DEVELOPING YOUR CURRICULUM FOR BABIES THROUGH ELASTICATED LEARNING
This course explores some of the science behind baby stages of development. Of course, we do a lot of elasticating the curriculum! We look at how you can use your observations of children’s achievements to identify what they need to know next.
We give you practical ideas to use with your children in your setting.
We look at stages of development for babies in the prime areas, particularly in physical development.
DEVELOPING YOUR CURRICULUM FOR 2–3-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN THROUGH ELASTICATED LEARNING
Here our focus is on identifying, the intent, implementation and impact for your 2-3-year-olds.
We help you to review and improve your existing curriculums
We look at how you can use your observations of children’s achievements to identify what they need to know next.
We give you practical teaching ideas to use with your 2-3-year-olds.
DEVELOPING YOUR COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE CURRICULUM THROUGH ELASTICATED LEARNING
What do children need to learn to become confident communicators?
This course supports early years practitioners to gain child development knowledge related to communication and language from birth onwards.
We look at how you can use your observations of children’s achievements to identify what they need to know next.
We consider the essential grammatical structures children need to know to speak in simple and complex sentences.
We explore practical ideas for you to use in your settings to support children’s communication and language skills.
DEVELOPING YOUR CURRICULUM FOR 3-4-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN THROUGH ELASTICATED LEARNING
Here our focus is on identifying, the intent, implementation and impact for your 3 to 4 year-olds.
We help you to review and improve your existing curriculums
We look at how you can use your observations of children’s achievements to identify what they need to know next.
We give you practical teaching ideas to use with your 3-4-year-olds.
DEVELOPING YOUR MATHEMATICAL CURRICULUM THROUGH ELASTICATED LEARNING
There have been huge changes within the EYFS framework related to Mathematics. This course helps you to understand what your curriculum should contain to help children to develop breadth and depth of knowledge to become confident mathematicians when they start school. We look at how you can use your observations of children’s achievements to identify what they need to know next.
We explore how essential subitising is to help children to understand the value of numbers.
We consider strategies needed to help children to secure their counting skills.
We provide you with quality practical ideas to support children’s number knowledge and shape space, and measures.
PLANNING FOR CHILDREN'S CURRICULUM
With the recent changes, how will you use your observations of children to identify what they need to know next? This course builds on our elasticated learning curriculum to develop skills in observation of children and how to analyse your observations, and use this to identify what children need to know next.
We look at what observations can tell us about what children know and can do.
We unpick the role of the key person and how to report effectively on the progress that children make.
PLANNING FOR THE MOMENT
If you are using the in the moment planning approach, then this course will help you to review your pedagogy. If you are not using the in the moment planning approach, then this course will also support you to extend your teaching skills. This course is essentially about good teaching practice.
We look at how you to use your observation, assessment and planning cycle to deliver high quality teaching
We consider the importance of the environment, role of the adult and peers in helping children to learn.
MONITORING THE CURRICULUM AND CHILDREN’S PROGRESS- FOR MANAGERS
With the recent changes, how will you monitor the impact of your curriculum? This course gives you the tools to oversee the progress that children make.
We help you to develop your confidence and skills to observe staff practice, feedback to them and implement effective supervision, guidance and coaching.
We help you to identify how you can use your discussions with staff to monitor the progress that children make.
QUALITY OUTDOOR LEARNING
Are you stuck for ideas about how to support children’s learning outdoors or need more inspiration?
This course gives you lots of practical ideas to support children’s learning outdoors. Of course, with a strong focus on elasticated learning.
We have a strong focus on risky play and helping children to make more adventurous choices outdoors.
We consider how to design an exciting outdoor learning environment and how this relates to children’s learning.
We identify how you can deliver the seven areas of learning outdoors.
SELF-REGULATION AND BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT
By effectively understanding how children learn to manage their feelings and learn techniques to support adults to help children how to manage behaviour.
On this course, you’ll explore how your own behaviour influences children, and to learn how to control your emotional responses when you’re interacting with children.
You’ll discover the latest techniques in how to develop your capability to achieve consistency.
You’ll also learn how to properly recognise positive behaviour from children and build trust and mutual respect in your provisions.