Family learning courses

A five-week course to give you practical ideas on how to help your child’s understanding of maths through simple, fun, activities and games.

You will find out what and how they are learning in school from Reception to Year 4.

A five-week course to give you practical ideas on how to improve your child’s knowledge and understanding of phonics and support their reading.

Explore how children learn phonics, and how knowledge and confidence of phonics will improve their reading and spelling.

A five-week course to give you practical ideas to improve your child’s number skills through activities.

You will look at strategies to support calculation and problem solving and understand how numbers are taught. Learn simple, fun activities and games to reinforce mathematical understanding.

This course is for parents and carers with a child in:

• Reception
• Year 1
• Year 2

at school in Buckinghamshire, who would like to support their child to improve their number skills.

A five-week course to give you practical ideas to improve your child’s writing through activities.

You will look at strategies to support spelling, grammar and punctuation to improve writing and explore different text types and writing styles.

A five-week course to give you practical ideas to improve your child’s science skills and knowledge, through activities.

You will look at to improve how maths and English through science and how it is taught in school. Learn simple, fun experiments using everyday items and explore the outdoor world.

A five-week course to give you practical ideas to improve your child’s wellbeing through activities.

Explore ways to build your child’s confidence, resilience and a ‘can do’ approach to school and home. You will look at ways to help your child cope with anxiety and stress.

Practical strategies and tips for supporting ADHD and Autistic children at home. It will help you to understand ADHD, Autism and its characteristics. This will help you to create a supportive and inclusive environment for your child. The workshop will provide you with resources and ideas on where to find additional information.