Family Learning at St Mary's

"We are doing a family learning course at St Mary's. The whole family is loving the course and learning is fun." (Parent, March 2006)

What is family learning?

Kingston Family Learning Service explains it this way: Our family and friends are our most powerful influences on our learning throughout our lives. The values, attitudes and culture that we learn from our families can stay with us throughout our lives. Family learning consists of a whole range of activities enabling parents, carers and children to learn together. It helps parents and carers to support their children by getting involved in their education and promotes lifelong learning. Grandparents too can be introduced to learning in this way through the younger generations of their families, making family learning totally inter-generational.

What happens at St Mary's?

• workshops to help parents understand how their children learn at school - click here for our Powerpoint presentation about learning to write
• linked to these, opportunities for parents to extend their own skills - click here for the latest course, and here for the BBC 'Skillswise' site presenting English and maths skills at adult level
• courses for children and parents to try new activities together - click here for the latest course and here for a course in action
• courses for children to show their parents new skills
• ideas for activities to try together at home - click here for our recipe page, and here for creative on-line activities

If you would like to know more about the wider range of Family Learning courses and opportunities in the Borough, please contact Veronica Storey, Co-ordinator for Family Literacy, Language and Numeracy, 020 8547 6720, or email veronica.storey@rbk.kingston.gov.uk

The logo for the Borough's Family Learning Service was designed by Kloe, a member of Year 2 at St Mary's