Support and training options
Early years training and consultancy
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Early Years Advisory Team - EYFS Curriculum Toolkit
The Hampshire Early Years Advisory Team have created a new resource to support Schools and PVIs to develop an Early Years curriculum which meets the requirements of the EYFS Reforms. This toolkit takes you through the process of developing a curriculum progress model. The toolkit can be purchased separately or alongside training or support from a member of the Hampshire Early Years Advisory Team.
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Early Years Advisory Team - Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS3/ITERS3/MOVERS) E-Learning
Do you want to improve your learning environment? Is improving role of the adult on your development plan? Do you need a tool to help with self-assessment? The Environment Rating Scales training will cover all of this and more! The eLearning course has three options you can choose from, ECERS3, ITERS3, and MOVERS.
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Early Years Advisory Team - Under twos course - Come and explore Heuristic play In House training
Have you even wondered why children enjoy the box rather than the toy, come and find out more? This course will explore children's natural curiosity to discover the world around them.
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Early Years Advisory Team - Under twos course - Let’s Delve for Treasure! In House training
Explore and understand the principles behind Treasure Baskets. Come and learn more about the sensory development that takes places through developing a treasure basket and how you can support the development needs of the children in your setting.
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Early Years Advisory Team – Fit to Write for Settings - delivered Face to Face
Through training input and tasks, we will explore how physical play supports children on their journey to becoming confident learners and writers. We will reflect on how provision effectively develops the necessary systems within the body required for mark making and consider how children can be supported to develop a dextrous hand, ensuring they are fit to write!
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Early Years Advisory Team – The wonder years - an insight into the progression of play from birth to five years - delivered Face to Face
This full day course examines the progression of social interaction and children’s play. Delegates will gain a deeper understanding of aspects of child development and the range of resources and activities that will support learning and development of babies and young children from birth to five.
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Early Years Advisory Team – The wonder years - an insight into the progression of play from birth to five years In House training
This half day course examines the progression of social interaction and play. You will gain a deeper understanding of aspects of child development and the types of resources and activities that will support learning and development of babies and children from birth to five years.
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Early Years Advisory Team – The Wonder Years - an insight into the progression of play from birth to five years for special provision In House training
This half day training will develop practitioners understanding of how ‘Treasure Baskets’ and ‘Heuristic Play’ can be used as an educational tool to support and encourage learning for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
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Early Years Advisory Team – New EYFS for Preschools, Nurseries and Childminders E-Learning
This on-line pre recorded training course is designed for practitioners working with children from birth to five years of age in a pre-school or nursery class. It is a basic introduction to the EYFS, made up of eight modules focusing on the unique child, the role of the adult and an enabling environment.
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Early Years Advisory Team - ‘Reach for the stars!’ – challenge for all in PVI - delivered Face to Face
This course examines how the adult can facilitate challenge through effective interactions and a high-quality enabling environment. We consider the high expectations we should have for all children by exploring how every child can be sufficiently challenged through skilfully facilitated learning.
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Early Years Advisory Team - ‘Reach for the stars!’ – challenge for all in EYFS settings (PVI) E-Learning
This course explores how practitioners can challenge children through the themes and principles of the Early Years Foundation Stage. It is aimed at experienced practitioners who strive to ensure that every child reaches their full potential. Suitable for: Experienced practitioners educating children in early years settings.
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Early Years Advisory Team - Marvellous Maths In House training
This half day in house training looks at developing a rich maths curriculum through first hand experiences in the EYFS.
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Early Years Advisory Team - 'The Sky's the Limit' Challenge in EYFS In House training
This course examines how the adult can facilitate challenge through effective interactions and a high-quality enabling environment.
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Early Years Advisory Team - Early Years Foundation Stage In House training
Any training around the EYFS ½ day £300 or 1 day £600. This training can focus on any area that is required by the setting.
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Early Years Advisory Team - Time to Talk – An introduction to communication development - E-Learning
This e-learning session looks at enhancing your understanding of how communication develops. The training can be done in your setting or at home and focuses on identifying a child’s strengths and needs as well as how attention and listening, understanding and talking develop.
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Early Years Advisory Team - Word Aware – Teaching Vocabulary in the Early Years - delivered Face-to-Face
A structured whole setting/school approach to promote the vocabulary development of all children and close the “word gap”. The course explores vocabulary development and giving practitioners the practical ideas to make a difference.
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Early Years Advisory Team - ICAN Tots Talking Training - delivered Face-to-Face
Tots Talking is a programme that works with parents to improve the language skills of two year olds, with the aim of educating parents to support their child’s language development and in turn be ready to do well at school.
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Early Years Advisory Team - Let’s explore speech sounds and cued articulation training - delivered Face-to-Face
This training will give practitioners the skills and knowledge to support children who are presenting with speech sound difficulties. The course explores how speech sounds develop as well as typical and disorder speech processes, how to identify speech sound difficulties and what to do if you have concerns. The afternoon part of the training focuses on the Cued Articulation Approach
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Early Years Advisory Team - Early Talk Boost - delivered Face-to-Face
Early Talk Boost is a highly evidence-based language program from ICAN. The language program aims to support children aged 3-4 who have been identified as having delayed language development. This full day training will give practitioners the skills and knowledge to understand the rationale behind Early Talk Boost, identify appropriate children, deliver the intervention and measure the children’s progress.
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Early Years Advisory Team - Talk Boost KS1 - delivered Face-to-Face
Talk Boost Key Stage 1 is an evidence based targeted intervention from ICAN for 4-7 year old children with delayed language development, including children in Reception classes. The program is delivered in primary schools by classroom teachers and teaching assistants and provides a structured program that boosts children’s progress in language and communication.
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Early Years Advisory Team - Elklan Speech and Language Support for 3-5’s - delivered Face-to-Face
Elklan's evidence based Speech and Language Support for 3-5’s is a highly successful, externally accredited four day training course.
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Early Years Advisory Team - Space to Talk! Creating a Communication Friendly Environment - delivered Face-to-Face
This course examines the impact of the physical environment, the role of the adult, and choice of resources on children’s Communication and Language development. It is an interactive course full of practical ideas to apply to your own setting. Delegates will explore a wide range of resources including treasure baskets, loose parts and interesting artefacts that inspire curiosity for young children.
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Inclusion Team - Language Box Training, What next? In House training
This half day training is aimed at the practitioner leading (or planning to lead) language box sessions for children with a speech and language delay.
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Inclusion Team - Attachment delivered Face-to-Face
This course provides an understanding of attachment theory and the implications attachment has on Social, Emotional, Mental Health, including behaviour and learning. Within this course there are practical techniques and strategies to support children to develop secure attachments and relationships. Which is particularly important for our children in the current climate.
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Inclusion Team - Attachment - In House training
This training has recently been updated. The course provides an understanding of attachment theory and the implications attachment has on Social, Emotional, Mental Health, including behaviour and learning. Within this course there are practical techniques and strategies to support children to develop secure attachments and relationships.
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Inclusion Team - Makaton initial taster session - In House training
This is a Makaton training opportunity for whole staff teams in their own environments, provided by our Hampshire Makaton tutor team.
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Inclusion Team - Makaton initial taster session - Delivered virtually
The Initial Taster training is a 2-hour workshop which has been designed to provide some general information about Makaton and how it can develop language and communication skills. You will be taught a sample of 20 concepts in signs and symbols from the Makaton Core vocabulary, plus an additional 10 concepts relevant to your own environment.
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Inclusion Team - New Level one: Making Sense of Autism - Autism Education Trust (AET) delivered Face-to-Face
This is a half day training aimed at those new to supporting children with social communication difficulties and for Early years support staff who do not directly work with children but need to understand the differences when communicating with a child with social communication needs.
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Inclusion Team - New Level two: Good Autism practice - Autism Education Trust (AET) delivered Face-to-Face
This full day training and aimed at all practitioners working with children with social communication difficulties. You will gain an in-depth knowledge of the different needs of the children and strategies to support them to access all areas of your Early years provision.
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Inclusion Team - New Level one: Making Sense of Autism - Autism Education Trust (AET) - In House training
Ideal for in-house training, this is a half day session aimed at those new to supporting children with social communication difficulties and for Early years support staff who do not directly work with children but need to understand the differences when communicating with a child with social communication needs.
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Inclusion Team - New Level two: Good Autism Practice - Autism Education Trust (AET) - In House training
Ideal for in house training, this is full day session is aimed at all practitioners working with children with social communication difficulties. You will gain an in-depth knowledge of the different needs of the children and strategies to support them.
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Inclusion Team - Understanding Behaviour course - In House training
This half day course is designed to help you understand why children display certain behaviours. When we understand the functions of theses behaviours, we are in a position to support children who's behaviour we may find challenging.
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Inclusion Team - Promoting Positive Behaviour (follow up to Understanding Behaviour) - In House training
This half day course is designed as a follow-on from the Understanding Behaviour Course. It will help you promote positive behaviour in your setting through your understanding of the adult role and importance of responding positively to a child’s behaviour.
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Inclusion Team - Portage Workshop - A Small Steps Approach to Learning for Children with SEND
This is a certificated training course delivered by National Portage Association Accredited Trainers. The Portage Workshop is an introduction to the Portage Approach to working with children with additional needs and their families. The workshop is suitable for anyone interested in finding out more about the Portage model, including early years practitioners, therapists and parents.
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Inclusion Team - Understanding Sensory Seeking Behaviours - In House training
This half day training is designed to help delegates become more aware of the effects of sensory processing issues.
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Inclusion Team - Stress Free Target Setting - In House training
This course is designed to support practitioners to write appropriate targets and targeted plans/individual education plans for children with or without additional needs.
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Childcare Development and Business Officer Team - Support - Committee Support for PVI Early Years and Childcare providers – In house training
Support for Committee development will be of interest to voluntary management groups who run childcare provision and who seek support in getting their governance, role profiles and job descriptions for committee members’ right. This support offer will provide the committee with specific advice and guidance to develop professional and effective governance for Early Years and Childcare provision.
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Childcare Development and Business Officer Team - Support – Understanding the market and childcare demands - In house training
Please contact your CDBO to discuss prior to making a booking.
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Childcare Development and Business Officer Team - Support - Bespoke Business Support - In house training
We will assist you in scrutinising existing polices, procedures and practice to help identify areas for improvement through challenge and reflection on practice.
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Childcare Development and Business Officer Team - Support following Ofsted Inspection - Leadership and Management - In house training
Support following Ofsted Inspection - Leadership and Management
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Childcare Development and Business Officer Team - Support - Setting up a new or changing childcare provider on your premises - In house training
We will provide advice and guidance on setting up a new or changing childcare provider on your premises.
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Childcare Development and Business Officer Team - Support - Out of School - In house training
We will support you with guidance on scrutinising existing policies, procedures, practice and business processes, and identifying areas for improvement.
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Health and Safety - E-learning course
This course is available as an e-learning course and takes about 3.5 hours to complete. It meets the criteria laid down for the Level 2 award in Health & Safety in the Workplace. It is recognised by Environmental Health Officers and is updated by the organisation that provides the training when new legislation is brought in.
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Food Hygiene - E-learning course
This Level 2 course teaches the essentials of food safety and is suitable for all Early Years practitioners who handle, prepare and serve food. The course covers the legal responsibilities of workers within a food environment, and comprehensively addresses food safety threats and the good practice required to minimise them.
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Food Hygiene level 3 only for employed nursery cooks - E-learning course
This Level 3 course has been developed for those in a supervisory or management food role, as well as those looking to increase their skills and responsibilities. The course covers food safety practice and process (including HACCP / FSMS) and legal responsibilities.
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Allergy Awareness Food Hygiene course - E-learning course
The Food Information for Consumers Regulation law changed in December 2014, with implications for childcare providers. Settings that provide snacks and meals to children must be able to detail ingredients in every single food dish. This course is suitable for all childcare practitioners (including Childminders) who handle and prepare food in their setting/workplace.
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Supporting children's health and wellbeing through a healthy, balanced and nutritious diet - E-learning course
This online course aims to develop a practitioner's knowledge and understanding of healthy, balanced and nutritious foods and drinks.
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Let’s look at schemas - E-learning course
The aim of the course is to provide an overview and understanding of schemas in young children. The online course covers the different theories relating to play, learning, development and schemas and how these link to practice.
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Let's look at Maths - Number - E-learning course
The let's look at... maths: number course looks at how to support the development stages of children in the early years in practical fun ways in the aspect of number.
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Let's look at Maths - Shape, Space and Measure - E-learning course
The let's look at... maths: shape, space and measure course looks at how to support the development stages of children in the early years in practical fun ways in the aspect of shape, space and measure.
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Motivating Boys - E-learning course
This short online course will support practitioners with how boys learn. It covers how to plan your environment to ensure it excites and motivates both genders. Boys learn differently to girls and early years practitioners can play a key part in reducing the achievement gap. The course includes lots of practical ideas and activities.
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Introduction to Recruitment and Selection - E-learning course
This e-learning course supports nursery managers to understand why it is critical to have robust policies and procedures for the recruitment process, to support the safeguarding and welfare of children in the nursery.
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Business Planning and Expansion - E-learning course
This online course supports nursery owners and managers to reflect and review their business planning and expansion plans. It is aimed at up-skilling leaders and managers.
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Managing Effectively - E-learning course
This online course supports nursery owners and managers to manage effectively and provides them with an awareness of leadership and management techniques.
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Personal, Social and Emotional bitesize training - E-learning course
We all know that PSED is key to a child’s healthy development. We have devised a selection of bitesize training modules for all practitioners that will deepen their understanding and give them the opportunity to reflect on how they can effectively support children so that they are emotionally healthy and ready to learn.
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Babies & Toddlers - The Communicating Baby - Bitesize E-learning course
This new bitesize training course is aimed at practitioners new to working with babies or those wishing to refresh their practice. Offering information, advice and practical ideas when communicating with babies and toddlers as well as supporting their attention, listening and language development.
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Loose Parts - Bitesize training - E-learning course
A new bitesize training module reflecting on Loose Parts, has been created in partnership with Jenny Pike Leading Foundation Stage Practitioner. Learn more about how loose parts can enhance your provision.
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LFSP Bitesize training package - E-learning course
A programme of six short bitesize pre-recorded sessions have been created in partnership with the Leading Foundation Stage Practitioners. They cover a range of aspects, sharing ideas and good practice that can be implemented in your setting.
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Supporting children’s attention and Listening skills – A bitesize introduction - E-learning course
This bitesize training will give you some initial top tips of how you can support children’s attention and listening within your settings and schools as well as providing you with example activities to develop attention.
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Supporting children’s speech sound development – A bitesize introduction - E-Learning course
This bitesize training will give you some initial top tips and ideas of how you can support speech sound development within your settings and schools. It also explores what to do if you have any concerns and includes advice leaflets which you can share with parents of the children you work with.
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Adult-child interaction - E-Learning course
This bitesize training will give you some initial top tips on how to develop adult-child interaction in order to support a child’s overall communication development. It also explores what to do if you have any concerns regarding children’s communication and the video that is part of this training can be shared with your wider team during staff meetings.
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Developing a communication friendly environment - E-learning course
A bitesize training module reflecting on a child’s environment and how this can impact of their communication. Sharing lots of practical ideas and strategies to support your practice and provision.
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Talking Spaces Under the Sky - a bitesize introduction to den building - E-learning course
A bitesize training module reflecting on the outdoor environment and how building dens and talking spaces can impact on children’s communication and learning. Sharing lots of practical ideas and strategies to support your practice and provision.
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Let’s Get Physical – New bitesize training to support baby room practitioners - E-learning course
This new bitesize training course is aimed at practitioners new to working with babies or those wishing to refresh their practice. Offering information and advice on the importance of physical development for babies and toddlers.
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Hop little bunny, hop, hop, hop - New bitesize e-learning training to support baby room practitioners - E-learning course
This new bitesize training course is aimed at practitioners new to working with babies or those wishing to refresh their practice. Offering information and advice on the importance of songs and rhymes for babies and toddlers.
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Routines - New bitesize e-learning training to support baby room practitioners - E-learning course
This new bitesize training course is aimed at practitioners new to working with babies or those wishing to refresh their practice. Offering information and advice on the importance of routines for babies and toddlers.
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Stammering and Fluency - a bitesize introduction - E-Learning course
This bitesize training will give you information about what a stammer is as well as back ground information about risk factors that can make a stammer more likely to persist. It will explore top tips and strategies that you can use to support children who stammer as well as ideas to share with parents and carers.
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Identification and assessment of speech, language and communication needs - a bitesize introduction - E-learning course
This bitesize training will explore why it is important to identify and monitor children’s speech, language and communication needs. It will then provide you with lots of example screening tools that are available to you and give tips and ideas of what to do if you have concerns.
