Family learning courses are all about families learning together. Courses help parents and carers to develop confidence and learn new skills to support their child’s individual learning and development. Classes are run in libraries, schools, Family Hubs and online.
Family learning is about having fun and enjoying learning as a family. We run classes linked to ages and stages of children from five months to primary years learning.
Courses support families to improve skills, knowledge and confidence, increase well-being, and resilience.
Family learning courses are FREE. There is no formal initial assessment to gain a place on a family learning course, you will be asked to complete an initial assessment at the start of the course and to complete activities in class and at home.
We offer support for Family Hubs, schools and other local organisations who work with families and children – contact us for more information.
When you are ready, you can review the guidance for applying online. Once you submit the application, our team will check your eligibility and that your details are correct. Within 10 working days you can expect to receive an email confirming your place. See below for the list of available Family Learning courses and related information.
If you need more information, or want to discuss our Family Learning courses you can: visit our Learning Centres in-person, or contact us on the details below.
You will learn about the history of Baby Sign, signs to start with your baby and how to persevere if it appears not to work.
Course Fees: This course has no fees.
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Sensory Play is a programme for families who have children aged 0 – 2 years. It provides a range of sensory experiences and activities for parents and children to help stimulate development in all areas of learning. A baby’s brain is growing fast, developing in response to his or her surroundings through the senses of touch, smell, taste, hearing, sight and movement. You have a vital part to play. Family and home are more important than anything else in your baby’s learning.
Course Fees: This course has no fees.
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Starting school is a big milestone, and being confident using the toilet independently is an important part of school readiness. This friendly and supportive online workshop is designed for parents and carers of children who are preparing to start primary school.
The session explores practical toilet training strategies, ways to encourage independence, and how to help children feel comfortable and confident using the toilet in a school environment. You'll gain useful tips, information and advice to support your child through this important stage of development.
Course Fees: This course has no fees.
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This course will help you support your child’s literacy and numeracy skills through fun storytelling activities and the creation of a Story Sack/Story Boxes. You will attend a weekly 1 hour 15 minute session with other learners and their children, with access to resources and materials to support learning at home. During the course, you will create a Story Sack/Box and its contents, make props, games and resources, and learn different ways to bring stories to life. You will also receive practical tips, activities and ideas to encourage a love of reading and learning in your child.
Course Fees: This course has no fees.
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This course has been designed to enable you and your baby/child (aged 6 months -2 years) to take part in fun activities to support early language development. Each week we will do lots of singing and lots of speaking and listening activities.
Course Fees: This course has no fees.
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Enjoy active learning together with your child on this fun and engaging 4-week Family Learning course. Designed for parents, carers and children aged 2–4, the course includes active games, songs, movement activities and creative crafts that support early development through play.
Learn simple ways to help your child build physical skills, communication skills and emotional wellbeing while spending quality time together and having lots of fun.
Course Fees: This course has no fees.
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You will learn about EYFS, Phonics, Maths and social and emotional skills to support your children in their learning journey. Also you will learn about the world of early years education and learn how your children are learning through play so you can support them at home. We will teach you valuable skills that will help you and your child settle into the first term at primary school.
Course Fees: This course has no fees.
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This course has been designed to help you to understand how you can support your child’s early development and learning skills. The course will also give you top tips, activities and resources to help you support your child at home.
Course Fees: This course has no fees.
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This course has been designed to help you to understand how your child is learning English in Key Stage 1 or Key Stage 2 You will: become familiar with English Curriculum targets for Key Stage 1 or Key Stage 2, have an overview of punctuation rules, know how to help children spell words correctly and practice strategies to help children learn words from the statutory list, recognise how children learn sentence structure and identify complete sentences, nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, identify strategies to help children with reading comprehension., Plan for you own learning needs The course will provide you with tips, games, activities and resources to help you support your child at home.
Course Fees: This course has no fees.
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This course has been designed to help you to understand how your children are learning to read and write at school and you will: Recognise the importance of speaking and listening skills and the value of rhymes and songs to help children develop phonic awareness, know how the phonics system teaches children to read and write and know the key terms relating to phonics, be able to say the phonic sounds correctly, choose and create resources and activities to share with your children.
Course Fees: This course has no fees.
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This course has been designed to enable you to increase your knowledge and confidence to support your child's development in reading. The course is suitable for parents and carers with children aged 5 to 7 years (Reception class and KS1).
Course Fees: This course has no fees.
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This course is for parents and carers to help them support their children's learning and development. Families are a child's first and most important teachers; parental support is a key factor throughout a child’s education. Children whose parents support their learning and take a keen interest in their education do better at school and in later life.
Course Fees: This course has no fees.
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You will learn about how to deal with a First Aid Emergency for a baby, child and adult. Distinguish between a life-threatening and non-life threatening first aid casualty. You will learn how to child-proof your home for different ages and stages. You will: Know how and where to put in safety measures for the home Learn how and when to perform basic first aid including CPR, Recovery position and using a defibrillator Know how to deal with choking, heat exhaustion, swallowing poison plus some childhood illnesses
Course Fees: This course has no fees.
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This course has been designed to help you support your children’s social and emotional development (aged 0 - 11 years old. You will: identify the stages of social and emotional development and how to support children’s emotional needs, know how recognising, expressing and managing emotions underpins the development of resilience, recognise how children can build resilience using the growth mindset theory and the power of play and identify strategies to help development, explain the importance of self-esteem and confidence in the development of resilience and explore activities for developing these skills.
Course Fees: This course has no fees.
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This course has been designed to help you to understand how you can create healthy meals on a budget. Know which foods make up a balanced diet for a child over 1 year, learn the benefits of a healthy diet for you and your family, design / select healthy meals /snacks each week, know how to encourage your children to try new foods, be able to compare prices of shop bought versus home-made meals and snacks and make healthy, budget conscious recipes in each session.
Course Fees: This course has no fees.
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Our workshops are designed to enable you and your child to take part in fun activities which could include crafts, quizzes and games You will: have a go at fun, creative activities with your family, take away ideas for activities to try at home, discover more about Family Learning and how it can help you support your children.
Course Fees: This course has no fees.
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Free information, advice, fun resources and activities to help you support your children.
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Whether you are a complete beginner or want to grow your skills we have something for you! Our courses can give you both recognised qualifications that employers are looking for, and useful skills for everyday life.
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British Sign Language (BSL) is used by approximately 150,000 people in the UK. Learning BSL is a powerful skill which allows you to communicate with deaf colleagues, friends and family.
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Our Employability courses are specially designed to support those learners wishing to gain skills and qualifications to directly support them to improve, or gain, employment opportunities.
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Whether you are looking to brush-up on the basics, grow your confidence, or gain a qualification, our English and maths courses give you with the knowledge, skills and support you need to succeed.
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Our Better Mental Health courses are designed for anyone experiencing, or recovering from, mental ill-health.
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Our ESOL tutors will support you to learn the language skills you need to be able to communicate in English. You will learn grammar and punctuation, writing and reading, and speaking and listening.
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Learning a new language provides you with a new appreciation of diverse cultures and a new skill that can be used for business, work, holidays, and family life.
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Discover a new passion for creativity or get fitter this year by taking part in a course from the Learning for Wellbeing programme. On our courses, you will find a like-minded, supportive community, build confidence, make new friendships and a lot more.
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We have a track record of delivering a high quality and flexible work-based training services to employers which include the delivery of: apprenticeship standards, standalone and wider skills qualifications, and wellbeing courses.
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We offer a wide range of courses for adults with learning disabilities, providing opportunities for individuals to develop skills and knowledge.
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