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Share and Family Learning

This project aims to engage parents in supporting their children's education through family learning activities. It provides resources for parents to understand how their children learn and offers strategies for learning at home. The program has been shown to strengthen relationships, increase parent skills and confidence, and improve children's attainment and achievement.

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Share and Family Learning

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  1. Share and Family Learning Gaye Warwick Project Manager, Family Learning www.continyou.org.uk

  2. Promoting Parental Involvement “It’s what parents do rather than who they are that counts.” Professor Charles Desforges University of Exeter The Impact of Parental Involvement, Parental Support and Family Education on Pupil Achievement and Adjustment: 2003 www.continyou.org.uk

  3. Effects (Parents/School) 29% / 05% 27% / 21% 14% / 51% Achievement Age 7 Age 11 Age 16 Impact on ChildrenProf Charles Desforges University of Exeter www.continyou.org.uk

  4. Parent’s responsibilities • 98% parents sign ‘Home-School Agreement’ • 54% don’t remember www.continyou.org.uk

  5. Impact of parental involvement Self-esteem • “The most important influence on a person’s level of self-esteem are their parents: once parents have had their say, little else in life will be able to modify the opinion of self thus formed” ‘The costs and causes of low self-esteem’ Prof Nicolas Emler, Joseph Rowntree Foundation: 2001 www.continyou.org.uk

  6. Parent’s expectations All parents want to support their child; Don’t know how, where to start or who to ask for help. www.continyou.org.uk

  7. Share – family learning www.continyou.org.uk

  8. Why Share? • Flexible • Fun! www.continyou.org.uk

  9. What is Family Learning? Process… Diverse practice… Creative delivery… Learner defined… Mutual respect… www.continyou.org.uk

  10. What is Family Learning? Diet… Quick fix… Healthy Eating… Long term impact… www.continyou.org.uk

  11. Share Aims • Raising children’s attainment • Engaging with parents/carers to support their children’s education • Parents/carers who will reflect on their own learning needs • A catalyst to help schools/settings manage the involvement of parents/carers in the life of the school www.continyou.org.uk

  12. What is Share? Aim Successful? How did it go? Demonstration Typical model Doing At home In school QUALITY www.continyou.org.uk

  13. Share Materials • Fun! • Foundation Stage • Key Stage 1 • Key stage 2 • Key stage 3 www.continyou.org.uk

  14. Foundation Stage • Fun! • Appropriate to the effective learning of 3 – 5year olds • Personal, social & emotional development • Communication, language & literacy • Mathematical development • Knowledge & understanding of the world • Physical development • Creative development www.continyou.org.uk

  15. Share at Key Stage 1 • FUN • Promotes active learning • Promotes the importance of talk to learning • Cross curricular • Links to key literacy & numeracy skills www.continyou.org.uk

  16. Share at Key Stage 2 • Fun! • Promotes active learning • Cross curricular • Links to key literacy and numeracy skills • Develops independent learning skills • Supports the transition from KS2 to KS3 www.continyou.org.uk

  17. Share at Key Stage 3 • Promotes active learning • Cross curricular • Link to key skills • Communication • Application of number • ICT • Working with others • Improving own learning & performance • Problem solving • Link to citizenship education - Social& moral responsibility, community involvement & political literacy • Link to PSHE & promote family discussion • Fun! www.continyou.org.uk

  18. Healthy Share • Physical health • Healthy eating • Emotional health & well being • Healthy attitudes to medicines, drugs and alcohol • Health & safety • Health in the community • Fun www.continyou.org.uk

  19. Computers don’t byte! • Finding your way around the computer • Developing word-processing skills • Some simple graphic skills • Using the internet • Using email • Other types of software and peripherals • ICT at the Foundation stage(5 activities) www.continyou.org.uk

  20. Share Supports Every Child Matters Outcomes • Be healthy • Stay safe • Enjoy & achieve • Make a positive contribution • Achieve economic well-being www.continyou.org.uk

  21. Positive features of Share • Enables and empowers parents to help their child • Helps parents to understand how their children learn and are taught in school • Provides parents with strategies to support children’s learning at home • Supports and improves adult skills • Helps raise children’s attainment in school • Provides an enjoyable learning experience • Acknowledges the role of the parent as the child’s first and foremost educator • Practitioners work in partnership with parents and families • Fostering lifelong learning • Learning can be fun • Develops a whole school approach www.continyou.org.uk

  22. Settings have reported • Strengthening of relationships • Increase of parents skills and confidence • Raising of attainment & achievement • Parents more able to understand how children and young people learn • Parents able to develop learning at home • Parents learn more about what their child is doing • Patience……..! www.continyou.org.uk

  23. Parents have reported • Increase in ‘quality’ family timewhole family – organise – better use • Greater awareness & understanding of how their child learns • Pleasure in learning together • Appreciation of their own learningaccreditation – what I’ve done!“My child has asked me to play!” www.continyou.org.uk

  24. Impact of Share • Empowers parents, children and staff • Supports relationships for all • Improves educational attainment and achievement • Supports parents and carers as learners www.continyou.org.uk

  25. What the children say……. “Mummy, why you no do this before?” Share Toddler – Sandwell 2003 “I can do things with Dad and its fun” Share child- Dumfries & Galloway 2006 “It’s great having special time with just me and my mum” Share child – Blackburn 2003 “I’ve discovered my dad’s pretty cool really!” Share Teenager – London 2003 www.continyou.org.uk

  26. What else? • Share Plus • Busy Bees • It’s A Man thing • Active Dad’s • Developing Men Friendly Organisations • Top Dad’s • History Detective • Breakfast Clubs • Book it! • Sum it! www.continyou.org.uk

  27. How can we support you with Share? • Training & support – 2 days & half day follow up • Resources – materials • Certificates – personal/setting • CPD – professional - Approved Trainer - Facilitator Training • Newsletters, website www.continyou.org.uk

  28. How can we support you with Share? • Local network organised by LEA co-ordinators • Formal external evaluation 2004 • Annual national conference • Annual Share Awards • Termly network for co-ordinators • Family learning consultancy www.continyou.org.uk

  29. A final thought… If you have a lot of tension and you get a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle: “Take two and keep away from the children…” Thank you… www.continyou.org.uk

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