{"id":553,"date":"2023-07-31T16:54:41","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T15:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/?page_id=553"},"modified":"2026-07-20T11:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T10:14:03","slug":"families-connect","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/families-connect\/","title":{"rendered":"Families Connect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/uploads\/sites\/11454\/2026\/07\/20111050\/TILE-Families-Connect-rectangle.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1174 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/uploads\/sites\/11454\/2026\/07\/20111050\/TILE-Families-Connect-rectangle-300x171.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/uploads\/sites\/11454\/2026\/07\/20111050\/TILE-Families-Connect-rectangle-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/uploads\/sites\/11454\/2026\/07\/20111050\/TILE-Families-Connect-rectangle-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/uploads\/sites\/11454\/2026\/07\/20111050\/TILE-Families-Connect-rectangle-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/uploads\/sites\/11454\/2026\/07\/20111050\/TILE-Families-Connect-rectangle.png 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Peep Families Connect<\/strong> is a programme of eight workshops around the themes of literacy, numeracy, listening, feelings and praise for families with children aged 3-6.\u00a0 Initially developed by Save the Children UK\u00a0 and now supported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peeple.org.uk\/families-connect-programme\">PEEPLE,<\/a>\u00a0 our Family Learning Team are the Glasgow accredited trainers, and to date we have trained staff from over ninety establishments to deliver this evidence based programme. Building on parents&#8217; existing skills and knowledge, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.savethechildren.org.uk\/what-we-do\/child-poverty\/uk-child-poverty\/in-schools\/families-connect\">Families Connect<\/a> does what it says in it&#8217;s title; it connects parents, their children, and school staff with each other by providing opportunities to share experiences and build confidence in a supportive environment.\u00a0 \u00a0Our team deliver the practitioner training course throughout the year, so please contact us for more information: <a href=\"mailto:laura.kennedy@glasgowlife.org.uk\">laura.kennedy@glasgowlife.org.uk.<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1172 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/uploads\/sites\/11454\/2026\/07\/20105748\/Peep-Practitioners-110626-300x104.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/uploads\/sites\/11454\/2026\/07\/20105748\/Peep-Practitioners-110626-300x104.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/uploads\/sites\/11454\/2026\/07\/20105748\/Peep-Practitioners-110626-1024x355.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/uploads\/sites\/11454\/2026\/07\/20105748\/Peep-Practitioners-110626-768x266.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/uploads\/sites\/11454\/2026\/07\/20105748\/Peep-Practitioners-110626.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Newly trained PEEP Families Connect Practitioners June 2026<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c<\/em><em>Great bonding with my son. It<\/em><em>\u2019<\/em><em>s called Families Connect and that<\/em><em>\u2019<\/em><em>s what it did <\/em><em>\u2013<\/em><em> it helped me connect more with him. It<\/em><em>\u2019<\/em><em>s made me a better parent <\/em><em>\u2013<\/em><em> you think you know everything about being a parent but then you realise you don<\/em><em>\u2019<\/em><em>t. This has really helped!<\/em><em>\u201d\u00a0 <\/em>Parent, St Brigid\u2019s Primary<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZurvEjqXghg\">WATCH Families Connect at Pollokshields Primary<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/uploads\/sites\/11454\/2023\/07\/31164830\/Families-Connect-at-St-Brigids-Primary.pptx\">Families Connect at St Brigid&#8217;s Primary<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/uploads\/sites\/11454\/2025\/05\/12111617\/FINAL-Families-Connect-St-Marnocks-PS-Case-Study-Session-2024-25-1.doc\">Families Connect at St Marnock&#8217;s Primary <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/uploads\/sites\/11454\/2025\/05\/21153915\/Families-Connect-St-Patricks-Case-Study.pdf\">Families Connect St Patrick&#8217;s Primary<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peep Families Connect is a programme of eight workshops around the themes of literacy, numeracy, listening, feelings and praise for families with children aged 3-6.\u00a0 Initially developed by Save the Children UK\u00a0 and now supported by PEEPLE,\u00a0 our Family Learning &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/families-connect\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17217,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-553","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":836,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/553\/revisions\/836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowfamilylearningteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}