Keep Up with the Children in Maths
Open Course Description
Explore what children learn in maths at primary school, unravel the jargon and work on your own skills to be able to support your child's learning and gain an up to date adult qualification in maths for yourself.
Get to grips with fractions, decimals and percentages, measures, ratios and data handling and develop problem solving strategies to help with your child's homework and support your own learning. We promise this is not as scary as it sounds!
We will also talk about how best to communicate with your child's school and teachers to ensure that you can work together to give your child the best chance of success.
Alongside this, you will build up your own confidence and skills by working together to look at different ways to work out maths problems: "I started to understand things I've never understood before!"
You will be able to talk about your own learning and career aspirations, complete the adult qualification in maths and find out about opportunities for further learning. We will also look at how you can become a learning champion, work in schools and pre-school settings or explore other types of employment. Prosp User 3
Open Is this course suitable for me?
This course is perfect for you if you are a parent, grandparent or carer of a child in primary school who wishes to support a child's learning whilst at the same time working towards an adult qualifcation in maths. You will learn in a group, with individual targets and learning plans, to develop your maths skills.
If you missed out on GCSEs at school, this is a great way to catch up. The course is also good for Teaching Assistants or anyone wanting to volunteer or work in school or pre-school settings.

The course includes a Functional Skills, adult maths qualification so it is open to people who do not previously have a GCSE grade C or 4 and above. Prosp User 4
Open What do I need to bring and are there any additional costs?
You will need a notepad, pencils, a ruler, a ring binder or folder to keep your work in and a basic calculator during this course. Other resouces can be bought or provided by our team as and when needed.
You will need to be able to access Zoom on the internet on a smartphone, tablet, Ipad, laptop or PC. If you have not used Zoom before or cannot access the internet, please let us know and we will do our best to support you to join in. Prosp User 5
Open Is there anything else I need to know?
The online course will take place on Zoom and you will be emailed the access link once you have enrolled. Please join Zoom five minutes before your session is due to start where you will be held in the ‘waiting room’ until the tutors starts the class. If you are new to Zoom and online learning, please get in touch (email ictskills@york.gov.uk) and we will support you to get started. If you or someone you know doesn't have the right equipment (smartphone, tablet, Iphone or laptop), please contact us as we are working with other organisations to get kit out into our communities.

Before you start your course, please click here to complete the online induction. Prosp User 6
York Learning receives government funding which allows us to offer courses at a lower cost. The guidelines relating to devolution means that we cannot apply this funding to learners who live in devolved areas such as the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. York Learning receives government funding which allows us to offer courses at a lower cost. The guidelines relating to devolution means that we cannot apply this funding to learners who live in devolved areas such as the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
If you live in one of these areas we would recommend that , before committing to a course with York Learning, you explore options to study the course in your local area. If you live in one of these areas we would recommend that , before committing to a course with York Learning, you explore options to study the course in your local area.
If you would prefer to continue your learning with York Learning please note that the price of the course could be double the advertised cost. If you would prefer to continue your learning with York Learning please note that the price of the course could be double the advertised cost.
In this case, please contact us on 01904 554277 to complete your enrolment. In this case, please contact us on 01904 554277 to complete your enrolment.
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Wednesday
1.50 hrs per wk
21 weeks
Dave Borlase
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FREE
Online