Family
Learning in St. Helens
There are lots of courses available for parents, grandparents and
carers across the Borough. Organised by the Council’s Family
Learning teams, the wide selection of courses help parents to support
their children with their schoolwork. There are many courses for parents
and carers: 'Help your Child with Maths', 'Help your child Read',
'The ups and downs of parenting'.
There are a few places left on our free computer courses
at Chain Lane and Chester Lane Community Centres and at Parr Library:
ring those centres for details. Most courses are during the day but
if you are interested in an evening course please let us know. We
can sometimes arrange future courses to suit. Courses available in
2003/04.
The courses, some of which offer free creche facilities, generally
last for two hours each week and run for seven weeks. Some lead
to an Open College certificate and in the last academic year 500
of these were handed out to local people.
For more information contact the Family Learning team at the Rivington
Centre, St Helens on 01744 455464 or the Parents’ Information
Centre, Newton-le-Willows on 01744 677888.
Connexions
A site for school leavers which looks at opportunities for further
study and careers guidance.
DfEE
- Parents' Centre
This DfEE Website offers parents a full range of information directly
relevant to them and their children. It includes in-school search
options such as testing arrangements and school administration,
out of school search options including admissions and learning at
home, and personalised search options.
Information about PTAs.
A web site devoted to education and designed to be
accessed by parents, teachers and pupils. It includes a schools
guide, library of over 20 000 books, current news in the world of
education, universities and the courses on offer, classroom resources
and a web guide to useful sites.
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