Suffolk Family Learning offer a
wide range of courses for parents and carers.
Being a parent/carer and supporting children’s development and
learning is one of the most rewarding and challenging jobs there
is. All these programmes give the opportunity to share ideas
and experiences with others parents and carers in a friendly
atmosphere.
Parenting Skills
Offers a wide range of taster workshops and courses for parents/
carers, these include:
Living with Children for parents/carers with children up to 11
years
Living with Teenagers for parents/carers with teenagers (12 - 18
years)
Assertiveness for Parents
Parenting Skills programmes give the chance to:
- share experiences and views with others in a supportive and
confidential group·
- discuss ways of building positive relationships,
- setting reasonable limits and boundaries and dealing with
challenging behaviour·
- explore ways to build children’s self esteem ·
- learn new skills and build confidence
Family Learning
Offers a wide range of taster workshops and courses for parents/
carers these include:
Workshops
These are usually run as an introduction to the other courses,
using various games and ideas and fun activities. They can range
from 2 – 9 hours in length and can run over several weeks.
Living with Babies It provides essential
information and ideas regarding baby health, feeding, sleeping and
emergency aid to help parents ‘survive’ their first year.
Play and Language For parents/ carers of 0-3 yr
olds from 2 hrs to 15 hrs. To support parents and carers of young
children develop play and language skills.
Rhythm and Rhyme and
Paper, Paint and
Play for parents of children 2- 6 years old. These courses
explore a variety of musical or creative arts-based activities to
enhance relationships with children.
Early Start Baby Talk- 0-1/
Small Talk-
1-2/
Talk Together 2-3 yr olds
A 30-hour programme for parents/ carers of young children, looking
at activities to support language development.
Playing with Language
A 30 hour/ 10 week course which aims towards parents with children
up to the age of 6. Learn how to share activities with your child,
listening and speaking skills and make various learning aids, e.g.
Book or game. Work towards an Open College Network Certificate.
Children join the class for some of the time.
Ready, Steady, Go The course is designed to help
parents understand the Early Learning Goals using a variety of
creative and sensorial experiences to engage the child.
Working Together
Again a 30-hour Open College Network Accredited course based over
10 weeks. For parents who want to help in a class. Placement in a
class is a pre-requisite.
Family Literacy/ Numeracy
A longer course, involving parents and children learning together.
Parents work towards a certificate, with a Family Learning tutor,
while the children work with an Early Years teacher. Children and
parents come together for joint activities.
Keeping Up With the Children
A 12 hour course spread over 6 weeks, giving parents experience of
the way literacy/ numeracy are taught in school. Share ideas of
ways in which you can support your child’s learning. Introduces new
terms that your child will be using within school.
Family Finance Short courses exploring fun ways to
look at the skills of family finance including budgeting, working
out best buys, loans and savings accounts for your child.
Dad and Me is a course aimed specifically at
engaging fathers in their children’s learning. Sessions often
involve a creative or sporting element, e.g. printing, construction
games, building a robot, cricket, football etc.
The courses are free.