New to the EYFS: Empowering Individuals, Enhancing Practice
Venue
Early Years Training Room - Parkwall Primary, Earlstone Crescent, Barrs Court
Event Tutors
Sinead McBride / HELEN POOLE
Target Audience
Childminders / Pre-Schools & Nurseries
Event Types
Course (daytime)
Course categories
Children and Young People
Children and Young People subcategories
Early Years
Event description
This course is aimed at apprentices and level 2 practitioners as well as those new or returning to the early years.
This course will cover…
Session 1:
A Unique Child – This session will explore and enhance your knowledge of child development as a sequence of physical, language and emotional changes.
Positive relationships – This session will be an opportunity to reflect on attachment and the importance of key people in the child’s life. You will deepen your knowledge of how to promote positive behaviour through self-regulation and emotional literacy.
Session 2:
Enabling Environments - Play underpins learning and all aspects of children’s development. The role that adults have is crucial. This session will delve deeper into how you can provide playful experiences including practical examples that support children’s characteristics of effective learning.
Learning and Development - The final session will consolidate your learning through the importance of understanding and analysing your observations and assessments of children in order to tailor your planning.
Learning outcomes
To…
• Increase knowledge of child development specifically in the prime areas of learning.
• Recognise the importance of play in the early years and provide experiences which support children’s characteristics of effective learning.
• Have a deeper understanding of the importance of observation and assessment in order to support and record children’s progress across the areas of the EYFS.
Start Date
Thursday 9 February 2023
End Date
Thursday 20 April 2023
Closing Date
Saturday 4 February 2023