Families Learning Together Cardiff and Vale College
Online courses available in January
Nursery and Reception - Learning and Playing Together
This 10 week course is for families with children who are Nursery and Reception age and will give you the opportunity to play and learn with your child. As well as a weekly online class for the grown-ups, there will be fun activities for you to do together at home, including making puzzles, games and sharing stories together. Each week we will have a family story time and lots of learning opportunities based around the stories. You will learn how these activities can help your child to develop thinking skills, language skills and help them to build relationships.
Foundation Phase - Year 1 and 2
The Families Learning Together team are offering a fun, new exciting online course for families with children in the Foundation Phase - Year 1 and 2. This 10-week course will develop different literacy, maths and IT skills in a fun and interesting way using a variety of games.
Each week there will be an online session for adults and a family story-time for children. A recording of the adult session will be available for you to access in your own time. This course is accredited, so you will gain a certificate and will learn lots of new and exciting skills to develop and support your child’s learning. The activities you will be sharing with your child will improve their physical and emotional well-being, thinking skills as well as language and communication skills. The course will run online, so it can fit in with personal schedules and there will be lots of opportunities for tutor support and development throughout.
Key Stage 2 - Money Matters
This new and exciting 10-week course (approximately 3 hours per week) is aimed at parents looking to support their child's financial education. It is never too early, nor too late to develop solid financial skills. You and your child will be exploring all things money through a variety of enjoyable games and activities. The course will allow parents to confidently talk to their children about money and create opportunities for them to manage it.
The course will be tailored to your family's needs. You will be able to access the course in lots of ways: you can do it online in a weekly live session, or you may wish to watch a recording of the session in your own time, you can access the course by email and communicate by email.
You will be able to access the course online in a weekly live session or view a recording in your own time. Each week you will be asked to complete an activity/game with your child and to chat with the tutor. Support will be given every step of the way.
Supporting Your Child with KS3 Mathematics
We are thrilled to be offering a brand new course this term for families with children who are KS3 age (11-14 years old). This 10 week course will cover the foundations and main concepts of the KS3 mathematics curriculum in Wales. We will be looking at re-learning and boosting your skills in several topics that can be challenging for children such as;
This course will allow families to confidently support their children with their KS3 maths homework. As well as weekly online classes, there will also be a weekly online session for families to troubleshoot any maths problems with the tutor that arise from their child’s school homework. There will also be some fun, educational STEM activities for all the family to enjoy at home, which will help families consolidate some of the KS3 maths skills taught on the course.
All courses are free to all families and are accredited with an Agored Cymru unit.
Participants will become a student of CAVC
For further information or to book a place on one of our courses please contact
families@cavc.ac.uk
https://cavc.ac.uk/en/cavc-for/adults/families-learning-together