Never 2 Late 2 Learn

Within the basic Maths sessions, learners will start the learning process usually by participating in cookery, where the silent learning begins with learning how to weigh ingredients, timings, the amount of ingredients and time for preparation. And confidence is starting to build.

Moving on from this the learners will enter a classroom setting where the learning continues, and the four rules of learning maths apply:

Add
Subtract
Multiply
Divide

These rules are followed and taught at the level of the individual's capability. Within the sessions there is a lot of interaction with the learners. This could be by working in teams to complete number games, such as cards, number bingo, just to show learning can be fun.

“George started with the Never2Late2learn 12-week cooking course and progressed to the Monday Maths and English course. The Monday course does not hide the Maths and English skills. It teaches the basics, and the length of each session is four hours rather his two-and-a-half-hour cookery class. A huge for challenge for George being as he speaking and listening skills were so poor.”

Within the basic Maths sessions, learners will start the learning process usually by participating in cookery, where the silent learning begins with learning how to weigh ingredients, timings, the amount of ingredients and time for preparation. And confidence is starting to build.

Moving on from this the learners will enter a classroom setting where the learning continues, and the four rules of learning maths apply:

Add
Subtract
Multiply
Divide

These rules are followed and taught at the level of the individual's capability. Within the sessions there is a lot of interaction with the learners. This could be by working in teams to complete number games, such as cards, number bingo, just to show learning can be fun.

“George started with the Never2Late2learn 12-week cooking course and progressed to the Monday Maths and English course. The Monday course does not hide the Maths and English skills. It teaches the basics, and the length of each session is four hours rather his two-and-a-half-hour cookery class. A huge for challenge for George being as he speaking and listening skills were so poor.”

Literacy also starts from the cookery sessions where learners will learn through reading basic recipes and ingredients, learning to sound out the words, and to be able to spell them through completing spelling tests at the end of each session of key words.

Learners will then progress to the classroom sessions where the following are key to their learning, the learners are taught in their preferred learning styles.

“For George it was to learn through phonics. Based on George's ability and needs it was not possible to involve him in all the activities and the self-pace learning session would not be of any benefit to him. He needed to be able to speak clearly and eventually feel confident enough to participate in the self-pace learning sessions. Phonics was the starting point for George.”

The learners all have their own learning logs specially designed for them which have a number of Numeracy and Literacy activities for them to undertake such as their times tables, money value, clocks and telling the time. Within the learning logs, the learners complete a section every session to log what they have learned with in the session.

Literacy also starts from the cookery sessions where learners will learn through reading basic recipes and ingredients, learning to sound out the words, and to be able to spell them through completing spelling tests at the end of each session of key words.

Learners will then progress to the classroom sessions where the following are key to their learning, the learners are taught in their preferred learning styles.

“For George it was to learn through phonics. Based on George's ability and needs it was not possible to involve him in all the activities and the self-pace learning session would not be of any benefit to him. He needed to be able to speak clearly and eventually feel confident enough to participate in the self-pace learning sessions. Phonics was the starting point for George.”

The learners all have their own learning logs specially designed for them which have a number of Numeracy and Literacy activities for them to undertake such as their times tables, money value, clocks and telling the time. Within the learning logs, the learners complete a section every session to log what they have learned with in the session.

The Advanced sessions are on a Wednesday and this is the group that the Monday learners progress to when they have reached their targets. Within the Wednesday group they will start working at a much higher level.

Fractions, percentages and decimals in Maths and punctuation, grammar and spelling in Literacy will be introduced into their learning but still be interactive and fun. The aim of the Wednesday group is to help the learners get to such a level that they are able to progress to Functional Skills sessions and eventually sit their exam. Currently from the Monday group we have four learners at this stage.

“The Wednesday group is the highest level within the Never2late2Learn courses and most of the learners have manage to achieve something both in their personal and educational life. Learners are very good at sharing their achievements and expressing how what they have learned on the has helped them to become more independent and better their lives in a variety of ways.”

“Lewis is now in the highest Never2Late2Learn class and has achieved part of his personal goal by passing his driving theory test.”

Being a part of the Never2Late2Learn programme makes me very proud of all the learners, who set their goals and achieve these goals, it is very satisfying for all involved