If your setting has a specific training need, the Early Years Improvement
Team may be able to deliver a 2 hour course just for you. Courses can be
arranged Monday - Friday, between 9:30am - 5:30pm. We offer one course per day
only. The following are courses which may be of interest to you.
Supporting Children's Behavioural Learning
This course identifies ways in which we can support all children to learn
about behaviour and ensure that our expectations are realistic.
Multi-Sensory Learning
This course introduces the use of multi-sensory inclusion bags and offers
practical ways to include multi-sensory activities and develop a sensory
area on a budget. It also highlights the vital role that multi-sensory
activities can have in impacting children's learning.
Emotional Wellbeing
This course explores the purpose and possible content of a setting policy.
It also looks at ways to share good practice and problem solving key issues.
Developing an SEN Policy
This course investigates ways to identify the indicators of emotional well being and explores ways to support children more effectively.
Developing Children's Writing
This course explores the developmental approach to children's early writing
from birth to the end of the Foundation stage. It looks closely at the
crucial role that practitioners play in nurturing and supporting children
along their writing journey and helping Parents to value all types of
attempts at writing. Ideas to enrich opportunities for writing through out
the setting are given.
Enriching Outdoor Learning
This course looks at the importance of meaningful open-ended outdoor
provision and resources. It examines reasons why the Outdoors is so
essential in developing and challenging the minds and bodies of young
children. There are also many practical ideas highlighted for resources,
learning opportunities and planning.
Independent Learning, Exciting Learning Environments
This course explores how children's independence skills can be developed and
supported by the workshop approach. It explores how to develop an exciting
learning environment that will support children's learning through
exploration.
Introduction to the Curriculum Guidance
This course aims to support practitioners to develop an understanding of the
Curriculum and to relate some of the learning and teaching principles to
current practice.
Maths using Everyday Resources
This course looks at ways of creating a mathematically rich environment and
explores practical activities to support the stepping stones using everyday
resources.
Observation and Assessment
This course looks at the importance of observations and assessments in
children's learning, how to develop a manageable system for recording
observations and how to strengthen the links between observation, assessment
and planning.
Ready Steady Plan
This course introduces planning for the workshop approach in the Foundation
Stage and outlines key points and principles for long, medium and short term
planning.
Developing Children's Creativity
This course highlights ways in which creativity can be developed across the
whole curriculum. It looks closely at the various strands within the area of
creative development and aims to help practitioners plan opportunities for
learning which link more closely with a child's development.
Role Play
This course explores the importance of role-play in young children's
learning, looks at how role-play can open up opportunities for learning
throughout the Foundation Stage and will give practitioners ideas on how to
plan, implement and support quality role-play in the setting.
Resources for Supporting Physical Development
This is a practical course that provides practitioners with ideas for
supporting physical development. It looks at the importance of developing
large motor skills and children gaining mastery over their movements.
Knowledge and Understanding of the World - a Practical Approach
This course attempts to look closely at each strand within
knowledge and
understanding of the world and encourages practitioners to plan for real and
relevant opportunities for learning within a carefully resourced
environment.
The cost of this training is £5:00 per person, up to a maximum £75.
