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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.
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
It is important that all children come to phonics learning with the best chance of success with a range of other skills, knowledge and experience that enables them to go on to be confident readers and writers, whom demonstrate enthusiasm and enjoyment.
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
Practitioners will:
- Gain an overview of the important aspects in teaching pre phonics
- Reflect on opportunities for children to apply their phonics learning through a literacy and language rich environment.
This is a fun and practical course that is fully engaging and includes participation. Practitioners will refine their skills to further develop the curriculum with the impact of preparing children for the phonic programme when starting school.
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
Leadership is both demanding and rewarding, offering the chance to make a real impact by supporting and inspiring others.
This session explores what high-quality EYFS practice looks like and how leaders can strengthen teaching across their teams. Through discussion and reflection, participants will build confidence, share ideas, and plan next steps for developing their EYFS provision.
This course covers:
- Leadership and Learning in EYFS – Understanding what effective leadership and learning look like in early years settings.
- Leading Change – Building a clear vision of quality and developing confidence to lead improvement with others.
- Challenges and Opportunities – Exploring the key challenges and possibilities for leadership in EYFS.
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
Good communication and language skills are the cornerstone of all relationships so it is essential to get these right from the start. We need to ensure that children are supported to reach their full potential whilst having fun and feeling safe and secure. This full day course gives practitioners time to fully explore communication and language and develop strategies to put into practice.
Making Maths Matter
This course will help practitioners and teachers recognise the importance of a solid grounding in number. There will be lots of practical examples of how to use concrete materials to support an early understanding of number, as well as how we can develop children’s spatial reasoning skills, along with suggestions to support problem solving through everyday opportunities. It will include links to the EY Inspection Framework, revised EYFS Statutory Framework, Best Start in Life and non-statutory guidance.
You will learn:
- To understand the importance of a solid grounding in number and mastery of maths
- To recognise how we can support problem solving as a part of everyday practice
- To learn how to develop children’s spatial reasoning skills
Nurturing Successful Writers – from mark making to mastery: developing confident writers and achieving GLD.
A course designed for Reception Practitioners
Learn how to inspire enthusiastic, independent writers while supporting children to achieve the Early Learning Goal (ELG) for writing and make a strong start towards a Good Level of Development (GLD).
This course will explore how to develop enthusiastic and independent writers from early mark making to confident writing. Practitioners will focus on the first steps of early Literacy and will explore the development from early mark making to independent writing. We will reflect on the interconnected relationship between phonics and early writing and consider the experiences and activities that will enable children to secure these connections to become enthusiastic, confident, and independent writers. We will also focus on best practice for supporting vulnerable groups and ensuring progress for all learners..
By the end of this course, you will:
- Gain a secure understanding of the ELG requirements for writing and how they fit within GLD expectations.
- Learn practical strategies and inspirational ideas to develop writing across all areas of provision—indoors and outdoors.
- Plan teaching opportunities that strengthen connections between phonics and writing.
- Understand how to create an enabling environment that promotes literacy and independence.
- Explore effective approaches for evaluating and moderating examples of children’s writing in the EYFS.
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