This training course will give you the skills to be a DSL in a nursery or early years setting, and the ability to deliver safeguarding training to your team.

Access this LVC An introduction to the ​EYFS Educational Programme: ​Mathematics​ course to take the quiz and download your attendance certificate.

The course will cover effective strategies to involve and engage all parents in their toddler’s learning, development and care.

This course aims to develop baby room leader skills and lead a team to provide the highest quality of care for babies.

Learn about legislation relating to child protection in Scotland and types of abuse children may suffer. Also covers reporting procedures for suspected abuse and staff allegations.

Help babies make sense of the world around them. Your role is vital in supporting healthy brain development, as you form secure attachments and provide stimulating environments.

This NDNA childcare course will help you understand the three key ‘Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning’ – Engagement, Motivation, and Thinking. These characteristics must be central to the planning and guiding of children’s activities. Under the new Early Years Inspection Handbook 2022, Ofsted inspectors will observe directly the way in which children demonstrate the key characteristics of effective learning. This course will help you show to Ofsted how you incorporate the COETL into your practice.

Extends practitioner confidence and skills when working with a range of children with SLCN, including older early years children who are at a pre language/nonverbal level of communication.

This four part course enables early years leaders to build an understanding of Ofsted’s inspection processes, prepare staff and build confidence.

The new education inspection framework emphasises the impact of leaders’ work in developing and sustaining an ambitious culture and vision in their setting. This NDNA childcare course will help you understand the elements of high quality practice and how, with the involvement of all staff, settings can improve the quality of their practice.

Helps leaders understand the elements of outstanding practice and how, with the involvement of all staff, settings can improve the quality of their practice.

This course covers the benefits learning outdoors can have on children’s learning, health, development and wellbeing. The course is packed with practical ideas for developing your outdoor area.

Examine the key factors affecting children’s mental and emotional well-being. Learn about relevant theories and supportive strategies to build emotionally enabling environments.

Take appropriate action to support children that struggle with regulating their behaviour. Learn about how children develop the key skills needed for self-regulation and what key research tells us.

Develop confidence in transitioning from a team member to a team leader, and increase understanding of the expectations of the role and how it supports quality of education and care for children.

This half-day EYFS training course will provide you with a clear overview of the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage, including the background to its introduction, how to use each section and a summary of the most recent revisions.

Provides an overview of, and insight into key aspects of leadership and management in a nursery setting. The course covers personal and team leadership, managing people and managing operations.

Understand how observation, assessment and planning informs the curriculum and the connections between practice, theory and your statutory duties.

This introductory course gives practitioners the skills to provide the right outdoor environment.

Explore your own emotions and feelings to better understand those of the children. Recognise, support and improve behaviours through developing a toolkit of strategies for staff and parents.

Early years practitioners are teachers. You teach children every day. This online course will help you to raise the quality of your teaching, so you can provide higher quality learning to the children in your care.

Access this Stepping Into Leadership: Effective Team Leadership course to take the quiz and download your attendance certificate.

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The course will cover effective strategies to involve and engage all parents in their toddler’s learning, development and care.

This course explores development in two-year-olds, including communication and language. You will learn how to meet individual needs, create secure emotional and physical environments, and use effective practice to support learning and care. The course also covers strategies for involving parents in their toddler’s development.