Family Learning
What is HALS Family Learning?
It is free learning specifically for parents and carers taking place in schools and children’s centres. Some crèche places may be available for parents with preschool children.
As mums, dads, granddads, grandmas, aunties, uncles and carers, you are your child’s most important teachers. School teachers have told us that children whose parents support them at home with their homework do particularly well at school. Do you feel confident in taking on this most important role? You may have left school with no qualifications, have forgotten skills learnt at school or would simply like to refresh your knowledge.
Perhaps you have realised that schools now teach children in very different ways from when you were at school. Family Learning will introduce you to the new (delete) school curriculum so that you can support your child without confusing him or her with different methods you may know.
Maybe you hated maths at school? But did you also know that maths is everywhere, when you get up and get the children ready for school, tell the time, go shopping, cook a meal or plan a trip? Everyday you and your children are using maths without realising it! Maths for children is all about playing ‘odd or even’ games, spotting number patterns, naming shapes in the park, ‘counting on’, ‘halving’, ‘doubling’ and ‘sharing’.
How about spelling, grammar and reading aloud? Are you worried if your child asks you about verbs, adjectives or how to spell a word? English is all about making beautiful pictures out of letters, creating stories, dressing up and acting out different roles with home-made puppets. The stories come to life in front of your child’s very eyes! There are plenty of everyday activities and games we can show you to make it ‘fun’ for you and your children to learn.
Computers, computers! Are you afraid of them? We’ll show you mouse and keyboard skills and everything else you need to become independent learners. We will guide you to safe internet sites that will help you and your child learn in your own time,at home or on the free computers available in your library.
If English is not your first language, don’t worry; we can help you develop your skills on Family Language courses which will help you support your child. If you don’t have a qualification in English or maths, you may get one with us at the same time as helping your child! We’ll even help you decide what to do next or what career or job you might want to have in the future.
Find out about a free class near you by calling HALS Family Learning on 020 8489 4772. We may even be able to run a course at your child’s school. Ask the school to contact us at: hals@haringey.gov.uk
|Back to topCourses and Venues
We seek to add to our range of courses every term.
If you have suggestions for courses that you would like to see in your school or community centre, contact Family Learning.
Schools and community centres may also contact us if they are interested in offering a course.
We hope to run courses in the following venues:
- Alexandra Primary School
- Belmont Junior School
- Broadwater Farm Community Centre
- Chestnuts Primary School
- Coleraine Park Primary School
- Crowland Primary School
- Earlsmead Primary School
- Gladesmore Community School
- Lancasterian Primary School
- Noel Park Primary School
- Risley Avenue Primary School
- South Harringay Infant and Junior Schools
Further Information
Wood Green Learning Centre
2nd Floor, Central Library
High Road, Wood Green
London
N22 6XD
- Tel 020 8489 2500
- Email hals@haringey.gov.uk.
- See the HALS programme.
