Having been fortunate enough to attend many courses in early years education, I appreciate the value of high quality training. To ensure that everyone had the same basic knowledge, as a leadership team we put together a package of training that we could deliver in-house and that would cater for staff's varying needs. This was to include nursery and Year 1 colleagues and so provide the children with high quality experiences that build on each stage of their development.
Our first session involved a beginners' tour of the EYFS, looking at each of the themes and commitments, and navigating the Principles into Practice cards. We worked on the principle that nobody knew anything! Staff were encouraged to discuss what we do well now and what we could improve using the four themes as titles.
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