Welcome to Family Learning

All parents want their children to do well at school and to succeed.  However, many simply don't know where to start.  Everything seems to have changed since your own schooldays, and you don't want to confuse your children by using different methods to their teacher.  Family Learning can help.

What is family learning?

Family learning classes are run in many schools in the UK.  They give parents and carers the opportunity to find out how things are taught in their own child's school, as well as a chance to share ideas with other parents and develop their own skills.  This family learning website should hopefully provide a useful resource for family learning tutors to use in a class, as well as giving parents who are unable to attend a course the chance to find out how they can help their child.

Here you will find lots of information about how things are taught in schools today, and how you can help without causing confusion and upset.  Key stages, national tests, the National Curriculum, the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies - all will be explained so that you can talk the same language as your child's teacher.

If reading methods are a mystery to you, visit the reading pages to find up-to-date printable resources and activities to help children learn to read.

Explore the site and you will find activities on healthy living, including online games which help educate children on how to stay safe on the roads and at home.

All the games and activities on the site are designed to help children (and parents) learn while having fun.