Steelstown PS are committed to ensuring that every child reaches their full potential. Evidence tells us that a positive home learning environment contributes to a child's readiness to learn and has a positive impact on children's educational outcomes. Families Connect programme provides guidance to parents and carers and supports them to create a home environment that enhances and promotes learning.
The programme provides a series of activities, techniques and games parents and carers can practise with their children, whilst in the home environment and during the course of their regular day. The programme recognises the role parents play in the education of their children and the value in creating a home environment that is conducive to learning. Families Connect is unique in that it focuses on three key areas:
1) Social and emotional development
2) Literacy & language development
3) Numeracy and mathematics
Each of the eight weekly workshops uses play as the vehicle for learning and interaction with parents and between parents and their children. A warm welcome is assured.
Mrs Gillen, School Principal, together with Mrs Crampsey, Early Years Leader, Mrs Lennie Kennedy Families Connect Facilitator, Pat Carlin and Laura Gallagher from GSAP launched the invaluable programme and the parents are eager to begin. If a parent has any questions about the programme, please contact Steelstown Primary School.
