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Adult Learning
Family Learning
Family Learning offers a wide range of FREE courses available for families.
- Courses take place in schools or within the community.
- They are free, fun and informative.
Parents/carers have the chance to find out what their children learn at school, how their children are taught and developed and how they can help.
Some of the courses you can choose from:
- Keeping up with the children
- Playing with language
- Early start
- Family Literacy
- Family Numeracy
- Play and language
- Literacy in schools
- Looking at play
- Hands on science
- Helping with homework
- Computers for you and your child (getting started)
- Computers for you and your child (working with word)
- Computers for you and your child (internet)
Parents/carers can also have the chance to brush up their own Maths and English skills.
For Further Information
Jenny Thorns Family Learning Curriculum Manager for Devon ACL
Email: jenny.thorns@devon.gov.uk
Phone: 07971 571178
There are six Family Leaning Co-ordinators covering different regions of the county:
North Devon
Morgan Quick
Email: morgan.quick@devon.gov.uk
Phone: 07977 574001
Mid Devon
Penny Westlake
Email: penny.westlake@devon.gov.uk
Phone: 07816 973926
East Devon
Lizzie Bond
Email: lizzie.bond@devon.gov.uk
Phone: 07974 974722
Jenny Thorns
Email: jenny.thorns@devon.gov.uk
Phone: 07971 571178
South Devon
Jane Hutchings
Email: jane.hutchings@devon.gov.uk
Phone: 07977 574009
Jinks Woodfield
Email: jinks@woodfield@devon.gov.uk
Phone: 07974 578889
Karen Yates: Family Learning Administrator
Email: karen.yates@devon.gov.uk
Phone: 01392 386581
Address: Buckland House, Park Five, Sowton, Exeter, EX2 7ND