Courses

Family Language and Literacy

These courses are aimed at families who would benefit from improving their literacy and/or language skills. They can begin with a 2-3hrs taster course followed by either a 30hr short course or a 60hr intensive course. The courses are flexible in order to meet the needs of parents, children and schools but can include core features such as; making a Story Sack, visiting a library, help your child with reading, strategies for spelling, supporting Standard Attainment Tests (SATs).

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Family Numeracy

These courses are aimed at families who would benefit from improving their numeracy skills. They can begin with a 2-3hrs taster course followed by either a 30hr short course or a 60hr intensive course. The courses are flexible in order to meet the needs of parents, children and schools but can include core features such as; maths in the home, supporting SATS, how maths is taught in schools.

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Early Start

This course is targeted at 0 - 4yr olds and their parents with a strong emphasis on speaking and listening skills for both the adult and the child. The course has three modules:

• Baby Talk (0 - 1)
• Small Talk (1 - 2)
• Talk Together (2 - 4yrs)

Each module can be offered independently or combined for a mixed aged group.

All the above courses have three core elements:

• Adult Time - where the adults work on improving their own skills and find out how they can help their children supported by an adult Skills For Life basic skills tutor.
• Child Time - where the children are given extra support with their own literacy or Numeracy by the school teacher.
• Joint Time - where the adults and children work together jointly supported by both teacher and tutor.

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Keeping Up with the Children

A range of courses, for parents/carers only , that include a:

• 12hr introductory course
• 12hr course that focuses on either Literacy, Numeracy or ICT
• 30 hour Help Your Child with Literacy / Help Your Child with Maths designed to support parents/carers who wish to improve their own literacy or numeracy skills

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Intergenerational Family Learning

These are varied and are tailored to meet the interest of the learners. Courses that have been offered include:

• Family First Aid
• Rhythm & Rhymes
• Lads, Dads & Granddads - Family Cooking
• Art for All
• Do you Dig This?

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Parenting Courses

Again these courses are flexible and can be designed to meets the needs of your parents. Courses that have been run include:

• Parenting your child
• Parenting your teenager
• Help your child at school
• Raising self-esteem in children

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