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Spreadsheets, Finance & Budgeting and IT Security Online Courses – Continuous Enrolments
Through Multiply, Skills Ladder are offering free online courses to help you improve your skills using Excel spreadsheets, budgeting and finance and IT security. Please click on the links below where you can find more information about each course. Enrolments are continuous. Spreadsheet Course Budgeting and Finance Course IT Security Course Multiply is here to […]
Wiltshire College and University Centre – Basic Maths (Multiply)
The Basic Maths: Multiply programme will give you the confidence and upskill in various maths topics. You’ll gain knowledge by building basic numeracy maths skills that you use in everyday life situations such as banking, shopping, money, utility bills. DIY projects, cooking, gardening, driving, holidays, self-employment/business, childcare costs, maths games or travel. With the topics […]
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Supporting My Teen with Transitions to Adulthood
Supporting My Teen with Transitions to Adulthood
Click here to enrol: https://workwiltshire.co.uk/enrolment/ Or to contact us call 01225 770478 or email familyandcommunitylearning@wiltshire.gov.uk Course dates: 27 Feb 5 March 12 March 19 March 26 March 2024 Entry Requirements: If you have 5 GCSEs grades A to C (5 O Levels) this course may not be suitable for you. Please contact us if you […]
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Helping My Child Build Concentration and Resilience
Helping My Child Build Concentration and Resilience
Helping My Child Build Concentration and Resilience What’s this course about? This course will explore the reasons why children may find concentrating or being resilient difficult, and how you can discover ways to build children’s concentration and resilience at home. Course format: This is an online course where you’ll learn together and take part in practical group activities, all […]
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Wild Figures – Green Lane Woods, Trowbridge
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust - Wild Figures 6 week course starting 4th March 2024 - 11:00-14:30 A free six-week programme to improve number skills, wellbeing, and connection to nature held at Green Lane Woods, Trowbridge. Please click on the link for more information about the course: Wild Figures | Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Wild Figures Leaflet 2024 […]
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Understanding School Avoidance
Understanding School Avoidance
By the end of this course, you will be able to (at the appropriate level): Understand attendance data and the impact attendance has on learner outcomes Show greater awareness of legal implications for poor school attendance List the common reasons for school avoidance and discuss those that apply to their child Develop a greater understanding […]
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Helping my Child Prepare Positively for Change
Helping my Child Prepare Positively for Change
What’s this course about? This course will help you to understand the reasons why children may find change difficult, and ways that children’s ability to cope with change positively can be supported at home. Course format: This is an online course where you’ll learn together and take part in practical group activities, all in a relaxed and friendly […]
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Wellbeing
Wellbeing
Session dates: 11, 18, 25 March, plus 15, 22 April The purpose of this course is to develop learners’ understanding of how to manage and maintain their mental wellbeing as an integral part of their overall health. This course aims to assist learners to build their skills in resilience, communication, self-confidence, time-management and organisation in […]
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ESOL Higher – Face to Face
ESOL Higher – Face to Face
This course is designed to help learners who have a higher level of English as a second language to further develop their English language skills. Learners will gain information about life in Britain including subtle nuances regarding the use of English in the United Kingdom. The activities embedded in this course give learners the opportunity […]
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Supporting Myself to Support My Child
Supporting Myself to Support My Child
OVERALL COURSE AIMS: Develop strategies to support my well-being so that I can support my child effectively. Improve my understanding of how to support the individual needs of my child/ren By the end of this course, learners will be able to (at the appropriate level): Describe different factors that can affect our well-being. Consider how […]
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Helping My Child with Anxiety and Worry
Helping My Child with Anxiety and Worry
Helping My Child with Anxiety and Worry What’s this course about? This course will help you to understand what anxiety and worry are, how they can affect learning, and how you can support your children’s mental health at home. Course format: This is an online course where you’ll learn together and take part in practical group activities, all in […]
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Discovering Confidence – online
Discovering Confidence – online
SESSION AIMS: To encourage learners to develop their confidence and identify ways to improve positive mental wellbeing. To support learners to identify their strengths and weaknesses and to reflect on when their strengths have support them to achieve a goal. To help learners develop goals and the skills they need to take their next steps […]
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Supporting my Child with Times Tables
Supporting my Child with Times Tables
Entry Requirements: Family and Community Learning courses are funded by the Education and Skills Funding Agency. Courses are no cost to learners if they are aged 19+, have a Wiltshire postcode, and have been a resident in UK/EU for 3+years (or have certain immigration status) and if you can tick any of these criteria: have […]
Supporting My Teen with Wellbeing
Supporting My Teen with Wellbeing
Entry Requirements: Family and Community Learning courses are funded by the Education and Skills Funding Agency. Courses are no cost to learners if they are aged 19+, have a Wiltshire postcode, and have been a resident in UK/EU for 3+years (or have certain immigration status) and if you can tick any of these criteria: How […]
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Helping My Child Prepare Positively for Change – online
Helping My Child Prepare Positively for Change – online
SESSION AIMS Explore the reasons why children may find change difficult Discover ways that children’s ability to cope with change positively can be supported at home Develop an awareness of how visual supports such as visual timetables, calendars/countdowns and social situation stories are used to help children to prepare for change Find out where to […]
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Helping My Child with Anxiety and Worry (face to face course)
Helping My Child with Anxiety and Worry (face to face course)
SESSION AIMS: Explore anxiety and worry are and how they affect the body, behaviour, emotions and thoughts. Discover ways that children’s mental health can be supported at home. Develop an awareness of how anxiety and worry can affect learning. Find out where to go for further help, advice and support. LEARNING OBJECTIVE: To develop my […]
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Shop for Less
Shop for Less
SESSION AIMS: To support learners to identify good value for money and how to choose the best buy To enable learners to use numeracy skills and techniques for rounding and adding numbers (mentally) to estimate the costs of purchases To provide learners with the opportunity to consider how businesses encourage us to buy, and to […]