Cambridge Early Years
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• Our approach to early years
• Curriculum
• Measuring progress
• Teaching and learner resources
• Teaching support
• Professional development
Cambridge pathway
The best start in life
• For 3 to 6 year-olds
• The start of an exciting educational journey
• Child-centred and play-based
• Everything you need for high-quality learning:
•A holistic, balanced curriculum
•Engaging classroom resources
•Professional development
•Assessment options to measure learners’ progress
The best start is with us
Our approach
Our approach
A holistic, child-focused Curriculum
Our curriculum
• Is holistic and balanced, focusing on the whole child
• Develops knowledge, understanding and skills to prepare children for the next stage in their education
• Helps learners meet international milestones for early development
• Connects learners with the world around them
Six curriculum areas
Assessment approaches to measure learners’ progress
Our assessment approach
Our approach:
•Continuous, formative assessment
•Observing how children behave in the learning environment
•Gathering evidence during learning
We provide guidance and support to help you measure your learners’ progress
Cambridge Early Years Check Together
• Check Together is our story-based digital assessment.
• It’s designed to support our curriculum, covering early literacy, numeracy and social & emotional development
• It helps measure each child’s starting point of ability
• We recommend using it alongside your observational assessment in the classroom
Teaching support and guidance
We offer support for:
• Implementing the curriculum
• Helping your learners transition to primary education
• Active and play-based learning approaches
• Short, medium & long-term planning
• Creating a safe, inclusive learning environment
• Supporting EAL learners
Engaging teaching
and learning resources
Teaching and Learning Resources
• We offer teaching resources and learner's books to support you and your learners.
• Our teaching resources are available for Early Years 1, 2 and 3 and are included as part of your programme fee.
• Our learner’s books also cover three years and are available for an additional fee.
• Learner’s books are available for Communication & Language (ESL and FLE), Mathematics, and Let’s Explore
– which covers understanding the world, physical, personal, social and emotional development.
• All subjects are covered together in the same books at early years 1.
Inside the teaching resources
Links to the learning statements keep lessons focussed Continuous provision and guided play ideas provide suggestions to enhance your learning space and learner engagement
Spontaneous teachable moments provide opportunities to develop learning through everyday interactions
‘Listen and observe’ assessment guidance to monitor learners’ development
‘Home-link’ activities to share with parents for further learning outside the classroom
Downloadable resources such as song lyrics and stories ensure lessons are fun and engaging Language guidance to support English as a second language learners
Suggested activities provide step-bystep guidance with a focus on playful ideas
Inside the learner’s books
Relatable topics such as 'Animals' and 'Space' excite learners
Colourful songs, stories and poems spark imagination
Support for practitioners and parents help you get the most out of your books
Write-in activities designed for young learners make learning fun!
Professional Development
Professional Development
Getting to know Cambridge Early Years
Our free Getting to know Cambridge Early Years webinar will give you an overview of the programme and where to find support
Introductory professional development
Before you start to teach, we recommend you attend our Introductory professional development
Preparing to teach Further
Learn how to embed key teaching approaches inside our teaching and learning resources with our Preparing to Teach courses
Once you have one year of experience, you can access other courses like Assessment for Learning in Early Years and Focus on creating an environment for child-led play
We also offer a Cambridge PDQ Certificate and Diploma in Early Years Good Practice
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