Family Learning Festival - October 2008

 

The Family Learning Festival is an awareness campaign which aims to highlight the importance that families can have in supporting each other's learning. This year it will take place throughout October. It began as a day in 1998 and has evolved into a 9-day celebration of learning as Family Learning Week with an estimated 300,000 family members joining in the fun. Organised by the Campaign for Learning, this year Family Learning Week is to become the month-long Family Learning Festival in October celebrating 10 years of Family Learning. In Lincolnshire, any learners taking part in Family Learning activities during October will be given a free guide to Family Fun, stickers and a balloon.

 

 

Parenting Week - 20-26 October 2008

  

To promote Parenting Week in Lincolnshire, Family Learning 'Monkey Puzzle Workshops' are taking place in libraries around the county (Grantham, Stamford, Skegness, Boston, Spalding and Sleaford). The workshops are centred on the book "Monkey Puzzle" written by Julia Donaldson and include reading and craft activities which encourage parents to spend time with their children.