Building Futures, Developing Trust. Supporting Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children to achieve success
During this course
- Practitioners will become familiar with the Building Futures: Developing Trust materials which focus on supporting children from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller backgroundsin the Early Years Foundation Stage
- The session will give practical ideas for developing qquality provision for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children accross the EYFS with ways to embed Gypsy, Roma and Traveller cultures across all settings
Who it is aimed at
Practitioners working across the Early Years Foundation Stage in settings and children's centres
This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
Building Shape and Pattern (3-5 year olds)
A practical Workshop exploring the mathematical development through large scal 3-dimensional work using recycled materials as a starting point for inspiration and problem solving.
A fun session that encourages observation, interest in shape, space and pattern, counting sorting and the language of comparison. Participants will create large mathematical structures as provocations for mathematical discovery.
Who it is aimed at
Practitioners working with 3-5 year olds
This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
Children Thinking Mathematically (3-4 years)
In this session we will look at
- The PSRN content of the EYFS document
- the 'Children Thinking Mathematically' document
We will consider
- How young children develop mathematical ideas
- Our crucial role in creating an envronment that enables children to numerate and talk about their mathematical thinking
- How we can support their devloping understanding of numbers and counting
- How games, songs and storie will encourage the beginning of calculation skills
- How we can help them develop early ideas about shape, space and measures
- The importance of language in mathematical development
- How we can plan for smooth transistions when they occur
Who it is aimed at
Practitioners working with Early Years Foundation Stage
This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
Children Thinking Mathematically (under 3 years)
In this session we will look at:
- the PSRN content of the EYFS document
- the 'Children Thinking Mathematically' document
We will consider
- how babies and young children develop mathematical ideas
- our crucial role in creating an environmentthat enables children to become numerate and talk about their mathematical thinking
- how we can support their developing understanding of numbers and counting
- how games, songs and stories will encourage the beginning of calculation skills
- how we can help them develop early years ideas about shape, space and measures
- the importance of language in mathematical development
Who it is aimed at
Practitioners working with Early Years Foundation Stage
Clatter, Bang, Crash - Rhythm and composition for 2-4 year olds
Musical composition enables children to be creative and to experiment with rhythm, sequencing and mood. Supporting children's understanding of the ways that music can express different ideas, thoughts and feelings expands children's imagination and develops their self confidence to 'have a go'.
In this session, practitioners will:
- explore different sounds and effects that can be made using simple percussion instruments and 'body music'
- experiment with changing sound to create different atmospheric effects
- learn about simple pictoral musical notation that children can use to record and remember their creations
Who it is aimed at
Practitioners working with 2-4 year olds
This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
Exploring Resources with the under 2's
The 'Reggio Emilia' approach to early child development talks about the environment being the third teacher. This workshop will explore the setting up of enabling environments for under 2's. It will demonstrate the potential for creating appropriate environments at very little cost. Practitioners will have first hand experince of the resources which are availble from weave aswell as sharing ideas with other practitioners and the expertise of the resident artist who has a wide first hand knowledge of under 2's and their settings.
Who it is aimed at
Practitioners working with under 2 year olds
This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
Faces & Places (3-5 Year Olds)
This practical session will help practitioners to learn more about the 'Reggio Emilia' approach to inspiring learning through investigating sculpture, portraits and landscapes. We will look at how practitioners and children can create and learn together through sharing information, inspiring and challenging each other.
Who it is aimed at
Practitioners working wth 3-5 year olds
This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
Forest School Awareness
This course aims to further the knowledge of practitioners who are supporting a Forest School Leader.
We will be looking at
- the benefits of Forest School for young children's learning and development
- the adults role within Forest School
- health and safety requirements
Practitioners will take part in Forest School session
Who it is aimed at
Practitioners working with 3-5 year olds
This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
Grand Designs (3-5 year olds)
Through participating in construction play children develop an understanding of materials and their properties. Provision should involve building and making things as well as taking things apart to find out how they are constructed and making adaptations. Children should be given opportunities to work with different types of wood, tools and recyclable materials, designing and making their own creations using a variety of media.
In this fun practical workshop session, practitioners will:
- work with a wide range of materials and tools, building and taking things apart; focus on the role of the adult in supporting children's 'Grand Designs'
Who it is aimed at
Practitioners working with 3-5 year olds
This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To email book: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
Helping Parents to Support Their Child's Language Development
This session will support practitioners working with babies and children up to three years of age
It will focus on the national strategy for 'Every Child A Talker'
Practitioners Will
- Learn about recent research into the importance of speech, language and communication for social and emotional well-being and high achievement;
- Take away ideas to help them review their practice and plan activities to support children who need additionla helpin order to overcome potential barriers to achievement
Who it is aimed at
Practitioners working with babies and very young children
This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
I Can Tell you a Tale or Two
''Reading and Writing float on a sea of talk'' James Brittain
''I'm trying on stories like clothes'' Max Finch
Pie Corbett when developing his 'talk for writing' materiuals recognised that toddlers who were read to at home had favourite stories and they liked to learn the whole story, word byt word through constant repetitive reading. They then resuse some of the anguage they have internalised - they start playing with the language.
In this session practitioners will;
- Look at a range of good quality picture books
- Explore different ways to retell a story
- Share ideas for enabling children to retell stories using a range of resources
In this session practitioners will recieve a set of finger puppets
Who it is aimed at
Practitioners working with 3-4 year olds
This course is avialable to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
I Like to Boogie
A playful and creative street dance workshop that will empower practitioners witha new funky dance vocabulary and will also explore ways in movement and rhythm using the wide range of unusual resources at WEAVE. This practical session whilst appealing particularly to boys can't fail to energise girls, boys and adults alike!
Professional street dancxer Dave McKenna will work with practitioners to give them skills and confidence to take this popular form of dance into your setting.
Who it is aimed at
Practitioners working with 3-5 Year olds
This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
Letters & Sounds - Phase 1
When planning for phonics in pre-school/nursery, young children need lots of play-based opportunities for listening, hearing rhyme and rhythm and linking language with physical movement before moving into mre structured letter sounds activities.
Research tells us that children learn to hear sounds very easily through play. Those children who know lots of nursery rhymes also tend to do well in reading and writing.
Exciting materials will also be used in the course to enrich practitoners' knowledge and skills when working with children in this area. The session will be active and practical in its approach.
Who it is aimed at
Pre-School and Nursery practitioners
This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
Look, Listen and Note. What next?
This is essentai training for new practitioners working with under 3's
The session will look at the importance of a high quality environment in providibg opportunities for observation, assessment and planning for next steps in children's learning and development.
Who it is aimed at
Practitioners working with 0-3 year olds
This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
Magical Mixtures and Potions (Reception Children)
This session will look at the development of scientific understanding in Knowledge and Understanding of the World and how experimenting with mixing and combining materials can support Communicatiuon, Language and Literacy skills and provide opportunities for children to apply the skills of measuring, pouring, filling and emptying in exciting and purposeful ways.
It will focus on
- Creating opportunities for children to predict what might happen
- The practitioners role in supporting children's discoveries and inventions
- Creating a reason for documenting experiments - developing instructional writing and maximising the use of ICT
Who it is aimed at
Practitioners working with reception children
This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
Memory Boxes and Time Capsules
Encouraging children to tell each other about their own early experience s using photographs and artefacts to create a treasury of personal memories enables children to reflect on their knowledge of the world and communicate their ideas and feelings with others. Memory boxes provide a opportunity for children to learn about and respect cultural and gender differences. A memory box can become an important way of pasing on memories of treasured times and coping with emotional events.
Creating time capsules provides a stimulus for children to reason, predict and make choices. Children can record and graph information about themselves and the class to include in a group time capsule taht they can reopen at the end of the year to see how they have changed.
In this session we will explore:
- Ways in which memory boxes and time capsules can be used to develop children's knowledge and understanding of time and place
- The adult's role in helping children to reflect and predict
Who it is aimed at
Practitioners working with 3-5 Year olds
This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
Moderation of pre school assessments (for pre-school practitioners and practitioners working in maintained nursery provision)
The purpose of moderation meetings is to:
- Enable practitioners to develop their understanding of the Profile Scale Points 1-3
- Promote accurate and concistent judgements
Who it is aimed at
pre-school practitioners and practitioners working in maintained nursery provision
This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
Monitoring the Quality of Learning in Early Years Settings
Quality improvement is driven from within the setting. Outstanding managers keep children at the heart of everything they do.
This session will focus on developing managers' understanding of the Ofsted evaluation criteria for making judgements about teaching and learning. Managers will be introduced to a range of strategies for monitoring teaching and learning, giving feedback and using monitoring outcomes to plan for improvement.
Who it is aimed at
Managers and duputy managers in PVI settings
This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
Music for the Under 2's
In this session we will discover how the pulse, language and games of the rhymes and songs aid the development of the baby and underpin the aims of the EYFS. Even if you think you do not have a good voice they will respond to singing and rhymes in the same way they do when they are spoken to.
Who it is aimed at
Practitioners working with babies and very young children
This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
My Place, My World, My Voice (3-5 year olds)
Children need to developa positive sense of themselves and of others. They need to learn social skills, respect of others and a positive disposition to learn.
To help them make sense of the world, children need to be supported by providing opportunities for them to use a range of tools safely, encounter creatures, people, plants and the environment, to explore using their senses and undertake practical experiments. We need to provide opportunities for children to tell us what they think and how they feel so that we can to improve our practice and provision
In this training session
- Activities that promote emotional, moral, spiritual and social development together with intellectual development
- Supporting children to develop their autonomy
- Strategies for finding out what they like/dislike in the setting and tapping into their ideas to make learning even better
Who it is aimed at
Practitioners working with 3-5 year olds
This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
Once it was a Tree
This course will explore opportunities to use wood and tools with young children.
Practitioners will be involved practically in environmental wood crafts and will be able to put this into context as well as relate it to the EYFS.
This will mostly take place outdoors.
Who it is aimed at
Practitioners working with 3-5 year olds
This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
Sensory Experiences using Paint & Clay (2-5 Year olds)
Young Children need to be able to expolore and experiment with a wide range of materials and to begin represent their own ideas. They need a variety of opportunities to explore colour and texture and to work creatively on a small and large scale.
Through participating in this workshop Practitioners will;
- Have fun experiencing working with clay
- take away numerous ideas to provide exciting, explatory learning opportunities for young children
- Learn techniques that can be used to help children to create, imagine and represent their thoughts, ideas and feelings
Who it is aimed at
Practitioners Working with 2-5 Year olds
This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
Shake that Body (3-5 year olds)
Creative movement and dance is an enjoyable way for youing children to develop their physical skills, channel their energy, stimulate their imagination and promote their creativity. Children learn to share space as they explore movement together.
This fun workshop session will focus on
- The essential stages of developmental movement - Locomotion (e.g. creeping, walking, running, jumping, leaping and galloping), Non-locomotion (e.g. stretching, bending, twisting, turning, shaking and swinging), Stability and Balance skills
- Upbeat ways to develop children's imagination and movement using nursery rhymes
Who it is aimed at
Practitioners working with 3-5 year olds
This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
Sing Out! Singing for 2-5 year olds
In this session we will explore the musical materials which relate to the developmental expectations for this age group and also find how we can integratesongs into everyday activities, at home and in your setting.
Who it is aimed at
Practitioners working with babies and vey young children
This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
Stay and Play
This course will;
- Support in developing continuous provision planning through exploring what makes a high quality learning environment and experience for children and families
- Enable practitioners to consiider how to use observationsto inform planning and provision
- Provide opportunities for colleagues to share their own ideas and good practice
Who it is aimed at
Children's Centre staff
This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
Story Telling
Story is enormously important in all our lives. It is how we recall and organise the events and experiences that have happened to us, how we think and how we dream. It also allows us to imagine differnt worlds in different times, alive with excitement and possibilities. Stories are also great fun!
This very practical and engaging session will give you plenty of ideas and skills for making the most of the power of storytelling in your own setting. Read them, tell them, act them out with children, and encourage them to invent their own stories through talk and play - once you start, you won't ever want to stop.
Who it is aimed at
Practitioners working in the Early Years Foundation Stage
This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.
To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk
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