Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Practice training

Early Years Nutrition: Supporting food allergies and intolerances

This workshop is led by experienced nutritional trainer and registered nutritional therapist Catherine Jeans DipION mBANT CNHC, who delivers practical advice on how to take nutritional guidance and put it into practice. 

The workshop, with a Q&A session included, will take professionals through the key principles of food allergies and intolerances, and how to make healthy swaps when children present with allergies.  This will include how to read food labels, how to source foods that are free from allergens and rich in nutrients, and ideas on how to get creative with healthy swaps.  

Training provider: Catherine Jeans, Registered Nutrition Therapist

Target audience: Childminders, Early years group settings, Parent and toddler group leaders

Cost: £ Fully funded

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Communication Champion Core Training

Learning objectives:

• To understand what Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) are and the terminology used for different elements. To be able to understand how these are represented across some key models.
• To be aware of the causes and prevalence of SLCN, with specific focus on Developmental Language Disorder (DLD).
• To be able to identify children who may have SLCN and need further support.
• To appreciate the importance of vocabulary as a cornerstone of SLC development from early emerging language onwards.
• To feel confident in adapting the setting environment, and the way adults interact with children, to support SLC development.
• To have practical strategies and activities to encourage communication within the setting and personalise these to individual children.

Each session will include a resource or activity to use based on the session's content and a task to complete and feedback on at the following session.  These will be based upon Plan Do Review templates.

Training provider: Communicate

Target audience: Childminders, Early years group settings, School nurseries and Reception classes

Cost: £ Fully funded

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Communication Champion Advanced Training

You must have completed the Communication Champion Core training before attending this Advanced course.

Learning Objectives:

To build on knowledge from the Core training:

• To have a greater understanding of specific SLCN areas.
• To increase knowledge in assessing these areas.
• To have specific strategies and activities to develop skills in the specific areas.
• To consider children both in a medical 'deficit' model, as well as a functional 'social' model when setting targets.
• To demonstrate an ability to integrate all the teaching and apply this to case studies.

Each session will include a resource or activity to use based on the session's content and a task to complete and feedback on at the following session.  These will be based upon Plan Do Review templates.

Training provider: Communicate 

Target audience: Childminders, Early years group settings, School nurseries and Reception classes

Cost: £ Fully funded

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Communication Hubs

Early Years and Childcare offer five Communication Hubs in the following Norfolk districts: Broadland, Gt Yarmouth & East, King's Lynn & West, North Norfolk and South Norfolk.

Here is what you can expect from your local Communication Hub:

• Half termly network meetings - a mixture of in-person and online deliveries (this may vary each term)
• Evening meetings that start from 6:30pm.
• High-quality CPD based on the areas that providers told us they would like more support with.
• Opportunities to share best practice, build relationships and network with other local settings.
• Speech and language surgery to allow practitioners the opportunity to talk to a local speech and language therapist and ask practice-based questions.
• Opportunities to speak with your local Early Years Adviser and Improvement & Development Worker.
• Improved access to speech and language resources via a small resource library that practitioners can browse during face-to-face meetings. (In the mid-long term, this will be extended to a resource borrow scheme,

Booking is limited to two practitioners per setting for in-person meetings and spaces will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. For online meetings, there is no booking limit for practitioners from the same setting.

Training provider: Early Years and Childcare

Target audience: Childminders, Early years group settings, School nurseries and Reception classes

Cost: £ Fully funded

Time: All Hubs are 6.30pm-8.30pm

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Preparing for and Managing Critical Incidents in Early Years Settings

What is a critical incident?

An event or events, usually sudden, which involve the experience of significant personal distress to a level which potentially overwhelms normal responses, procedures, and coping strategies and which is likely to have emotional and organisational consequences.

These will be 2 bite-sized, interactive workshop sessions in which you will learn how to prepare for and feel confident about managing a Critical Incident in your setting​.

There will be the opportunity to respond and reflect on actions you may need to take in ensuring that you and your setting are as prepared as possible for a critical incident.

Attendance at both of the hour-long sessions is essential.

Delegates need to access a microphone and camera during the course; therefore, it is recommended that the training is undertaken on a computer/laptop.

Training provider: Educational Psychology Support Service Critical Incident Leads and Early Years and Childcare

Target audience: Childminders, Early years group settings, Out of school clubs, School nurseries and Reception classes

Cost: £ Fully funded

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Supporting Bereaved Children in Early Years

A training course offering Early Years Foundation Stage practitioners the opportunity to gain knowledge about the impact a death could have on children in their setting.

This course will offer delegates the opportunity to learn key strategies in dealing with this issue and being able to provide the appropriate support.

Death and dying is part of life, but as adults we find it difficult to talk with children about these issues, and we are often not quite sure about what support young children need and what their understanding is.

Statistics suggest that between 2% and 3% of children under five in Britain will lose a parent, main carer or sibling through death.

The aims of this session are:

• To increase your awareness of the issues surrounding bereavement in young children.
• To help you feel more confident about supporting bereaved children and their parents or carers.

Delegates need to access a microphone and camera during the course; therefore, it is recommended that the training is undertaken on a computer/laptop.

Training Provider: Cherie Pointon, Educational Psychology Support Service

Target audience: Childminders, Early years group settings, School nurseries and Reception classes

Cost: £ Fully funded

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Yoga and Mindfulness

The aims of this session are:

• To promote yoga and mindfulness routines into your early years practice.
• To provide early years experiences to share with children and parents/carers in your early years learning environment.
• To consider some of the tried and tested resources by our Yoga Champions.
• To develop some skills for your own well-being.

Please wear appropriate clothing for the session as there is a practical element and you need to be comfortable.

'By stretching and breathing children learn how to focus internally, growing their self-awareness about their bodies and their breath.'Razza, R. A., Bergen-Cico, D., & Raymond, K. Enhancing Preschoolers' Self-Regulation Via Mindful Yoga. Journal of Child and Family Studies,24(2), 372-385"

Refreshments will be provided but please take your own lunch.

Training provider: Ariane Hoppler, Learning and Development and Gemma Lane, Early Years and Childcare

Target audience: Childminders, Early years group settings, School nurseries and Reception classes

Cost: £ Fully funded

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