A huge thank you to our families who attended our Family Learning event.   Within East Renfrewshire schools and nurseries, there is a campaign to encourage more family learning in both early years centres and primary schools.  Many parents engage in their child’s education through stay and play sessions or meet the teacher, but we want to encourage you to join in their learning with us.

• family learning helps extend teaching outside of the nursery and can improve educational outcomes for children
• It is an effective way for parents to engage with their child’s nursery and can improve communication between practitioners and parents
• it can also open new communication between parents and children and make learning fun for both

Our staff follow Curriculum For Excellence which is the curriculum for children from the age of 3-18.  All staff are qualified to deliver this and our event was a great opportunity to share the fantastic work they do.  Our  teacher Helen helps staff to plan learning activities in each area, which is then shared on our planning wall in the playroom, along with ideas of how you can continue this learning at home.

Eilidh, our STEM Ambassador, shared some of the fantastic experiments she helps our children create. Snowstorm in a jar and monster in a cup are amongst our favourites!

Helen helps support our children to develop their literacy and numeracy skills by creating fabulous learning activities.  She has created some really useful information on phonological awareness which is the foundation for helping our children develop their early reading skills and showcased some examples of how this could be reinforced at home.

Fiona recently attended the Hanen ABC and beyond training which supports children to develop and build their language, reading and writing skills.  She shared the wonderful work Iona has done with our children to develop their knowledge of environmental print such as familiar logos on packaging, signs and creating their own posters and helping with labelling their playroom.

Angela and Val were on hand to answer any questions, share information on transitions to Primary 1 or for families who may wish to defer their entry.
Our event was a wonderful opportunity to share information with families and to ask for ideas of how we can work together to help you join in your child’s learning.  Your thoughts and opinions are so important to us and we would love your feedback on times that would suit you best for us to hold future events and whether you would be interested in learning bags, information leaflets or any ideas you have.