Student Stories: Sharon
Sharon is a single mum with one child. Sharon is Dyslexic and has worked very hard to achieve! The first course that Sharon completed and passed was ‘Share’ (Play Plus) a ten week course with parents/carers and children coming together in school, having fun whilst learning. This course is accredited with Open College Network. The family learning team and school submitted an application to the National Share Awards and won Organisation of the year out of 600 entries. The group of 10 parents were invited to the award ceremony at the NEC and they were presented with £500.00 and a framed certificate. From this the group has gone on to achieve in many ways.
The group wanted more!
Sharon completed:
- Share level 1 accredited OCN
- Keeping Up with the Children
- Working with Primary School Children/Punctuation and Grammar Level 1 OCN
- Move On Literacy / numeracy level 1
- Teaching Assistant level 2
- Move On Literacy 2
Sharon completed Teaching Assistant level 2 with FACL and with new found confidence. Sharon undertook the Registered Child Minding Course CACHE level 3 and became a Child Minder, she has been doing this for 3years. In the future Sharon wants to be a Teaching Assistant.
Comments from Sharon:
“I enjoyed the courses and made lots of new friends”
“Family learning helped me so much I went into Child Minding”.
“Thanks to Joan for pushing me into more”
Presentation event with Councillor Warmisham at Little Hulton Children’s Centre.