What is Family Learning?

Family Learning is where both children and adults are involved in learning activities together and through these shared experiences the culture of learning in the family grows, and the children have a greater opportunity of succeeding in life.  

Why Family Learning is Important:

Family Learning at Hambridge Primary School helps parents and carers improve their self confidence and parenting skills and enhances their ability to help their children learn at home.  Children benefit because parents become more interested and involved in their child's school life, learning how to support them more effectively.

Family Learning at Hambridge Primary also encourages all the family to participate in life long learning; for some parents it can be the first step towards developing further learning for themselves or engaging in volunteer work or seeking paid employment. 

The Family Learning sessions are designed for adults to improve literacy, numeracy and language skills and to raise awareness of the vital role that they play in raising attainment levels by developing their child's ability, confidence and love of learning.  Parents and carers will observe the teacher, develop knowledge and strategies and then work with their child to apply new skills.

Parents will also find out what we teach in specific year groups, the different methods we use to achieve those objectives and also, more importantly how their child learns at school.  Tips will be given on how to help children at home, not only with homework, but how to develop skills during every day activities.