Early Years Training Directory Spring 2017

Coventry Early Years TRAINING DIRECTORY

EARLY YEARS COURSES 2017

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Introduction Welcome to the Coventry Early Years & Childcare training directory. This directory outlines training opportunities for the Spring 17 term for registered childminders, private, voluntary and Independent Nurseries, Playgroups, Out of School/Holiday Provision and School Nurseries/Reception Class in the Coventry Boundary area.

Courses have been planned to meet the Early Years Foundation Stage requirements and the new Ofsted Common Inspection Framework

Contact details For information regarding course bookings only call: 024 7683 1198 option 1 email: EYtraining@coventry.gov.uk For further information and advice contact:

Kim West Early Years & Parenting People Directorate Floor 5 Civic Centre 4 Coventry City Council CV1 2PY

024 7678 5898 tel: mobile: 0796 100 5720 email: kim.west@coventry.gov.uk

Data Protection Act 1998 The Data Controller is Coventry City Council. The information you provide to Coventry Early Years, will only be used for collecting statistical information on training courses. Data on attendance of each Paediatric First Aid course will be kept for the maximum of 3 years, due to Early Years Ofsted requirements, to enable us to re-issue valid certificates if requested. All data will be treated in confidence and held securely.

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How to book - New information Bookings/Confirmation/Payment of course/s from Spring 2017 ›› All bookings need to be made online please use the following link to book bookwhen.com/eycoursebooking

›› When you have booked your place/s you will receive an automated booking reference for your chosen course, this automated booking confirmation, will be sent from our system via an email to the email address entered on the booking and will include course/date/time/venue.

This will be your course confirmation.

›› The email confirmation includes a calendar icon which automatically enters the course date/time/details onto your electronic calendar.

›› Payment– it is important we receive payment for your course booking/s within 2 working days of you making the course booking. If we do not receive payment within 2 working days of you making the booking/s, we will cancel your place/s you have booked on your chosen course/s.

Cancellation/s - Period of notice ›› 7 working days - No charge ›› Less than 7 working days/No notification/No show – full charge

Free courses If a course if offered free of charge, if you book a space/s and fail to attend and we do not receive prior notification of cancellation via email within the cancellation period stated above, a charge £20.00 per person for each non-attendance will apply.

Payment As soon as you book online for the training course, we will require on-line payment by credit/debit card. To make a payment go to:

payments.coventry.gov.uk/public/NReg/QuickPay.aspx

Step by Step on payment system You will see the screen below, please choose * In Account Group – select Schools, Libraries and Learning * In Account Type – select Early Years and Childcare course fees *N ame of course – input name of your chosen course/s and date (if more than one date to training submit first date only) *A mount – submit the amount of the course

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Refunds No refunds can be given if you do not fully complete the course, do not pass the required assessment (if required) or have not cancelled within the allocated time period.

If we need to refund course fees, the refund will be returned by the initial payment method, if payment is made by credit/debit card the refund will be made to the cardholder

Schools Please ensure that if our admin/business person is booking your course, the confirmation will be sent to the email address you submit, at time of booking.

Please pay via your school purchasing card or debit/credit card.

How to cancel your booking All cancellations must be done by e-mail to: EYtraining@coventry.gov.uk please keep a copy of your notification. No telephone cancellations will be accepted. All cancellations require 2 days’ notice.

How to amend your booking If you wish to amend your booking, please email EYtraining@coventry.gov.uk Confirmation of changes will be acknowledged by e-mail.

If we cancel We reserve the right to cancel or postpone any course due to unforeseen operational difficulties or insufficient delegate numbers, if this happens, we will inform you as soon as possible using the contact details provided on the booking form.

An alternative date will be offered if possible.

Certificates Participants are expected to attend the full duration of the course/sessions.

Certificates will only be issued after full attendance and clearance of payments.

For accredited courses, certificates can only be released when assignments/ assessments have been passed by the Awarding Body.

In line with Coventry City Council aim of a paperless organisation, all certificates will now go out via email to the email address submitted on your course booking form.

The only certificates that will be printed and posted will be Food Safety and Safer Recruitment; this is due to these certificates being issued by the Awarding Body/ Organisation.

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Venue information Venue Address

Parking

Refreshments

Social Care Development Centre 1B Lamb Street CV1 4AE (City Centre venue)

No car parking facilities on site

Vending machine, please bring lunch/snacks with you

Information & charges for Coventry City Council car parks and on street parking › On street parking chargeable 8am – 6pm Mon – Sun. No charge after 6pm

Café next door at The Pod open for daytime courses (not weekend or evening)

› w ww.coventry.gov.uk/info/117/ parking/581/car_parking Weetc (Willenhall Education Employment & Training Centre) Robin Hood Rd Coventry CV3 3AN

FREE car parking on site

Dame Ellen Terry Suite Main Council House Coventry City Centre

No car parking facilities on Drinks available pls bring lunch. site – park and ride stops outside Many facilities to purchase further Council House or as above for drinks/lunch in City Centre. parking details.

Drinks available, please bring packed lunch/snacks with you

Code of conduct We want the training to be enjoyable and beneficial for all people attending and therefore set out the following: Please note: if any course participants disrupt any training courses, the trainer may ask course participant/s to leave the course.

›› Ensure that you arrive on time for the course. It may be possible that if you arrive late you will not be able to stay for the session.

›› Please return from any breaks/lunch breaks on time, to ensure the training can commence on time.

›› Do not expect to be able to leave the course early without making prior arrangements. ›› Babies or children are not allowed at any course, you will be asked to leave the course if you do bring along any baby/children.

›› Ensure that all mobile phones are switched to silent/mute/switched off, if you need to take a call, please let the trainer/s know.

›› Please do not use your mobile phone or tablet to play games, use social media sites, emails or internet, whilst the course is taking place.

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Respect confidentiality about issues raised in the training.

Actively listen and respect other people’s views (both trainer and other delegates).

Engage and contribute to discussion, but ensure others are equally able to contribute.

Respect the opinions and experience of others.

Challenge discriminating attitudes and behaviour.

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Paediatric First Aid This course focuses on children under the age of 8 years Aimed at: All Early Years Practitioners working with children under 8 years This course meets the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage (DoE) and covers the course content for St. John Ambulance or Red Cross (page 21 18 EYFS) Please note: The Paediatric First Aid qualification will last for three years, after three years practitioners will need to attend the course again.

Participants will have opportunities to learn all aspects of paediatric first aid including:

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Resuscitation of young children, babies and adults Dealing with bleeding, burns and scalds Fractures, head injuries, electric shock Content of the first aid box Keeping records of accidents and incidents Giving medication and responding to emergencies Recognition of minor illnesses and infectious diseases

The 12-hour course will provide practitioners with a qualification in First Aid. The course has practical activities and on-going assessment. On successful completion of the entire course, attendees will be issued with a certificate valid for three years.

Special requirements: All participants must be able to attend all sessions to complete the course.

If any practitioner fails to attend any of the sessions, they will need to re-book the course again.

Course participants will be required to work and bend at floor level due to the practical activities involved.

Course Code

Date/s

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PFA 14

6 & 9 January

9.30am – 4.30pm

£65.00 pp

PFA 15

19 & 20 January

9.30am – 4.30pm

£65.00 pp

PFA 16

23/24/30/31 January

6.00pm – 9.00pm

£65.00 pp

PFA 17

2 & 3 February

9.30am – 4.30pm

£65.00 pp

PFA 18

4 & 11 February

9.30am – 4.30pm

£65.00 pp

PFA 19

8/9/15/16 February

6.00pm – 9.00pm

£65.00 pp

PFA 20

13 & 14 February

9.30am – 4.30pm

£65.00 pp

PFA 21

4 & 11 March

9.30am – 4.30pm

£65.00 pp

PFA 22

7 & 8 March

9.30am – 4.30pm

£65.00 pp

PFA 23

20/21/27/28 March

6.00pm – 9.00pm

£65.00 pp

PFA 24

23 & 24 March

9.30am – 4.30pm

£65.00 pp

PFA 25

3 & 4 April

9.30pm – 4.30pm

£65.00 pp

Venue

ALL COURSES take place at

Social Care Development Centre 1B Lamb St Coventry CV1 4AE

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Bespoke in-house Paediatric First Aid Training We can offer “in house” 12 hour Paediatric First Aid Training for max of 20 people for £995.00, this is a saving from booking individually for 20 people.

If you are interested in this option, requirements are:

›› A suitable room to accommodate up to 20 people and trainer/s

›› Enough room to move about when undertaking practical activities

›› Room needs to have a clean floor ›› Access to PowerPoint/presentation equipment ›› Coffee/Tea Facilities If you are interested in this option please email EYtraining@coventry.gov.uk We will then contact you with further information.

Epi Pen (Anaphylaxis) Training If you wish to undertake an Epi Pen course, please let us know and if we have enough demand, we will arrange a course

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Health & Safety and Fire Safety in Early Years Condensed course covering Health & Safety, Fire & Risk Assessments

Aimed at: All Early Years Practitioners

Course information: This six-hour course covers:

›› Overview of H&S law and the Early Years

COURSE DATES

Date/s

27 & 28 February 2017

Time/s

6.00pm – 9.00pm

Cost

£45.00 pp

Course Madrigal H&S leader/s Venue Social Care Development Centre 1B Lamb St Coventry CV1 4AE

Foundation Stage context

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Health, safety & welfare Risk assessment and sensible risk management Fire safety Fire triangle & fire safety Simple fire risk assessments Evacuation and emergency plans Fire fighting equipment Workplace equipment and electrical safety Hazardous substances and infection control Outdoor play & outings Manual handling (of objects) hildren with Special Educational Needs C in your setting

›› Multiple choice knowledge, skills & behaviour check

Please note: This course will culminate in a simple question and answer paper.

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Level Two Award in Food Safety Course information: ›› This six hour accredited course covers: ›› Legislation Food Safety Act 1990, Food Safety Regulations 1995

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COURSE DATES

Date/s

1 February 2017

Time/s

9.30am – 3.30pm

Cost

£45.00 pp

Food safety hazards

Course Blithfield leader/s

Temperature control

Venue

eetc W (Willenhall Education & Training Centre) Robin Hood Road Willenhall Coventry CV3 3AN

Date/s

14 and 15 March 2017

Time/s

6.00pm – 9.00pm

Cost

£45.00 pp

Refrigeration, chilling and cold holding Food handling Principles of safe food storage Cleaning Food premises and equipment Ofsted requirements

Course Blithfield leader/s Venue Social Care Development Centre 1B Lamb St Coventry CV1 4AE

Please note: This course will culminate with a multiple choice question paper

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Attachment and Trauma Training for Early Years providers

Date/s

15 February 2017

Time/s

9.30am – 3.30pm

In conjunction with Coventry Virtual School formerly Laces

Cost FREE

This course is aimed at:

Course Dr Vicki - Lloyd leader/s Phoenix Psychology

Looked After Co-ordinators and other nursery staff who work directly with Looked After Children or those children with identified attachment issues.

Course aims: This course aims to give key workers an understanding of recent developments in understanding brain development, neuroscience, attachment and trauma in looked after children.

Through case studies and DVDs staff will understand the impact of trauma, abuse and neglect upon the child and ways to respond.

Venue Dame Ellen Terry Suite Main Council House, Earl Street, Coventry City Centre CV1 5RR

Learning outcomes will include participants being able to:

›› Describe attachment theory and the development of attachment

›› Explore how experiences in earlier relationships create attachment strategies that systematically affect future relationships and impact upon memory systems and learning

›› Apply attachment theory to teaching and learning styles

›› Bring case studies that will allow group to think about learning styles and teaching

›› Use an attachment perspective to enhance adult/ child relationships

›› Use tools to assess attachment in the nursery setting.

Please note: You will incur a cancellation fee if you fail to attend or we do not receive prior notification of cancellation. Please see cancellation times/fees for further information, stated at the beginning of this directory.

Drinks provided.

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Start Active, Stay Active This session will look at:›› Raising awareness of the importance of physical activity from birth

›› Encouraging early years practitioners to increase the amount of time the babies and children they look after are active

›› Encouraging parents/carers to increase the amount of time the babies and children they look after are active

Date/s

10 March 2017

Time/s

9.30am – 11.30am

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Cost FREE Course Be Active, leader/s Be Healthy Team Venue

Social Care Development Centre 1B Lamb St Coventry CV1 4AE

›› Dispel myths, break down barriers, give examples of ways to get babies and children physically active and have FUN

Why focus on physical activity in early years?

During the period from birth to five years, physical activity is critical to optimal growth and development. During this time babies and young children undergo rapid and wide-ranging physical and psychological developments which lay the foundation for their future health and well-being. These early years are an important time in the establishment of physical activity patterns, by encouraging a high level of activity at the earliest age you provide the best start in developing activity patterns and habits later in childhood. These behaviours will be crucial in reducing sedentary time and benefiting long term good health.

The advantages of young children being physically active go way beyond just the physical benefits. At no other point will children learn so many physical skills as they do in the first five years of life!

Research has shown that being physically active can help with the development of:

›› Motor skills, Strong bones, Muscles and Heart, maintaining a healthy weight & Development of social skills It is also widely believed that physical activity can help with the development of:

›› Self-confidence, Communication skills, Development of important brain structures, Establishing good habits for being active, & developing immediate and long-term good health outcomes.

Please note: You will incur a cancellation fee if you fail to attend or we do not receive prior notification of cancellation. Please see cancellation times/fees for further information, stated at the beginning of this directory.

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Let’s Get Physical and Learn to Write Let’s Get Physical & Learn to Write is based around research and proven practice. It uses a practical approach to demonstrate the link between your children’s gross motor development and their writing.

We will look in-depth at upper body strength, crossing the midline, bilateral co-ordination and core stability. We will provide you with practical suggestions that are easy to implement and show you how to develop these skills with your children.

By the end of the session you will:

›› Have gained a deeper insight into the relationship between gross motor development and writing

›› Have a greater understanding of the potential barriers that your children may have towards their writing Book this workshop and you will leave equipped with lots of practical ideas and solutions to help you take action

Date/s

7 March 2017

Time/s

5.30pm – 7.30pm

Cost

£35.00 pp

Course Morris & Simmons leader/s Venue Social Care Development Centre 1B Lamb St Coventry CV1 4AE

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Communication & Language: A Framework for Success This exciting new workshop centres on a prime cornerstone of children’s access to learning. Being able to communicate thoughts, feelings, ideas and events opens the doors to new learning opportunities across the whole curriculum.

Communication is a skill that needs expert teaching so that it does not become a barrier to children’s progress.

Come to this workshop and we will:

›› Provide you with an in-depth knowledge of the stages that children go through in developing their communication skills

›› Suggest ways in which you might identify children’s starting points

›› Share simple activities and ideas that you can easily incorporate into your daily provision

›› Highlight potential barriers that may prevent children becoming successful communicators

Date/s

23 March 2017

Time/s

5.30pm – 7.30pm

Cost

£35.00 pp

Course Morris & Simmons leader/s Venue

Social Care Development Centre 1B Lamb St Coventry CV1 4AE

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Early Years Provision: A simple approach towards outstanding (this combines continuous provision, learning, observations and sustained shared thinking)

Please note: course needs to be attended by manager/deputy/room leader/ childminder

How do you know your children are busy learning and not simply busy?

During this workshop we will guide you through the three essential pieces needed to set up and run a highly successful early years provision. We will combine a mix of theory and practical activities where we will:

›› Provide tips, techniques and ideas to help you reflect, review and improve your environment

›› Demonstrate and suggest how you can refine your sustained shared thinking techniques questioning, thinking and modelling, to encourage children to think more deeply

›› Use our popular publication which is full of straight forward and self-explanatory learning statements to help you plan next steps in learning, helping to close gaps and accelerate progress

›› Explain the difference between formative and summative observations to help you make your observations relevant and purposeful Come on this workshop and leave us with a better understanding of how the environment, sustained shared thinking, learning and observations can create an outstanding Early Years provision.

Date/s

7 February 2017

Time/s

9.30am – 2.30pm

Cost

£50.00 pp

Course Morris & Simmons leader/s Venue Social Care Development Centre 1B Lamb St Coventry CV1 4AE

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Data Detective Aimed at: All Early Years Practitioners For many when you hear the word ‘data’ it has the marmite effect - you either love it or hate it! Data is now such a big part of our lives at all levels. The figures are only part of the story. As practitioners you are the ones who can complete the picture by taking ownership of your own data.

Date/s

6 February 2017

Time/s

5.30pm – 7.30pm

Cost

£35.00 pp

Course Morris & Simmons leader/s Venue Social Care Development Centre 1B Lamb St Coventry CV1 4AE

Do you know what your data is telling you?

During this session we will help you to delve a bit deeper into your Early Years Profile data by posing questions, making comparisons, drawing conclusions and planning.

Date/s

15 March 2017

Time/s

5.30pm – 7.30pm

Cost

£35.00 pp

Course Morris & Simmons leader/s Venue Social Care Development Centre 1B Lamb St Coventry CV1 4AE

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Can’t Sing? Won’t Sing!

Developing confidence to lead musical activities This course is aimed at:

›› Practitioners in PVI playgroups, pre-schools and nurseries

›› Practitioners in maintained school nursery and reception classes

›› Child-minders working with children in receipt of the 2 year old and 3 year old funding

Course objectives: ›› To look at why it is so important to use music in our work with young children.

›› To explore how we feel about singing in front of other people and what we can do to help each other.

›› Our musical repertoire. We are going to explore some songs and rhymes and maybe teach each other a few new ones.

Course outline: “Music is a basic human need – people have used it to lift their spirits and communicate their feelings for millennia.

Societies have used it to bring communities together & pass on their culture.

Singing develops language & attention skills; moving to music develops physical coordination; singing and dancing together helps with socialisation.” Sue Palmer Child Education, 2007.

Practitioners often feel embarrassed about having to sing with the children because they think their voices are not ‘good enough’. We will explore this issue and ways to make sure our music times are confident, inclusive and fun.

Practitioners will be expected to reflect upon their own experiences of music and those on offer in their settings.

Date/s

14 February 2017

Time/s

9.30am – 3.15pm

Cost

£36.00 pp

Course Cathy Gill & leader/s Katie Dempster

PSES Teachers Venue Coventry Early Years Send Support Services (PSES) Limbrick Wood Centre, Thomas Naul Croft Tile Hill, Coventry CV4 9QX

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You can’t play our game – Teaching British Values in Early Years

Date/s

6 March 2017

Time/s

6.00pm – 9.00pm

The session aims to clarify the term ‘British Values’ as set out in the Government’s Prevention Strategy.

Cost

£35.00 pp

Department for Education advice for childcare providers June 2015 Ofsted’s revised common inspection framework for education, skills and early years, which comes into effect from 1 September 2015, makes specific reference to the need to have safeguarding arrangements to promote children’s welfare and prevent radicalisation and extremism The session will define the ways in which these values can be interpreted in early years and focus on the role of practitioners in supporting children’s moral development.

By the end of the session practitioners will have had the opportunity to (Immediate)

›› Understand where the recent requirement for teaching ‘British Values’ originates

›› Consider British Values and what this means to them as individuals

›› Discuss the ways in which British Values are included within the EYES 2014

›› Identify current good practice with regards to moral and ethical development within their organisations

›› Discuss ways to interpret and enhance the teaching of universal values and principles in early years in order to meet the requirements of the prevention strategy Longer term Learning Outcomes – following attendance at the session and active participation in the learning activities the practitioner should:

›› Reflect on personal and organisational values ›› Consider the challenge of sometimes potentially conflicting values when working with families

›› Understand to many factors that influence on the development of values and principles for young children and their families

›› Consider a range of resources and experiences that will enhance provision around values

›› Understand the links between inclusive practice, equality and diversity, understanding the world and British Values

Course We Can Do Business leader/s Venue Social Care Development Centre 1B Lamb St Coventry CV1 4AE

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British Values and Prevent Agenda Training An online e-learning module, http://course.ncalt.com/Channel_General_Awareness/01/ index.html) Providing an introduction to the topics covered by advice from the Department for Education, including how to identify factors that can make people vulnerable to radicalisation, and case studies illustrating the types of intervention that may be appropriate

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Safer Recruitment for Schools and Early Years Providers in PVI

Date/s

21 March 2017

Time/s

9.15am – 4.45pm

This course is accredited by the Safer Recruitment Consortium

Cost

£50.00 pp

Organisations that work with children and young people, or are involved in providing services for them, have a duty to safeguard and promote their welfare. If you recruit staff and/or volunteers into the children and young people’s workforce, you should take safer recruitment training.

This one-day course gives recruiters the essential information and understanding they need to recruit safely and thereby help protect children from harm. It is suitable for all schools and those who work in the wider children’s workforce and are involved in staff selection.

This workshop considers all aspects of safeguarding through recruitment and by the end of the course, participants will have: identified key features of staff recruitment that help deter or prevent the appointment of unsuitable people

›› Considered policies and practices that minimise opportunities for abuse or

›› Ensure its prompt reporting ›› Begun to review their own organisation’s policies and practices with a view to

›› Making them safer.

Course content includes:

›› Safer recruitment and the wider context of safeguarding

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Prevalence of abuse and profile of abusers How abusers operate within organisations Features of a safer recruitment process Planning a safer recruitment process Making the right decisions: interview and selection Setting acceptable standards of behaviour Maintaining an on-going culture of vigilance

During the day you will consider the issues through presentations, case examples and group discussion. At the end of the course, participants will undertake an assessment paper, which be marked by the course tutor against the required standards to receive a valid certificate (you will require min of 13 out of 18 score for pass rate)

Course Lucy Faithfull Foundation leader/s Venue Social Care Development Centre 1B Lamb St Coventry CV1 4AE

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Welcomm: Children’s Speech & Language Development and how to use the Wellcomm assessment materials and support it.

Course Families Talk Now Team leader/s

This course will enhance practitioner’s understanding of how children’s speech and language develops, and how they can use the Wellcomm tool to assess and support children’s communication development.

This training is essential for all providers offering 2 year old places as the Wellcomm tool should be universally used with all children as part of their progress check. The training will also be useful for practitioners supporting children of other ages and for those who do not work in settings but need to consider children’s development as part of their role.

We will investigate;

›› Why speech and language development is important to help a child achieve good outcomes and be ‘school ready’

›› How a child’s communication develops and how we can look at different aspects of communication

›› How to complete the Wellcomm in order to find out how well a child’s communication is developing

›› Completing the Wellcomm using assessment skills advocated by the EYFS

›› what to do when you have assessed a child ›› How to use the information to inform parents of their child’s development,

›› How to refer children to other services.

Date/s

7 March 2017

Time/s

9.30am – 12.30pm

Cost

£25.00 pp

Venue

eetc W (Willenhall Education & Training Centre) Robin Hood Road, Willenhall Coventry CV3 3AN

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Stories for All The training will be led by members of the SEND Early Years team Aim of the Session: ›› Practitioners will extend their knowledge of how children’s Communication, Literacy, Imagination and Self-Esteem can be enhanced through effective storytelling.

This is an interactive and practical session where delegates will: ›› Have ‘fun’ with stories!

›› Consider diversity ›› Raise their awareness of how to develop storytelling with the aid of communication devices, props and story boards

›› Increase their confidence when using stories with children.

›› Understand strategies that enable a ‘safe’ way to share emotions

Date/s

7 March 2017

Time/s

9.30am – 12noon

Cost

£20.00 pp

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Course Rob Dalton leader/s Venue Coventry Early Years Send Support Services (PSES) Limbrick Wood Centre, Thomas Naul Croft Tile Hill Coventry CV4 9QX

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New SENCo Training This course is aimed at SENCos in PVI playgroup, pre-school, Independent School Nurseries and nursery settings who are new to the SENCo role Level – Extending Practice

Course objectives: ›› To explore ways of implementing the SEN Code of Practice in PVI settings.

›› To understand the roles and responsibilities of different members of setting staff in fulfilling the requirements of the SEN Code of Practice.

›› To learn how to set targets for individual children and how to record their progress towards these targets.

›› To understand the SENCo’s role in monitoring and reviewing inclusive policy and practice within their setting.

All providers in receipt of government funding must have regard to the SEN Code of Practice. This course will give SENCos the knowledge that they need to ensure that their setting meets this specific legal requirement.

Date/s

15 February 2017

Time/s

9.30am – 4.00pm

Cost

£36.00 pp

Course Coventry Early Years SEND leader/s Support Service Venue Coventry Early Years Send Support Services (PSES) Limbrick Wood Centre, Thomas Naul Croft Tile Hill Coventry CV4 9QX

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Makaton Customised Session This course is aimed at practitioners in PVI playgroups, independent school nurseries, pre-schools, Day Care settings and Childminders in receipt of 2 or 3yr old funding

Level: Extending Practice

Course objectives: ›› To introduce the use of basic Makaton signing to support children’s learning

›› To guide practitioners on how to use Makaton in their daily practice

›› To give practitioners some basic signing skills of particular relevance to the early years A very practical and interactive training that has a strong emphasis on the use of signing in every day routines of an early years setting.

Date/s

7 February 2017

Time/s

1.30am – 3.00pm

Cost

£15.00 pp

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Course Coventry Early Years SEND leader/s Support Service Venue Coventry Early Years Send Support Services (PSES) Limbrick Wood Centre, Thomas Naul Croft Tile Hill Coventry CV4 9QX

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The power of pictures – using visuals in the foundation stage This course is aimed at: Practitioners in PVI playgroups, pre-schools and nurseries Practitioners in maintained school nursery and reception classes and child-minders working with children in receipt of the 2 year old and 3 year old funding

Course Objectives: To explore ›› ‘What is Visual Structure?’

›› ‘Who is it for?’ ›› ‘Why do we use it?’

Course outline: This course will develop awareness of the benefits of using Visual Structure with all children, not just those will additional needs. There will be opportunities to consider how visual structure can support routines and behaviour management strategies within the early year’s environment.

Date/s

8 March 2017

Time/s

1.15pm – 3.15pm

Cost

£18.00 pp

Course Cathy Gill and leader/s Katie Dempster (Send Team) Venue Coventry Early Years Send Support Services (PSES) Limbrick Wood Centre, Thomas Naul Croft Tile Hill, Coventry CV4 9QX

EARLY YEARS COURSES 2017

Safeguarding Training Coventry Safeguarding Children’s Board offer a wide range of inter agency training opportunities.

For details regarding their courses and booking form, visit:

www.coventry.gov.uk/cscbtraining Booking form for Safeguarding Courses:

www.coventry.gov.uk/safeguardingbookingform

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