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Malcolm Ratledge — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:15:31 GMT

Schools

Lee Baker — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:39:52 GMT

We are committed to playing our part in promoting and supporting Family Learning and Study Support as a part of a Lifelong Learning strategy to achieve a vision for all communities to become a better and fairer place to live in and which has a stronger and brighter future.

We want learning to become a normal and valued part of people’s lives, removing the anxiety and fear of failure which many people associate with education. We want people to feel excited by learning and provide routes to further progression.

We believe the learning solutions we advocate help build strategic partnerships with individuals, schools and other learning organisations who have the same core values and who can provide a context within which lifelong Learning can flourish.

The core values place the learner at the centre of all activity:

· To support all schools, agencies and learning organisations working effectively together towards removing barriers to well being, employment, education and inclusion.

· Maintaining a single-minded focus on achieving success in learning for all.

· Challenging ourselves, other partners and our communities to break the barriers to achievement and inclusion.

· Creating a culture of continuous learning and interdependence for improvement.

· To celebrate diversity, creativity and innovation, recognising and supporting differences across schools and our society.

We have already begun the exciting task of involving whole communities in developing a varied programme of learning activities that will meet the needs and demands of young people both now and in the future.

We recognise that schools and other learning centres have a key role in engaging children, young people and families in the community in raising standards of achievement. We work closely with partners to ensure the step-change in performance necessary to provide the very best learning opportunities for all people who need, or demand them.

For further details on how we can support your school email us here

References

Lee Baker — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:31:11 GMT

Fun Club for Families in Sandwell

Our PTA has been awarded funds for the proposed family and community programme in Rowley Regis. Please thank everyone at Learning Beyond for their inspiration and help with the bid.

Rowley Hall PTA

Wild Eyes in Our Wild Wood!

Well done yet again Learning Beyond! You never let us down. The funding has now been used to install cameras in the natural habitat of birds, bats and other creatures in the Wild Wood. We will be able to capture and broadcast 'nature watch' events as they happen!

Cooper and Jordan School, Walsall

Pentagon Play in Tamworth

We have been informed that the funding application for play equipment has been successful. Please convey the thanks of our students, staff and governors to your team for all their hard work. Best Regards.

Moorgate School, Tamworth

Flying High

The Dove community playground funding application has now been approved! Thankyou for all your support.

John of Rolleston School, Staffordshire

Radio AJSM is now on the Air!

Thank you for our community radio station grant award. We know where to come when we need more funding success. We will certainly be broadcasting your service to other schools and community organisations!

Alumwell School, Walsall

Success is in the Stars?

Everyone here is so excited that we now have the funding for our community observatory. Thank you Learning Beyond!

Greysbrooke School, Staffordshire

Great Garden

The Brickhouse and Garden project is now well under way. Thank you for your help with grant aid.

Brickhouse School, Sandwell

Rhags to Riches

Thank you for your ongoing support. You have more than repaid the investment and we hope to achieve yet more funding success with your support.

Rowley Hall School, Sandwell

Stay and Play in Radford

Great facilities - great service!

Radford School, Nottingham

Michaels MUGA is a big Hit

We are now able to open facilities for the wider community with this successful award. A wide range of sports are now available with the multi-use games area. Thank you Learning Beyond.

St. Michael's Community School

The King Swings and Things!

Funding success has enabled a wide range of family play apparatus at our community school. Many Thanks.

Kingsland Primary School

Play On

We have been notified of our funding success for our outdoor play platform. Thank you to everyone at Learning Beyond.

St. Peter's School, Newport, Shropshire

Community Success!

Please thank everyone at Learning Beyond for a terrific result in finding funds for our new community room facilities at Wolverhampton Cricket Club. We are thrilled with our success ensuring everyone has access to the new resource.

Wolverhampton Cricket Club

Terrific Techno Trolleys!

Thanks Guys. The funding you acquired has been used to provide 'state of the art' technology which is made available to the whole community. Couldn't have done it without you!

Brownhills West School

Slky Success at Silkmore

We have been awarded significant funds for our proposed 'Maths in the Community' project and take this opportunity to thank your staff for their significant support. Once again, you have proved excellent value for our investment.

Silkmore School

SEAL of approval at Grove School

A great result! We now have the much-needed funding for our nurturing programme that will help grow confidence and self-esteem amongst our community learners. We will contact you shortly with our next priorty project for funding. Have a great Xmas.

The Grove School, Stafford

We got it!

Another first class innings! We are progressing from strength to strength with the financial support you have gained for our club. Thanks to all at Learning Beyond.

Pelsall Sports and Social Club

We've all gone Radio Ga Ga!

We're really glad we 'tuned-in' to you guys having just been awarded funds to build our own school and communty radio station. Our multi-media studio will soon be ready for action - creating and recording our community news and events!

The Head Teacher

Walsall Wood School

Super Shelfield United

We have just purchased further resources to enhance the developments at Shelfield United Football Club. The latest success gained through our long-term relationship with Learning Beyond. We have gained £25k in various funding bids with your help. Hopefully these great results will be mirrored on the pitch! Please let us know when we can apply for further funding.

Brian Prosser

Shelfield United FC

Lovely Leighswood

Well done you! A great bid and great news! We can now proceed with a community canopy to provide shade in Summer and some protection in Winter. The children and their parents will be very happy with news.

Jan Taylor

Leighswood School

Photographer Reflects on Epic Journey to the Arctic

Большое спасибо! That is 'Thank you very much! in Russian. One of the many phrases I have learned on my 'Beyond 60 degrees North' epic journey to photograph communities and the effect of global warming in the Arctic Circle. Without the support of the Arts Council and Learning Beyond this would simply not have been possible.

Phil Brooks

Photographer

The Light Shines Brightly on Sports Stars of the Future!

Can I say a big thankyou to everyone at Learning Beyond for our writing our successful funding application. We now have four professional floodlights on our sports field which enables both young people and the community to enjoy sport and recreation on dark nights. We are truly a community school thanks to you significant support.

Pete Bispham

Millfield Community School

Laptop Learning for ALL

Great news! We now have two laptop trolleys complete with laptops AND a Castlefort Stay and Play outdoor adventure play park thanks to your two funding bids - and all in the same term!

Many, many thanks!

Jo Wilson

Castlefort School

Parent Support Training

The training was excellent. I thoroughly enjoyed the process which has re-inforced my knowledge and confidence in working with both parents and the school community.

Diane Sainsbury

Park Hall School

Providing parenting support

We know that we can make a real difference through supporting parents on our patch. I am a professional member of the school staff but see my role as an advocate for parents. I can help ‘bridge the divide’ between school and community and ensure parents engage with the school and are fully equipped to support their child’s learning.

John Ions

Blakenall Heath School.

Triple Success for Cricket Club

Well done Learning Beyond! A third straight victory funding application has netted us an additional £10k for ground improvements. Have a great Christmas - you deserve it!

Denis Round

Pelsall Cricket Club

Batting for Success!

On behalf of Pelsall Cricket Club, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to all at Learning Beyond for writing our successful application for our cricket coaching programme. With over £20,000 now available for resources we will look forward to celebrating more success both on and off the wicket. Howzat for a great end to a great season!

Keith Neal

Pelsall Cricket Club

Bernadette's Garden

We will soon begin work to design and create a natural community landscape for all residents to enjoy. People of all ages will be able to play, walk, study, relax and enjoy 'Bernadette's Garden' thanks to the successful award gained through Learning Beyond.

St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary School

Brownhills

Successful Awards

‘Everyone’s a winner!’ is the clear message to people in following the announcement of a £283,000 award from the Football Foundation for a three-year health and fitness programme. This successful application will enhance and enrich positive experiences for our future generations and we are grateful to our colleagues at Learning Beyond Ltd for their support in this magnificent award.’

Mick Kearns

Walsall Football Club

Read More, Write More, Silkmore

A massive thank you to everyone at Learning Beyond for such a great service! We are now in a position to provide comprehensive support for learners of all ages through our successful funding application. We look forward to working closely with you on other bids - and we are already preparing our wish list of future projects!

Julie Mowbray

Silkmore School

Stafford

Finding the Funds

'Thanks for all your support with our rock climbing facilities funding application. We now have 'state of the art' facilities thanks to your funding advice and 'total' project management support with our climbing wall project. Now things are really looking up for us - quite literally!'

Phil Minal, Redpoint Climbing Centre

Learning Solutions - Down in the Deep Blue Sea

‘This a really great resource and something I am really proud of. Learning as a family – what a brilliant idea!’

Noddy Holder

Finding the Funds

'We believe that our out of school community cohesion learning project will have a significant impact in reducing exclusion and in raising achievement and attainment in the East Park ward of Wolverhampton.'

Dave Gill

Headteacher

East Park School

Learning Solutions - Spaceman Sid

'Great working with you! This project has excited children and parents about learning. You live up to your name taking families on a learning journey beyond their limitations!

Vo Fletcher

author of 'Spaceman Sid'

External Funding Training

'The whole process of finding funds for our school was very clearly and precisely explained and I look forward to future funding success with confidence!'

Deputy Headteacher

Hatchford Brook School

Finding the Funds

'Many thanks for writing our funding application. We have used the money to provide an exciting natural landscape that can be used for leisure and recreation as well as part of the school curriculum. We could never have achieved this success without Learning Beyond.'

Pete Bispham

Headteacher

Millfield Community School

Funding Matters!

Thank you for all your support with the successful funding bid for Ryders Hayes School. We think your support was crucial in compiling such a professional and impressive bid.

Leanne Bridgwood

Deputy Headteacher

Ryders Hayes School

Family Learning

'Our SHARE parent and school initiative continues to thrive and our ‘Helping Hands’ family learning club is a major success. Thank you for your continued support and close friendship with our school.'

Headteacher

St. James Primary School

SHARE Parent and School Initiative

We now have parents and carers supporting the whole learning process thanks to SHARE. Thank you for introducing this scheme into the borough and keep up the good work!

Concepta McCormack

Deputy Headteacher

St. Thomas of Canterbury RC School

Parent Support Training

'As usual, these trainers provided an informative and enjoyable training programme. It was an excellent course, thank you!'

Gene Johnson

Parent Support Adviser

'The opportunity to pick up skills, techniques and ideas to widen my role and involve more parents in our school has been invaluable. I’m starting to feel how I can really make a difference and be more useful and effective in the community.'

Maggie Longman

St. John’s School

'Thanks for all your support and advocacy. Coaching parents is a really innovative approach which allows parents and children to deal with difficult situations in a constructive and positive way.'

Jack Stewart

author of 'The Coaching Parent'

Continuing Professional Development

'Wow! An excellent course! Very in-depth and everything I needed to know. Thank you.'

Clair Barrs

PSA, Willenhall, West Midlands

Project Delivery

'The coaching staff have asked me to thank all the Learning Beyond team for a fabulous project at half term. The children thoroughly enjoyed the week and the project has really helped strengthen the positive links between club and community.'

Adam Davy

Football in the Community

Walsall Football Club

Artist in Residence Project

'I have really enjoyed working with children in the recent artist in residence scheme. The level of inspiration and creativity was exceptional and I believe we have proved that children can, and do learn effectively outside the school day. Best Regards for future projects.'

Paula Woof

Artist, West Midlands

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Lee Baker — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:30:58 GMT

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Training Programmes

Lee Baker — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:30:36 GMT

In addition to writing and delivering bespoke learning programmes for schools, community associations, youth clubs and voluntary organisations, we have a 'core' curriculum of successful activities which we are proud to promote in our desire to influence and inspire change and achievement through innovative learning opportunities.

Training programme modules are designed for school staff, teaching assistants, learning mentors and volunteer staff working with children, parents and carers in school and community settings.

Programme fees include all appropriate materials and resources necessary to work with a minimum of 10 parents and their children.

All modules are delivered by Learning Beyond Ltd and associate education consultants.

Delivery of modules is dependent upon sufficient demand and availability of appropriate venues. If your school can offer a venue at no cost then you attend free!

LATEST TRAINING NEWS ....

Providing parenting support

Parent Support training is offered over 4 days and will cover the two major areas of work that staff are likely to undertake in order to be efficient and effective in their professional roles in supporting parents, children and their families.

1. The generic modules are compliant with the Every Child Matters Common Core of Skills and Knowledge for Children’s Workforce staff and are aligned to the Children’s Workforce Development Council induction standards.

2. The role specific modules link to relevant National Occupation Standards.

This Common Core and National Occupational Standards linkage will contribute towards underpinning knowledge and understanding for the accredited Support Work in Schools [SWiS] qualification, which again is optional and available from a variety of training providers.

Duration: 4 Days

Number of Places: 15

Price upon request

Full Neuro-Linguistic Programme Diploma

Walsall/Birmingham area!!

This internationally accredited 4 day diploma in NLP is really a set of insights and skills and is a bit like an 'owners manual' for your brain! With these skills you can actively use your mind, your emotions and your body to run your own life more successfully and to communicate with other people with 'extra-ordinary' effectiveness.

The course will enable you to improve how you think, behave and feel - and assist others do the same. Just imagine the advantage you will have when working with professional colleagues and associates, as well as your family, your partner and your children!

Becoming skilled in NLP will enable you to:

· do whatever you already do … but even better!

· acquire skills and attitudes to do what you cannot do right now, but would like to be able to do!

· think more clearly!

· communicate more effectively with others and … get what you want!

This training is accredited by the International Neuro-Linguistic Programmers Trainers Association (INLPTA).

For more information, please contact Barbara Bennett on 07703 741218 or email at barbara@learningbeyond.co.uk

REGULAR TRAINING EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ...

Nice Ice Breaks

Effective short ‘brain breaks’ games and activities for classroom, the staffroom and the home!

Duration: 2 hours

Number of places: 10

Price upon request

Eat Your Greens!

Tips and ideas to encourage parents to prepare healthy meals for their families. Session includes practical demonstration and tasting.

Duration: 2 hours

Number of places: 10

Price upon request

Building Partnerships with Parents

Parents are vital to the success in the education of their children. Find out how you can improve your schools relationship with parents, based on the Government's guidance on home-school agreements, and on good practice in schools!

Duration: 2 hours

Number of places: 10

Price upon request

Wake Up Shake Up!

Ideas for parents to re-energise their children in a fun and liveley way

Duration: 2 hours

Number of places: 10

Price upon request

Fit Families!

Advice on how to encourage families to lead active and healthy lifestyles, with the aid of exercise and diet both at home and at school

Duration: 2 hours

Number of places: 10

Price upon request

Building Rapport

Rapport is the key to good communication. Learn to influence children and parents and get the outcome you want!

Duration: 2 hours

Number of places: 10

Price upon request

Funding Matters

Tips and practical ideas that will help to raise funds for your much-needed project

Duration: 2 hours

Number of places: 10

Price upon request

Positive Parents and Confident Children

Down to earth practical advice on creating confident children and positive parents

Duration: 2 hours

Number of places: 10

Price upon request

Learning with the Family

Why is parental involvement and family learning important – find out the facts and figures here

Duration: 2 hours

Number of places: 10

Price upon request

It's A Man Thing!

Designed for men, to help them enjoy reading books together with their children at home and in other settings.

Duration: 2 hours

Number of Places: 10

Price upon request

Storybook Weaver

A family learning programme for parents using specially designed software to produce high quality books with and for their children. Work underpins the Skills for Life agenda and is mapped to the Adult Core Literacy Curriculum.

Duration: 1 Day

Number of Places: 10

Price upon request

NLP - Programmed for Success

Discover the principles of NLP and user-friendly techniques that will support the work of staff working with parents and children. Enhance your own performance in meetings, create success and use non-verbal communication to achieve desired outcomes and change unwanted behaviours in others!

Duration: 2 hours

Number of Places: 10

Price upon request

SHARE Parent and School Initiative

The Share School and Parent initiative for learning between the generations is a national scheme in over fifty UK education authorities.

It is designed to reach parents who want to help their child’s learning at

home but do not know the best ways in which to go about it.

Duration: 2 Days

Number of Places: 2 Delegates x 10 organisations

Price upon request

Bags of Stories - Storybag Solutions

Bags of stories and learning activities are a popular, non-threatening way of encouraging parents and carers to start sharing stories and fun learning activities with their children.

Duration: 2 hours

Number of Places: 10

Price upon request

Funding Matters!

Enable your school, community association, voluntary group or other learning organisation to write successful funding bids to establish innovative parent focused initiatives.

Duration: 1 Day

Number of Places: 2 Delegates x 10 organisations

Price upon request

Golden Goal

Duration: 2 hours

Number of Places: 10

Price upon request

History Detectives

Hunt out the criminal and develop literacy skills as mums,

dads and children become amateur detectives on a wide

range of unsolved mysteries!

Duration: 2 hours

Number of Places: 10

Price upon request

Coaching Parent

A two-hour programme focusing purely on parents and their role in enabling their children to realise their dreams, whilst reconsidering and validating their own. Parents and Carers will be provided with exercises to help their children and themselves reach their full potential.

Duration: 2 hours

Number of Places: 10

Price upon request

Crunching Numbers

Great ideas for parents to help support basic numeracy with children. Find fun with numbers at home, on the bus, shopping and many other places. No maths qualifications needed!

Duration: 2 hours

Number of Places: 10

Price upon request

Working in partnership with parents

Understanding the factors that impact on effective engagement with parents, key communication skills, challenges of engagements, processes underpinning working with parents, appropriate methods of offering support and information to parents, effective referral processes, different views on approaches to parenting and the ability to work with parents to identify and support parenting skills.

Duration: 1 Day

Number of Places: 2 Delegates x 10 organisations

Price upon request

Working together for child and family well-being

Know the range of likely partners and existing links, understand the challenges of making and maintaining links, effective brokerage, importance of parents’ involvement in their child’s Learning, challenges faced by some parents, understand family learning and how to involve parents, identify attendance and inclusion difficulties, support parents to support attendance and inclusion, and understanding of key transitions.

Duration: 1 Day

Number of Places: 2 Delegates x 10 organisations

Price upon request

Training the Trainers!

This is a one-day enjoyable opportunity to develop presentation skills and techniques for working with people of all ages. Enhance your performance in front of any audience with confidence and panache.

Duration: 1 Day

Number of Places: 10

Price upon request

Enhance Your Performance

Performance Enhancement Techniques for Young People

Young people will be able to guarantee to:

· Gain immediate improvement:

· Maintain higher standards

· Increase self-confidence

· Develop a love of learning new things!

This is an intensive full-day course for young people who want to see immediate improvement in their performance whether it is in relation to school work, recreational past-times, employment opportunities or personal development.

The day will be a fun-packed day of games and activities are geared to enhancing personal performance, understanding the demands of people they interact with and succeed in an ever-demanding world.

The ‘Enhance Your Performance’ day is ideally suited for young people who need to raise their self-esteem, confidence and motivation; as well as for those who are approaching interviews, examinations and assessment periods.

Duration: 1 Day

Number of Places: Negotiable

Price upon request

Link to Families through the Nurture Programme

Trained Parent Group Leaders will deliver the Nurturing Programme, a structured course for parents/carers and children in the setting of your choice. Using The Parenting Puzzle and other enjoyable resources, this ten week course supports the development of trust and positive relationships with families.

ü OCN Accreditation Level 1 & 2 for parents [Optional]

Duration: 1 Day

Number of Places: 10

Price upon request

Presenting Power!

This training workshop is simply the most effective presentation skills workshop for those in education. A highly practical course that teaches you how to reduce presentation nerves, boost your credibility and deliver truly outstanding presentations that engage your audience [whatever their age] and get the results you want. Increase your IMPACT and earn the recognition you deserve!

Duration: 1 Day

Number of Places: 20

Price upon request

Involving Men as Fathers

Awareness-raising ‘taster’ day that aim to increase practitioners’ awareness of the issues of involving men when delivering children’s services. This enjoyable seminar offers: practical sessions looking at change; an audit tool; a copy of the Top Dads toolkit or I’m a better dad now; lunch and refreshments.

Duration: 1 Day

Number of Places: 20

Price upon request

Preparing 4 Partnerships with Parents

Practical, generic training on developing facilitation skills for working with adults in a variety of situations, such as in parenting, family learning, task groups, developmental support work; or in consulting and supporting community groups.

Three days of training,
Comprehensive resource pack of materials for delegates
OCN accreditation – seven units at Level 3

Training is mapped against National Occupational Standards for working with parents.

Duration: 1 Day

Number of Places: 20

Price upon request

www. Weave Website Wizardry!

A practical one day session providing you with training to write and maintain your own website – either stand-alone or linked to your school site. In the morning full training will be provided, and the afternoon will be spent with practical application and leaving the day with your website live and running!

*New for January 2009 … Why not combine your web day with a second day on devising your own parent support newsletter? Further details upon request!

Duration: 1 Day

Number of Places: 12

Price upon request

And there's more ...

Learning Beyond are always happy to write specific training programmes and modules to meet the needs and demands of your staff, parents, carers and of course, children of all ages. We can deliver your bespoke requirements at your place of work or indeed, at various training, hotel and conference locations around the UK.

Please do not hesitate to contact Learning Beyond for further details or to book your training requirements. Email: Learning Beyond

Families

Lee Baker — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:30:18 GMT

All parents want the best for their children. They want them to be healthy and happy, to do well at school and to get a good job. Parents want to help their children to succeed but sometimes they don’t know how to go about it. This is where Learning Beyond can help.

Professional staff involved in educating students can also benefit from using innovative learning activities in order to raise self-esteem, motivation, confidence and help them become more effective learners.

In addition to writing and delivering bespoke learning programmes for schools, we have a 'core' curriculum of successful activities which we are proud to promote in our desire to influence change and achievement through innovative learning opportunities.

For further details on how Learning Beyond can support families email us here

Children

Lee Baker — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:29:50 GMT

Performance Enhancement

Through our range of exciting and innovative programme of learning opportunities young people will be able to guarantee to:

· Gain immediate improvement

· Maintain higher standards

· Increase self-confidence

· Develop a love of learning new things!

We also provide a full-day course for young people who want to see immediate improvement in their performance whether it is in relation to school work, recreational past-times, employment opportunities or personal development.

The day will be a fun-packed day of games and activities are geared to enhancing personal performance, understanding the demands of people they interact with and succeed in an ever-demanding world.

For further details including cost and course availability email us here

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Learning Beyond — Tue, 30 May 2006 15:48:59 GMT

Finding the Funds ...

Learning Beyond — Wed, 24 May 2006 19:51:51 GMT

Because Funding Matters!

Here are just a few themes which have achieved recent success and which may be adapted or used to inspire the successful application your organisation needs:

Sensory and holistic gardens
Computer equipment for schools
Build your own PC!
Reminiscence project
Storytelling skills course
Puzzle solving and thinking games
Football coaching and equipment
Modern foreign languages including French, Spanish and Italian
Study support activities outside the school day
Breakfast and lunchtime activity clubs
Sports equipment including badminton, skiing and gymnastics
Family Learning programmes including SHARE and It’s A Man Thing!
Toy libraries for Mother and Toddler playgroups
Arts activities including graphic art, pottery and ceramics, metalwork, jewellery, wood sculpture, stained glasswork and 'artists in residence'
Racism and cultural awareness programmes
Maths clubs for gifted and talented children
Performance enhancement and neuro-linguistic programming
Digital media film course
Drums, percussion and musical instruments
Playground Equipment for schools and parks
Parent focused learning initiatives
Amphitheatre performing arts arena
Canalside renovation

A successful application is one that is inspirational, captures the imagination and excites the awarding body. It should be topical and relevant to current thinking and areas of concern. It should be concise with an action plan for monitoring and measuring progress. Above all, it must be unique and ‘stand out’ from all others. It should give good value for money and merit an award that will have significant benefit to those who need it the most! This is where Learning Beyond can help!

Our bid writing team have successful applications ranging from £500 up to over £1,000,000 so no project worthy of delivering is considered too small or too grand to deserve additional funding – funding that brings significant benefit to your community.

Let us influence and inspire your funding success!

Contact: Email us here

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Lee Baker — Sun, 14 May 2006 18:52:55 GMT

What is Learning Beyond?

Learning Beyond Ltd are a team of ‘learning improvement’ consultants who provide training and delivery in order to promote innovative learning opportunities in schools and community settings.

This may range from advice; guidance and support in breaking the barriers to learning, engaging hard to reach children, young people and … parents!

Learning Beyond is responsible for creating exciting study support and extended learning programmes including Box Clever and Down in the deep Blue Sea featuring Noddy Holder!

We assist schools and voluntary organizations to prepare and submit applications to funding bodies. In fact, our consultants will provide training workshops, target guidance and support on finding funds, offer advice on your prepared submission and … we will even write your bespoke and irresistible application - designed especially for you!

We have established ourselves as a direct result of the high demand for our services by schools, private industry and the voluntary sector and the continuing need to learn beyond limitations!

So, welcome to Learning Beyond and let us colour your grey matter!

Our Mission Statement:

‘To work with schools and the community towards influencing and inspiring change and achievement through innovative learning opportunities.'

Who are we and what do we do?

We are a team of learning improvement consultants who promote and deliver innovative learning opportunities in schools and community settings.

· We encourage wide opportunities for extended learning –Study Support and Family Learning in all schools and other centres for learning in the community.

· We seek to actively help those schools and organisations that have significant numbers of the most socially and academically deprived people – children, young people and adults.

· We want to work in partnership with a variety of agencies to develop a strategy and programme which equitably targets disadvantage.

· We wish to offer this strategy to all schools other centres for learning

We want to encourage wider opportunities for extended learning – whether it is to meet the needs of the extended services agenda or free Study Support activities outside the school day. We have specialists in Family Learning with experience of working with children, young people and their families in schools and other centres for learning across the UK.

As a training provider we offer workshops and presentations as well as a route for accessing external funds – either through training seminars or individual bespoke applications written by the team. In fact, our team have successfully raised over £1 million pounds for education and community organizations since 2000!

We now seek to actively help those schools and organisations that have significant numbers of the most socially and academically deprived people – children, young people and adults by writing, delivering and promoting learning activities in school and at home.

We want to work in partnership with a variety of agencies to develop a strategy and programme which equitably targets disadvantage.

We wish to offer this strategy to all schools other centres for learning and become both a delivery vehicle for activities and reference point for advice, guidance, information and support.

It is the vision of Learning Beyond:

To influence and inspire change and achievement through innovative learning opportunities that extend, enhance and enrich achievement based on the needs of individual students and families

To invest in innovative Family Learning and Study Support opportunities through continuous quality improvement, rigorous planning and curriculum development

To support partner organisations and centres of learning in the provision of innovative learning opportunities which promote participation and enjoyment

To encourage progression of learners through effective support, advice and guidance

To ensure equality of opportunity in Family Learning and Study Support for all people regardless of race, gender, faith, age, sexual orientation, ability or disability

To raise aspirations, self esteem, confidence and achievement of all learners

To celebrate and enjoy participation and success in Family Learning and Study Support

To invest in continual professional development to raise the quality of innovation and delivery of Family Learning and Study Support opportunities

Finding the Funds

Here are just a few themes which have achieved recent success and which may be adapted or used to inspire the successful application your organisation needs:

Sensory and holistic gardens
Computer equipment for schools
Build your own PC!
Reminiscence project
Storytelling skills course
Puzzle solving and thinking games
Football coaching and equipment
Modern foreign languages including French, Spanish and Italian
Study support activities outside the school day
Breakfast and lunchtime activity clubs
Sports equipment including badminton, skiing and gymnastics
Family Learning programmes including SHARE and It’s A Man Thing!
Toy libraries for Mother and Toddler playgroups
Arts activities including graphic art, pottery and ceramics, metalwork, jewellery, wood sculpture and stained glasswork
Racism and cultural awareness programmes
Maths clubs for gifted and talented children
Performance enhancement and neuro-linguistic programming
Digital media film course
Drums, percussion and musical instruments
Playground Equipment for schools and parks

Our bid writing team have successful applications ranging from £3,500 up to £900,000 so no project worthy of delivering is considered too small or too grand to deserve additional funding – funding that brings significant benefit to your community.

Think big and consult Learning Beyond.

Let us influence and inspire your funding success!

Contact: Teresa Powney or Malcolm Ratledge

Telephone: 07856 057055 or 07856 057077

Or email: info@learningbeyond.co.uk

Family Learning Forum

Lee Baker — Sun, 14 May 2006 10:32:52 GMT

Family learning has for some time been acknowledged as having a crucial role on the local and national education agenda. Indeed, the importance of family learning is increasingly being recognised by the current government in the vital context of social and economic regeneration and is seen as a crucial catalyst for cultural change. This is particularly true where a wide range of agencies and organisations including community educators, schools, social services and health workers, have valued its inclusive potential for engaging families, including those seen as disaffected or disillusioned in a 'love of learning.'

A variety of new and exciting learning initiatives are being embraced by children, parents and professionals alike in the search for successful ways of strengthening family life and promoting pleasure and achievement through learning. It's why the provision of breakfast clubs, parent and toddler sessions and activities that enable families to work, play and learn together are so important. Statistics show that children who have benefited from family involvement in the learning process are less likely to truant at school, that they will have increased concentration levels and improved examination results. But exams are not the most important criteria for judging success. Family learning would seem to demonstrate that its most valuable role is extending the horizons for young people and their families to reach. The task of teaching, training and enabling young people and the family unit to learn becomes a shared community responsibility.

The Family Learning Forum:

Nurtures a society of productive, effecxtive thinkers and learners

Enabling families to become more effective thinkers and learners - is a central question in the current debate about the direction and purpose of education. The Family Learning Forum works with practioners to explore the fundamental significance of internal qualities such as resilience, initiative, empathy, optimism, adaptability, and creativity in lifelong development and family lrearning.

Facilitates rather than directs

Facilitation involves nurturing the learner's disposition to develop and learn. 'Going with the flow,' accelerating learning from extending learners enthusiasm and energy of deep learning.

Locates learning and development initiatives within the meningful and purposeful context of the family and communities in which they live

Any learning and development opportunity has to extend from where we are now - it has to be real, non-threatening and certainly non-judgemental. The Family Learning Forum recognises that the practioners also have families and a community base that needs to be acknowledged if they are to develop and learn - which, we know is fundamental to maintaining the Family Learning momentum.

Provides relevant and stimulating information at both practical and political level

In time of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. (Hoffa)

Contributes to the current debate about the direction and purpose of Family Learning
Celebrates and builds upon the current good family learning practice that colleagues are already involved in.

Dr. Claire Mould

Chairperson

Family Learning Forum

Learning Solutions

Lee Baker — Sun, 14 May 2006 10:31:14 GMT

The Learning Beyond team have been responsible for the development and delivery of several bespoke learning solutions that meet the needs and demands of schools and the wider community. Here are a just few:

The SHARE Project

Share is an innovative family learning project which is being offered to infant/primary schools in your local education authority and in other areas throughout the country. Building on the experiences of many schools and on previous project work with parents, it seeks to make an important contribution to the quality of parents' involvement in their childrens's learning as one of the most positive and worthwhile influences on improving children's educational attainments.

The Aims of Share
To improve the educational attainment of children.
Many research programmes have found that children are more likely to be successful at school if their parents are involved in their education. Share offers teachers and parents an additional means of improving the educational attainment of children in their care.

To motivate parents to take an active interest in their children's education and to further their own education.
Research has also shown that the vast majority of parents are keenly interested in their children's educational development but that many are not sure of the best way to help their child learn. Share aims to give parents an understanding of how children learn, and to provide them with a range of practical learning activities to use at home with their child. At the same time, Share gives parents an opportunity to discover their own abilities, and to find out how much they can enjoy and gain from learning.

To develop effective management and organisation of parental involvement in schools.
Like other educational initiatives, Share is more likely to be effective if it becomes embedded in the everyday life and work of the school, as part of its routine planning and organisation. The Share model helps schools to co-ordinate a variety of types of parental involvement and develop a whole-school approach.

Golden Goal Project

Using football as the theme and recognising that the family unit is at the centre of learning. This intergenerational learning project will encourage children, parents, teachers and other community workers to build a positive partnership that shares a common interest. This common interest is football - the beautiful game!

The Golden Goal project concentrates on core curriculum subjects by translating good ideas into practice as well as establishing new partnerships with other agencies such as your local football club, library services, local schools and colleges of further education.

Golden Goal has been successfully pioneered in Walsall, West Midlands and schools participating in Golden Goal have the assistance of professional football staff at Walsall Football Club and access professional games at the Banks's Stadium.

It encourages parents and children to build on existing family skills, self esteem and experiences that affect a family unit living together with the shared common interest of football!

The project is non-threatening to adults or children and demonstrates that the parent is both actively and positively supporting the child's education.

For everyone involved it helps build confidence, the understanding of roles and responsibilities, self-esteem, communication, skills, standards and ultimately the golden goal - to improve the quality of life for everyone in our local community!

Down in the Deep Blue Sea!

West Midlands rock legend Noddy Holder returned to the studio to record a new CD ‘Down in the Deep Blue Sea' especially for children and families to enhance their learning together.

It is an exciting Family Learning collection of nautical activities, songs and narrative that will be offered to families with young children.

Learning doesn’t have to be limited to the classroom but many families don’t know how to help support learning at home. This is a brand new enchanting collection of learning materials that are fun for all the family!

Noddy Holder was keen to be involved with the project and is delighted that families now have the opportunity to explore new ways of learning.

Whilst recording the narration of the undersea adventure story Noddy said, ‘This a really great resource and something I am really proud of. Learning as a family – what a brilliant idea!’

So welcome to, ‘Down in the Deep Blue Sea'

To children, parents are the most important teachers. And all parents want to help their children to succeed but sometimes don’t know how best to go about it.

This is why ‘Down in the Deep Blue Sea - a Family Learning programme for you and your children is so important!

Read the adventure story to your children – or let them read it to you! Join in with the songs and do the enjoyable learning activities together. They are all fun sessions you can do at home. They are full of facts and lots of positive learning outcomes that will enable your children to grow in confidence and learn whilst they have fun!

Dive into the Deep Blue Sea and have a really fun time with your children!

‘Down in the Deep Blue Sea’ was created in collaboration with Earlybirds Music and inspired by our own children - Rachael, Ben, Jacob, Ben and Sam.

Spaceman Sid

Action songs for Early Years, Primary & Special Children

Spaceman Sid is an exciting collection of original children’s educational action songs, video, puzzles and is arguably the best collection of original children's songs ever!

Music is about having fun!’ claims Spaceman Sid as he flies around the Planet Blid singing songs about the Brontasaurus Stomp, Ollie the Octopus and the Early Birds Hand-Jive with his Early Birds Orchestra.

Written by children’s television writer Vo Fletcher, Spaceman Sid is an enjoyable and informal way of developing skills in literacy and numeracy as well as a love of music and movement.

Every child receives a CD or tape of the songs and the beautifully illustrated songbook, whilst staff and parents are provided with informal training to enable them to support learning

The Spaceman Sid programme is recommended by the National Grid for Learning as an effective method of supporting learning both at home and at school.

We are delighted to be able to offer you the opportunity to participate in an exciting and innovative learning project.

Storybook Weaver Project

Storybook Weaver is a family learning programme whereby parents use specially designed software to produce a high quality book with and for their children. The books are printed using the latest colour printing equipment and are laminated to ensure they are durable. The supplementary work underpins the Skills for Life agenda and is mapped to the Adult Core Literacy Curriculum. In addition, the programme would help your school meet many of the new inspection requirements around Promoting Parents Partnerships and Engaging the Local Community.

Participating schools would be provided with:

one full days training for up to two delegates
software and licences for up to 10 pc’s
resources for delivery of the programme including:
- laminating pouches
- laminator
- colour cartridges
- colour printer
Ongoing telephone and e-mail support
Three weekly visit from Consultant to provide support and offer advice and guidance

Calmer Classrooms

Have you ever noticed how your favourite music can make you feel better? Well, new research studies now show how music can make you smarter too!

Some of the benefits are:

Calmer classrooms
Improves test scores
Reduces errors
Improves creativity and clarity
Integrates both sides of the brain for more efficient learning

In the USA, major corporations such as Shell, IBM, and Dupont, along with hundreds of schools and universities use music, such as certain Baroque pieces, to cut learning time in half and increase retention of the new materials.

There is compelling new evidence to show how music, used properly, has calmed students with such problems as ADHD and even helped autistic children. 43 of the world's largest industrial companies provide music to their employees. Dupont used a music listening program in one department that cut its training time in half and doubled the number of people trained. Another corporation using music found that clerical errors decreased by one third.

Recently, music by children's television composer Vo Fletcher was the subject of a study by The Psychology Department at Worcester University. Tests proved that not only did this music provide the benefits listed above, it was significantly more effective than other types of music including Baroque music.

When your body hears this specially composed music, your heart rate and pulse relax. When you are in this relaxed, but alert state, your mind is able to concentrate more easily. Music corresponds to and affects our physiological conditions. During heavy mental work, our pulse and blood pressure rises, and naturally it's more difficult to concentrate in this state.

In conjunction with the Learning Beyond consultants, Vo Fletcher has been facilitating music in schools for the last 15 years and has extensive first-hand experience of the problems now facing teachers. We are therefore currently looking for schools who would be interested in this innovative approach to better behaviour in classrooms.

Using this material involves playing a CD at low level during lessons and during homework over a period of time and noting improvements in behaviour and performance.

Bags of Stories

Bags of stories and learning activities are a popular, non- threatening way of encouraging parents and carers to start sharing stories and fun learning activities with their children.

All training programmes can be modified to suit the needs of your organisation and the community you serve. We can deliver the sessions at your location or provide a suitable venue in your area.

It’s a Man Thing!

Evidence collected on achievement levels in schools has indicated a gap between the performance of boys and girls particularly in reading and writing. The ‘It’s a man thing!’ project was created by ContinYou [formerly CEDC] to make a special effort to support boys’ learning through providing positive role models and mentors.

Many fathers, given the motivation and self-confidence, would be willing to carry out clearly-explained and manageable tasks at home with their children, with an explanation of how these are important to their children’s learning.

You do not have to be male to co-ordinate the programme – it can be delivered just as successfully by a female member of staff!!

We can offer a limited number of spaces on the ‘It’s a man thing!’ training course and, as a special one-off offer, we will provide free-of-charge to each participant organisation sufficient resource packs to run a programme for up to 10 fathers. and male carers.

For all course availability and costs, please see our Training Programmes link.

For any further details of Learning Beyond programme development email us here

Comments

Lee Baker — Sun, 14 May 2006 10:17:19 GMT

Golden Goal

' We know young people see us as positive role models and I believe it is the responsibility of every adult to teach our future generations how to live a better and more rewarding life. If we do not create better opportunities for children to learn how can we expect them to achieve? I want every young person to ask questions and I want every adult to help them find the answers.'
Manager, Walsall Football Club

'I like Golden Goal. It has taught me more about maths and literacy through the use of football questions.'
Jake Willmore (Pupil) Pinfold JMI School

'Golden Goal is a good opportunity for parents and children to work and learn alongside each other within the curriculum.'
Mary Harris (Teacher) Leamore Primary School

Share

'Share is fun! One little girl who is a low achiever has improved a lot more this year than we expected and this is probably because of her Mother's involvement in Share and her new insight into learning.'
Share Teacher

'I like the way it got all the people in Share working together, and this is the only certificate I have ever got in my life!'
Share Parent

'I like Share because I listen to my mummy and she listens to me.'
Youngster in Share

'I was overwhelmed by the standard and commitment shown by the parents to Share. The standard of work was fantastic.'
OCN Moderator

Family Learning

'I never did very well in school ... I wanted Joe to do much better, but I didn't know how to help him until we started learning together ... as a family.'
Share Parent

'I like doing learning things away from school. Mummy helps me learn at Nanny's and in the garden. And in Tesco's. I listen to my Mummy and she now listens to me.'
Youngster in Share

'Learning together as a family, has given us all so much more confidence. We aren't afraid of asking questions - or making mistakes. The little one enjoys school now and we know how to support him with his learning. I'm glad I got involved.'
Family Learning Parent

Feedback

Lee Baker — Sun, 14 May 2006 10:16:16 GMT

'I like Golden Goal. It has taught me more about maths and literacy through the use of football questions.'
Jake Willmore (Pupil) Pinfold JMI School

'Golden Goal is a good opportunity for parents and children to work and learn alongside each other within the curriculum.'
Mary Harris (Teacher) Leamore Primary School

Share

'I like the way it got all the people in Share working together, and this is the only certificate I have ever got in my life!'
Share Parent

'I like Share because I listen to my mummy and she listens to me.'
Youngster in Share

'I was overwhelmed by the standard and commitment shown by the parents to Share. The standard of work was fantastic.'
OCN Moderator

Family Learning

'I never did very well in school ... I wanted Joe to do much better, but I didn't know how to help him until we started learning together ... as a family.'
Share Parent

'I like doing learning things away from school. Mummy helps me learn at Nanny's and in the garden. And in Tesco's. I listen to my Mummy and she now listens to me.'
Youngster in Share

Study Support

Lee Baker — Sun, 14 May 2006 10:12:07 GMT

Although it implies an academic bias, the scope of the definition encompasses the fun and enjoyment as well as the range and depth of activities that study support provision involves. There is a growing commitment within schools and the wider community to provide and develop a high quality programme of sustainable activities. The definition of study support gives weight to the wide variety of related activities, and can be grouped under three main headings:

Enabling
Help with Key Skills including literacy, numeracy and ICT
Thinking skills, learning skills, study skills
Mentoring by adults and other pupils
Community service and citizenship

Extension
Facilities and support to do homework, before or after school
Study clubs linked to existing curricular subject
Space and support for coursework and examination revision
Residential events - study weeks or weekends

Enrichment
Sports, games and adventurous activities
Creative ventures - music, film, drama, dance and the full range of the arts.
Opportunities to pursue particular interests - science, archaeology, languages, circus skills, motor vehicle maintenance.

Comments

Lee Baker — Sun, 14 May 2006 10:07:33 GMT

'I like Golden Goal. It has taught me more about maths and literacy through the use of football questions.'
Jake Willmore (Pupil) Pinfold JMI School

'Golden Goal is a good opportunity for parents and children to work and learn alongside each other within the curriculum.'
Mary Harris (Teacher) Leamore Primary School

Share

'I like the way it got all the people in Share working together, and this is the only certificate I have ever got in my life!'
Share Parent

'I like Share because I listen to my mummy and she listens to me.'
Youngster in Share

'I was overwhelmed by the standard and commitment shown by the parents to Share. The standard of work was fantastic.'
OCN Moderator

Family Learning

'I never did very well in school ... I wanted Joe to do much better, but I didn't know how to help him until we started learning together ... as a family.'
Share Parent

'I like doing learning things away from school. Mummy helps me learn at Nanny's and in the garden. And in Tesco's. I listen to my Mummy and she now listens to me.'
Youngster in Share

Family Learning

Lee Baker — Sun, 14 May 2006 10:02:18 GMT

We take 'family' to mean the diverse forms of kinship relationships that exist as well as the broader, caring and friendship networks that people share and learn from throught the various stages of life.

Family learning is learning which takes place between family members and might involve any of the following:

Informal and formal learning within the family.
Family members learning together.
Learning about roles, relationships and responsibilities in relation to stages of family life - including parenting education.
Learning how to understand, take responsibility and make decisions in relation to the wider society in which the family is the foundation for good citizenship.
Learning how to deal with agencies that serve families.

Statistics show that that children who have benefited from family involvement in the learning process are less likely to truant at school, that they will have increased concentration levels and improved examination results. But exams are not the most important criteria for judging success. Family learning would seem to demonstrate that its most valuable role is extending the horizons for young people and their families to reach.

The task of teaching, training and enabling young people and the family unit to learn becomes a shared community responsibility. The word 'family' can encompass parents, extended family members, carers, guardians, or even interested family members.

Family Learning works on the principle that these people are the first and prime educators in the lives of young people. By making learning together fun for all members of the family, it is hoped that a culture of lifelong learning can be developed.

We know that between birth and leaving statutory education, young people spend less than 15% of their waking hours in school and that nearly 60% of people having achieved 'adulthood' believe 'home' is the place where they learn 'best.'

Schools fall well down the list. This must tell us something about our attitudes to learning and highlight the need to strengthen the links between home and school and develop still further a partnership approach that actively engages parents in helping their children learn effectively with enjoyment.

The key challenges are:

To give our children the confidence to learn and to succeed

To make the link between activities and the home

To build strong links between families and providers within the community

And above all … To involve young people and their family unit - to give them a say in their activities and how they evolve, to ensure that they remain imaginative, exciting and challenging.

We must develop our family learning initiatives as the cornerstones that bring families and practitioners together in order to support and promote each other's work.

The following programmes have been delivered by our accredited family learning trainers and are about raising standards. The key objective is to empower adults and children to learn together so that all members of the family can reach their full potential.

Family Learning Works!

Introduction to intergenerational learning. In this module you will consider recruiting ‘hard to reach’ parents, barriers to learning and group methodology – the art of getting a group talk, and work together.

SHARE Parent and School Initiative

The Share School and Parent initiative for learning between the generations is a national scheme in over fifty education UK authorities. It is designed to reach parents who want to help their child’s learning at home but do not know the best ways in which to go about it.

Storybook Weaver

A family learning programme for parents using specially designed software to produce high quality books with and for their children. The work underpins the Skills for Life agenda and is mapped to the Adult Core Literacy Curriculum. The programme helps school meet many of the new inspection requirements around Promoting Parents Partnerships and Engaging the Local Community.

It’s A Man Thing!

Designed for men, to help them enjoy reading books together with their children at home and in other settings.

Golden Goal

A parenting initiative enabling youngsters to engage in learning activities using the theme of football. Train to design and use a number of football-related activities with families and young people. Package includes: First team fixture, football coaching session Walsall Football Club with professional staff, stadium tour, certificate and autograph sheet for each child; and an autographed football for your school!

Bags of Stories - Storybag Solutions

Bags of stories and learning activities are a popular, non- threatening way of encouraging parents and carers to start sharing stories and fun learning activities with their children.

All training programmes can be modified to suit the needs of your organisation and the community you serve. We can deliver the sessions at your location or provide a suitable venue in your area. Please contact us for further details. Email: Learning Beyond

What we stand for

Lee Baker — Sun, 14 May 2006 09:53:23 GMT

Mission Statement:

Working towards influencing and inspiring change and achievement through innovative learning and community development opportunities.

Vision

To influence and inspire change through high quality innovative learning and community development opportunities that extend, enhance and enrich achievement and are based on the needs of individuals, families and community groups
To invest in innovative learning and community development opportunities through continuous quality improvement, rigorous planning and programme development
To support partner organisations and centres of learning in the provision of innovative learning opportunities and community development which promote participation and enjoyment
To encourage progression of learners through effective support, advice and guidance
To ensure equality of opportunity in learning and community development for all people regardless of race, gender, faith, age, sexual orientation, ability or disability
To raise the aspirations, self esteem, confidence and achievement of all learners
To celebrate and enjoy participation and success in Family Learning and Study Support
To invest in continual professional development to raise the quality of innovation and delivery of Family Learning and community development opportunities

Learning Beyond

Lee Baker — Sun, 14 May 2006 09:50:18 GMT

What is Learning Beyond?

Learning Beyond is a team of learning improvement and community development consultants who provide high quality training, strategic guidance and support delivery in order to promote innovative learning and community development opportunities in schools, voluntary organisations and community settings.

Our services include:

Finding the Funds - provision of training to enable your school or other learning organisation to write bids, or a bespoke service to design your very own irresistible application.
Project Management - innovative project ideas, monitoring or evaluation. All our consultants are experienced project managers and fully qualified Prince 2 Practitioners.
Training - wide variety of workshops, seminars and programmes. Our consultants are all accredited SHARE, NLP and Family Learning professionals, and we can also offer training in Family Digital Media, Extended Learning and Study Support.
Programme Evaluation - well-structured, professional evaluation with provision of a final report of excellent quality to include DVD, photographs and other appropriate media.
Learning Solutions - Our qualified consultants consist of teaching staff as well as business development and financial management experts. They have worked in all education phases including nursery, infant, primary, secondary, higher and further education. Bespoke learning programmes include the Golden Goal, Box Clever, Kids Kitchen, Family Food Fun, Top Dads and Down in the Deep Blue Sea with rock legend Noddy Holder.

Learning Beyond has been established as a direct result of the high demand for our services by schools, private industry and the voluntary sector and the continuing need to learn beyond limitations!

So, welcome to Learning Beyond and let us ...

colour your grey matter!

Contact:

Email: Learning Beyond

About Learning Beyond

Malcolm Ratledge — Fri, 12 May 2006 17:15:46 GMT

Who are we?

We have been involved in building learning strategies to widen participation in disadvantaged communities for the last fifteen years. As a founder member of FamilyLearningUK, we believe Family Learning and Study Support to be essential elements of effective learning strategies for the whole community.

We are proud to have been part of the writing team for a number of specialist family learning publications and programmes, and are keen to continue to develop new approaches to learning.

We have been responsible for accessing in excess of £1,500,000 for schools and community organisations within the West Midlands.

As qualified teachers we have over thirty years experience in both primary and secondary phase education.

We have worked with Education Extra, CEDC, the West Midlands Extended Learning Partnership and ContinYou - a national education and community charitable organisation.

We have written several bespoke learning programmes in conjunction with the Walsall Family Learning and Study Support team, television writer Vo Fletcher and rock legend Noddy Holder. These focus on an holistic, family centred approach to extending learning – both at home and in school settings.

We have established innovative learning opportunities as well as delivering Family Learning, Study Support and Extended Learning training programmes in other countries including Greece, Russia and Zimbabwe; as well as nearer home in the West Midlands.

Why Learning Beyond?

We have an established commitment to Lifelong Learning, in particular, innovative learning opportunities outside the school day. We have made a decision to build upon a proven track record in Family Learning by expanding and developing the breadth of our work in a specialist area we are passionate about.

We are qualified full NLP practitioners and accredited Family Learning Trainers. We have also substantiated our commitment to lifelong learning by completing and achieving Prince2 Practitioner status.

What do we do?

We encourage opportunities for extended learning – Study Support and Family Learning - in all schools and other centres for learning in the community
We seek to actively help those schools and organisations that have significant numbers of the most socially and academically deprived children, young people and adults
We work in partnership with a variety of agencies to develop strategies and programmes which equitably target disadvantage
We wish to extend this strategy to all schools and other centres for learning, through offering our services as a delivery vehicle for activities and a reference point for advice, guidance, information and support
We provide bespoke workshops and presentations for conferences and seminars, as well as for individual schools, local authorities and other organisations. Topics include Effective fundraising, Using Neuro-Linguistic Programming Techniques and Extended Learning through Study Support and Family Learning
We also provide a direct route for accessing external funds through individual bespoke applications written by the team. In fact, our team have successfully raised over £1 million pounds for education and community organizations since 2000!

Learning Beyond and proud of it!

We have established ourselves as a direct result of the demand for high quality services by schools, private industry and the voluntary sector and the continuing need to learn beyond limitations! Email us here.

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