Schools, Parenting and Child Development: Supporting with moving on to primary school

A successful and positive Early Years experience improves outcomes for children and helps them to build skills that enable them to be resilient, confident and capable. This course identifies strategies that will help children be " School Ready." School readiness can be defined as ensuring children have progressed well in all areas of development and the course will focus on the areas of development in the Early Years Foundation stage and National curriculum. The course will enable parents to help their children get ready for the structure and routines of a school day.

We will find out about both the Early Years Foundation Stage & The National Curriculum. We will practise our phonics & make learning resources to help our children at home, & to support preparation for reception class. We will learn about opportunities for practising early maths & English skills. The course will cover topics like child development, policies & procedures in school & how schools are organised. Parents will feel more confident in both applying & choosing a primary school for their child. Parents will be able to plan their next steps & hopefully more on to volunteering in their child's school or setting or further learning & training opportunities.