| Course Fee | *FREE |
Reading With Your Child
Course Details:
This course offers parents/carers the opportunity to work with their children to develop their reading skills and improve their confidence when reading. It will also help you to learn about how your children are taught in Sandwell schools and how to support them.
The objective is to reinforce understanding of phonics and to encourage your children to read through a series of fun and engaging activities.
The course can either be offered as a full 5 week course where families are required to attend 4 out of 5 sessions or as individual workshops where schools can select the workshops that would be most useful for their parents.
By the end of the full 5 week course you will be able to:
- Help your children to recognise initial letter sounds.
- Help your children to read CVC words.
- Ask your children questions to develop their reading skills.
- Gain confidence in supporting your children’s learning at home.
- Be able to talk about books with your children.
- Enjoy learning together through a range of fun activities.
- Personal targets will also be agreed.
Workshops can be offered in:
- Enjoying books with your child
- Phonics
- Comprehension questions
- Rhymes and poetry
- Helping your child to concentrate
- Using pictures to help understanding
- Building confidence and sharing feelings
Entry Requirments:
You will need to provide evidence that you have any of the following:
- Proof of immigration status
- Aged 19+
- Are related to a child in a Sandwell school e.g. parents, carer, guardian, grandparent, aunt or uncle.
- You will need to complete an assessment before you join the course and advice will be given as to the suitability of the course for you. You need to have English skills at E2 to be able to fully engage with the course. This means that you should be able to read half a page of writing and write half a page independently. You must be committed to attending regularly.
Location:
We deliver this couse in connection with local primary schools. For more inforamtion contact the school directly.
We currently have this course due to take place at:
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If you are a primay school and would be interested in delivering this to your pupils and parents please 
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What are the benefits of the course?
You and your family will have the opportunity to work in a supported environment where professional teaching, differentiated for individual need will support understanding, progression and individual achievement. You will gain a greater understanding of the curriculum content that your children will cover in school, learn how to support your children and develop your own skills. You and your children will have the opportunity to ask questions and to improve skills in reading. You will be able to interact with your children in an informal and fun way away from the demands of family life. You will also be able to find out about other available courses.
Teaching
All learning is supportive and safe and where professional teaching is individualised to the requirements of each learner. You will be taught in a classroom situation with demonstrations, practical activities, family and group work, discussion, one to one support and informative handouts.
How will my progress be monitored and assessed?
Your individual learning goals will be agreed at the beginning of the course and recorded on your individual learning plan. The ILP will be used throughout the course to assess your progress. Progression will be monitored through assessment via observation of practical activities, marking of completed work and through group discussion. The tutor will assess your learning during the sessions and will provide you with individual feedback. You will be asked to provide feedback of your learning experience via a questionnaire.
What qualification will I get?
An in house SAFL certificate will be provided when learners have achieved their agreed learning outcomes.
After completing this course, could I progress onto another course?
At the end of this course you may feel confident to progress to another SAFL course, for example an accredited English course.
Are there any additional costs?
There are no fees charged to you. Your course fees are paid for through the West Midlands Combined Authority, which is government funding.
Equipment Required
A pen and writing paper.