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Building a Unique Curriculum
A coherently planned and well-sequenced curriculum enables children to make progress by knowing more, understanding more and being able to do more. In the early years, the curriculum enables all children to make progress in the areas of learning. In this way, early education provides the building blocks of knowledge for subjects that children will study in later years. (Ofsted, Best Start in Life: Setting the Scene, November 2022).
This course aligns closely with the Curriculum and Teaching area of the New Early Years Inspection Framework and provides guidance to:
- ensure all children are provided with a high-quality, ambitious curriculum
- support leaders and practitioners plan, design and implement the educational programmes of the EYFS statutory framework to create a coherent and sequential curriculum that builds on what children know and can do
- the extent to which the setting’s curriculum meets the needs of the range of ages and stages of children who attend, especially disadvantaged children, those with SEND, those who are known (or previously known) to children’s social care, and those who may face barriers to their learning and/or well-being, aligning with Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life (July 2025).
The course will include links to:
- The EY Inspection Framework (November 2025)
- The revised EYFS Statutory Framework
- Non-statutory guidance
The course will
- focus on how to build a unique curriculum for your school or setting, or revisit and develop your exciting curriculum, what needs to be considered when planning one, as well as how to put your curriculum into practice.
- help you to identify your main curricular goals that you would like the children to achieve whilst they are with you. Consideration for your community of children and their needs and experiences will be taken into account. What do you want to teach them? How is your curriculum reflected in the opportunities that you give your children?
- have a strong focus on communication and language, as part of the course, we will also be considering how to introduce new vocabulary through the use of books, songs, poems and rhymes.
This course will help you to identify your main curricular goals that you would like the children to achieve whilst they are with you. Consideration for your community of children and their needs and experiences will be taken into account. What do you want to teach them? How is your curriculum reflected in the opportunities that you give your children?
With a strong focus on communication and language, as part of the course, we will also be considering how to introduce new vocabulary through the use of books, songs, poems and rhymes.
Building a Unique Curriculum for Childminders - Webinar
A coherently planned and well-sequenced curriculum enables children to make progress by knowing more, understanding more and being able to do more. In the early years, the curriculum enables all children to make progress in the areas of learning. In this way, early education provides the building blocks of knowledge for subjects that children will study in later years. (Ofsted, Best Start in Life: Setting the Scene, November 2022).
This course aligns closely with the Curriculum and Teaching area of the New Early Years Inspection Framework and provides guidance to:
- ensure all children are provided with a high-quality, ambitious curriculum
- support leaders and practitioners plan, design and implement the educational programmes of the EYFS statutory framework to create a coherent and sequential curriculum that builds on what children know and can do
- the extent to which the setting’s curriculum meets the needs of the range of ages and stages of children who attend, especially disadvantaged children, those with SEND, those who are known (or previously known) to children’s social care, and those who may face barriers to their learning and/or well-being, aligning with Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life (July 2025)
The course will include links to:
- The EY Inspection Framework (November 2025)
- The revised EYFS Statutory Framework
- Non-statutory guidance
This course will:
- focus on how to build a unique curriculum for your childminding setting, or revisit and develop your exciting curriculum, what needs to be considered when planning one, as well as how to put your curriculum into practice
- help you to identify your main curricular goals that you would like the children to achieve whilst they are with you. Consideration for your community of children and their needs and experiences will be taken into account. What do you want to teach them? How is your curriculum reflected in the opportunities that you give your children?
- have strong focus on communication and language, as part of the course, we will also be considering how to introduce new vocabulary through the use of books, songs, poems and rhymes
Excelling Outdoors
This course will demonstrate how to plan, resource and support children’s learning outside. It engages learners in a series of practical and interactive activities that allow them to confidently include purposeful and open ended outdoor play and exploration, incorporating risk and challenge. The ideas are based on current research and practice to improve learning outcomes, with opportunities to share current provision arrangements. This course will focus on risk and challenge, communication, language and literacy and mathematics aspects of the EYFS especially. Delegates do not need to wear outdoor clothing for this event.
The benefits of attending this training are:
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To increase practitioner knowledge and confidence of delivering engaging and challenging EYFS experiences outside, especially to boost and embed communication, language and literacy and mathematical skills.
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To recognise the web of benefits learning outside brings and how this allows children to thrive in different ways than indoors.
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To plan for and implement quality learning outside, including those arising spontaneously, tailored to meet the needs and development of the children.
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To understand the benefits of risk and challenge and how to support this for children and as a staff team.
Excelling Outdoors - Beyond the Back Garden
Bespoke for Buckinghamshire Childminders
This course will demonstrate how to plan, resource and support children’s learning outside. It engages learners in a series of practical and fun activities that allow childminders to confidently include outdoor play, incorporating risk and challenge, to make learning through play more exciting. The ideas are based on current research and practice to improve learning outcomes. This course will focus on risk and challenge and all areas of learning and development from the EYFS. Delegates do not need to wear outdoor clothing for this training. As a result of attending this course you will have discussed the following:
- To increase practitioner knowledge and confidence of delivering engaging and challenging EYFS experiences outside.
- To plan and implement quality learning outside, including those arising spontaneously, tailored to meet the needs and development of the children.
- To understand the benefits of risk and challenge and how to support this for children and any assistants you may employ.
EYFS Profile Professional Dialogue Meeting
These events are aimed at Reception class teachers.
This professional dialogue meeting will give those reception teachers completing the EYFSP for 2026 the opportunity to discuss the early learning goals as well as their judgements to ensure accuracy and consistency in EYFS profile for parents and year one teachers. The course will use the EYFS profile handbook, it will have an element of evidence sharing through professional dialogue.
Foundation in Phonics
Children’s literacy skills in school are generally influenced by their earlier experiences. Adults working with younger children can support them to develop a strong foundation from which to learn the specific skills needed to be successful readers and writers.
This session will explore ideas for developing children’s early phonics skills through:
- Adult-led activities
- Fun, practical games
- Resources which can be differentiated depending on a child’s age and stage of development
Getting started - Support for Early Career teachers in Early Years
This recently developed course, consists of 4 in person meetings throughout the year, and has been designed to provide a highly informative introduction to teaching and learning in the Early Years, helping support ECTs at the beginning of their career
- Autumn: Session 1 - Continuous provision, enabling environment, successful transitions and structuring the day. Reflect on how carefully planned routines, organisation and resources promote a broad range of learning and development opportunities.
- Spring: Session 2 - Enhancing the environment based on the skills your children need to develop and have been taught so far, including the use of Buckinghamshire Early Years audit tools.
- Summer 1: Session 3 - Professional dialogue around the EYFSP
- Summer 2: Session 4 – Reflection and celebration of the year.
This is a fantastic opportunity for those teachers beginning their journey to network with other ECTs in Early Years throughout Buckinghamshire and with members of the Early Years Service to support with developing good practice and teaching within the EYFS. Benefits include:
- Deepening your knowledge of child development theories and shape your early years pedagogy
- Exploring the connection between the learning environment and developing routines for learning within your provision
- Understand the holistic nature of the early years and develop strategies to support and extend children’s learning and development
Leadership & Management - For New Managers and Deputies
This one day interactive course is suitable for new Managers and Deputies responsible for the day to day running of the setting.
Leadership & Management learning objectives:
We hope we provide information for you to take away and implement in practice. Today could also be a day to reflect on practice and ask the questions 'why do we do that?' and 'how can I/we make it better'.
We will explore the following subjects:
- Exploring the Ofsted Toolkit and how this incorporates within your role and responsibilities
- Supporting more highly skilled leaders in line with the Best Start in Life objectives Embedding Best Start in Life Principles.
- Creating a team – safer recruitment and retention
- Decision making
- SWOT analysis and USP’s.
- Staff management – START, STOP, CONTINUE. Change theory and common responses to change
- Managing conflict and general staff performance. Skills attributes
- Leadership styles
- Tuckmans – teams, Forming, Storming, norming, performing etc.
- 360 leadership approach – staff appraisal etc… Developing your leadership in the EY’s
- Wellbeing and supporting staff
Please note, lunch is not provided on this course.
Leading the Early Years with Confidence
This course is designed for Early Years Managers and Leaders
Discover how to create a shared vision of high-quality EYFS practice and strengthen teaching across your team.
This course explores the expectations of Ofsted and examines how the EYFS Framework and the Ofsted Education Inspection Framework to complement one another, highlighting the key principles and priorities within both documents.
We will reflect on current trends in early years education, consider curriculum design, and support practitioners in developing environments that enrich their professional knowledge and promote outstanding early years practice. The session will also focus on shaping meaningful next steps to drive the future development of your EYFS provision.
Let’s get talking, Communication and Language in the Early Years
This training is to support practitioners
- To understand the importance of communication and language for children’s wider development and future attainment
- To maximise opportunities to develop children’s communication and language skills
- To recognise a high-quality adult: child interaction
- Gain ideas to develop your setting to provide rich communication and language
Practitioners New to the Early Years Foundation Stage Webinar
This course will help practitioners that are new to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) gain an overview of the key aspects of the EYFS, with a focus on developing provision that gives children the best possible start. By completing this course you will;
- Increase your understanding about the 'Statutory Framework for the EYFS' and other non-statutory documentation
- Gain further knowledge of the observation, assessment and planning cycle, and how to implement this in their setting
- Ensure that the characteristics of effective teaching and learning are at the heart of your practice
- Learn what we mean by adult-led and child initiated activities
- Understand the importance of partnership with parents and others and how to approach this
- Understand the importance of creating an enabling environment