Moving Up From Foundation to Year 1

This workshop has been designed to help you and your child to prepare to move up from foundation to year 1.

This short course will help you to understand. The key differences between Foundation years and year 1. e.g. literacy/reading time The routine of a typical school day in your child’s school. The importance of developing your child’s independence. e.g. self-help skills. Understanding how activities you do together can further develop your child’s learning and understanding. Using fun speaking and listening activities to promote communication and expressing feeling.

When you enrol on your course, you will be given details of how to join our secure Google Classroom, how to use Google Meets and your tutor will email you about starting your course. You are assessed in class by the tutor and by your own self-assessment of topics. You will be given an online RARPAP/diary on which you and the tutor will be able to chart your progress each week. Your tutor will give you feedback and suggest ways in which you can develop and help your child’s learning. You will be given a small number of home-time tasks, linked to helping your child and to support other areas of learning you have identified. So that you can be successful in completing the course we do require that you arrive promptly for each lesson, and that you try not to miss any (you need to agree to attend at least 80% of the lessons).

There are no formal entry requirements for Family Learning courses. Please check for creche availability at your child’s school/venue where the course will be taking place.

Your school will offer other Family Learning courses. We also have a variety of subjects available at our community settings or local colleges. The Family Learning, Learner Recruitment and Welfare Officer and your tutor will help you to make choices. Thinking about your future in education or in employment but not sure where to start? You can contact our LAE careers team who will be ready and willing to help. Our Careers Leader is only a click of a mouse away via the careers page of the website. If you are unemployed or at risk of redundancy, free employability courses will provide you with the skills you need to secure future employment.