' and have been absolutely amazing.   Bella and Ruby have enjoyed meeting them and are enjoying a restful bank holiday weekend before more work next week.