What is Family Learning?
 The Adult and Community Learning Service has adopted the broadest definition of family learning and of family and works with families and extended families as an integral part of social inclusion. It's essentially about having fun with your 'family' and learning together in the most fulfilling way.
Family Programmes cover two strands, family literacy, language and numeracy (FLLN) and wider family learning (WFL).
Family programmes aim to encourage family members 
to learn together. They are learning as or within a family.
They should include opportunities for intergenerational learning and wherever possible, lead both adults and children to pursue further learning. ‘Family’ is purposely not defined, to enable adults and children with a range of relationships to participate together.
Family learning programmes are those specifically designed to enable adults and children to learn together or those programmes that enable parents/carers to learn how to
support their children’s learning. They aim to:
- Develop the skills or knowledge of both the adult and child participants; and
- Help parents/carers to be more active in the support of their children’s learning and development and to understand the impact of that support
Family literacy, language and numeracy programmes
aim to:
- Improve the literacy, language and numeracy skills of parents;
- Improve parents’ ability to help their children; and
- Improve children’s acquisition of literacy, language and numeracy
All family learning programmes allow parents/careers and children to have fun whilst at the same time learn in a non-threatening way.
Family learning programmes have funding and are at no cost to the learner. Contributions can be made for Crèche and teacher costs.
If you want to know more about these activities and programmes or have any questions please contact Debbie McLeod on email or phone us on 01926 731202.
Some of the Family Programmes that have taken place are:
- keeping up with the children (KUC),
- kite making,
- sculpture making,
- family crafts,
- adventure into story sacks,
- teddy bears picnics,
- reminiscence with families,
- family dog training,
- family fun days,
- making numeracy games,
- helping children with number skills,
- old playground games,
- family first aid,
- family ICT events,
- family pond dipping,
- marionette workshops,
- family history
- play and language
- family literacy
- family numeracy
- play with language
- springboard
- BTBO (Being together, Being ourselves, Being safe, Being healthy, Being an active citizen, Being confident)
- Family finance
- Together into phonics
- Early Start - (Baby talk, Small talk, Talk together)
- and many more.
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