Free online cources for parents and carers
Nottingham College is pleased to be able to offer FREE, online courses to parents and carers at Dovecote. These courses are aimed at adults who do not have a GCSE in maths or English and you need to have lived in the UK or EU for 3 years or more to qualify.
Places are limited, so to register your interest or to find out more, please email communitycoursesforparents@nottinghamcollege.ac.uk leaving a contact telephone number and the name of the course you are interested in.
Introduction to Functional Skills Maths
Free to adults who have lived in the UK or EU for 3 years or more and who do not have a GCSE grade C or equivalent in maths
This course will improve your understanding, skills, and confidence with maths and will prepare you to take the next step onto a Functional Skills qualification course at college.
Creating confident Children
Free to adults who have lived in the UK or EU for 3 years or more.
This is a course for parents and carers who want to find out how to support their child in the following areas:
- Building confidence when speaking and listening to others.
- Managing emotions when things feel overwhelming or unfair.
- Developing resilience when dealing with difficulties.
- Feeling positive, working with others, and learning to problem solve
You will develop practical strategies for supporting your child and building up their confidence to deal with the world around them.
Introduction to Functional Skills English
Free to adults who have lived in the UK or EU for 3 years or more and who do not have a GCSE grade C or equivalent in English.
Please note this is not an ESOL course.
This course will improve your understanding, skills, and confidence with English and will prepare you to take the next step onto a Functional Skills qualification course at college.
Supporting your child with Maths
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who do not have a GCSE grade C or equivalent in maths You will find out how to support your child with number skills and vocabulary. |
Free to adults who have lived in the UK or EU for 3 years or more andSupporting your child with reading and writing in the Early Years to KS1.
Free to adults who have lived in the UK or EU for 3 years or more and who do not have a GCSE grade C or equivalent in English
You will find out how to support your child with reading and writing using phonics, reading strategies and how to support your child’s developing handwriting skills.
This course will improve your understanding, skills, and confidence when supporting your child.