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Tracking and Evidencing Children’s Progress
Area: Learning and Development Audience: All
This course will look at ways of tracking and evidencing children’s progress within the EYFS. It
will help you at you early years Ofsted Inspection to demonstrate clearly the progress that
children are making.
Learning Objectives:

• To clarify why it is important to review and track children’s progress
• To identify ways of gathering information on children’s learning and development
• To describe how to evidence individual children and cohorts of children’s progress
• To understand how Ofsted will evaluate children’s progress at inspection

Treasure Baskets and Heuristic Play
Area: Learning and Development Audience: Practitioner
This course will explore and develop practitioners’ knowledge and skills in providing treasure
baskets and heuristic play by looking at what is meant by treasure baskets and heuristic play
Learning Objectives:
• To explore what is meant by treasure baskets and heuristic play
• To discuss early sensory and motor development and the 3 stage play with objects
• To discuss the role of the adult and consider objects that can be used

Tremendous Two Year Olds

Area: Learning and Development Audience: Practitioner
This course will give you an understanding of the unique needs of two-year olds and how
practitioners can support their learning and development in settings
Learning Objectives:
• To discuss & describe typical stages of development, characteristics and unique needs
of two-year olds
• To identify and discuss the ways in which two-year olds engage with their environment
and to consider the impact the environment has on them
• To understand the importance of forming secure attachments with 2-year olds to
promote their well-being
• To identify ways in which practitioners can support and promote the learning &
development of 2-year olds

Tummy Time and Physical Development in Babies and Toddlers

Area: Learning and Development Audience: Practitioner
This course will help practitioners who work with babies & toddlers to develop their
knowledge of the physical needs of babies and how to support development in this
important area
Learning Objectives:
• To understand the importance of ‘Tummy Time’ as part of the physical development of
young babies
• To examine ways of supporting the physical development of babies and toddlers
• To share ideas on good practice when working with babies and toddlers

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