Parents as Learners
A programme to help parents and carers support learning.
Increasingly, schools are seeking to engage parents. It is a national agenda with considerable significance. It would seem that schools know the importance of engaging parents, but frequently find it difficult to get parents into school, particularly those who are ‘hard to reach’. Parents as Learners (PaL) provides a solution to this barrier. PaL gives schools flexibility in meeting the varied needs of it’s parent group.
Parents as Learners comes in two formats:
Your school hosts a link to the programme on its website. Parents and carers then have direct access to PaL. They use the programme independently; at a time and place of their choice.
You invite parents and carers to attend facilitated sessions. The programme consists of twenty 45 minute sessions. PAL can be run in any setting (school, youth club, hall, home) with basic IT resources.
As a web based programme, PaL updates are instant. You will be able to access new versions simply.
PaL Modules and Sessions
PaL is a series of sessions that contain interactive and exciting resources. The 5 modules are:
1. What you need to know about learning
- Then and now
- Knowing your child
- How your child learns
- Helping your child be a better learner
2. Developing a love for learning
- What makes a great learner
- Overcoming obstacles
- Help your child succeed
- Learning in your family
3. Key skills for learning
- Planning and preparation
- Gathering Information
- Asking great questions
- Organising Thinking
4. Positive parenting
- Knowing your parenting styles
- The BASICS of self esteem
- Building self esteem
- Family Values
5. Testing times
- Understanding marks and grades
- Preparing for exams
- Revision techniques
- Handling tests
More modules to be added soon
As PaL progresses, we will continue to add more modules to the suite.
As Pal is a web based programme, it can be updated on an ongoing basis to ensure it is always current.
Parent Guides
The PaL parent guides are an invaluable resource. As a subsriber, they are yours to download and reproduce as many times as you wish. The list of subjects and languages is regularly reviewed and expanded.
Subjects include:
- Safety on the internet
- Gaining economic wellbeing
- Healthy living
- Helping with home learning
- Helping with maths
- Helping with reading
- Living fully
- Positive friendships
- Staying safe
- Towards exam success
Languages include:
- English
- Arabic
- Bengali
- Gujurati
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Punjabi
- Somali
- Tamil
- Turkish
- Urdu
- Welsh
Already a PaL user?
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Want to know more?
Call us today on (01628) 810 700 or fill in the form below and we'll get in touch with some more information about Parents as Learners.
Meet the Parents as Learners Characters
Parents as Learners introduces 12 characters to parents and carers. The characters share their real life experiences and will help parents and carers relate to the issues covered. The characters are represent a wide range of ethnicities, background and experience.
