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Resources: fully-funded online courses

Leicester College is offering fully funded*distance learning courses.

Courses are fully funded* and topics include:

• Understanding Children and Young People (Mental Health)
• Counselling Skills (Level 2)
• Equality and Diversity (Level 2)
• Lean Business Techniques (Level 2)
• Principles of Leadership and Management (Level 3)
• Principles of Team Leading (Level 2)
• Understanding Behaviour that Challenges (Level 2)
• Understanding Mental Health (Level 3)
• Understanding Nutrition and Health (Level 2)
• Understanding Specific Learning Difficulties (Level 2)

*The level 2 distance learning courses are fully funded with only criteria being: that you are over 19, have lived in the EU for the past 3 years and currently live in England.

Early Years Seminars: 11th April 2018

Postponed originally due to the loss of outdoor lighting equipment loans (company expected they would need them – they were right!) I am glad we delayed our final seminar in the first phase of our programme. I’m certain we would have been hosting an impromptu sleepover for all the professionals as we were treated to a huge amount of snow from the beast from the east!

Best Practice Exhibition – Woodside Community Hub (Norwich)

I was lucky enough to secure a late tour session with the super Sally Thomas to view the latest in the series of best practice spaces she has developed in collaboration with Norfolk County Council’s Early Years Achievement Team.

Training: Excellence in Literacy, Science and Mathematics

From early mathematical skills to learning to code, story-telling and meaning making as part of literacy development and a keen enthusiasm for exploring and investigating the world around – I thoroughly enjoyed this training given by Norfolk County Council.

Summer Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

I thought that perhaps I would theme some blog posts around the official professional development I log during the summer term.
My personal approach to training and extending knowledge has never been “less is more”. Since becoming an early years practitioner (and later a senior early years practitioner) I have adopted the motto of “never be content with practice but strive to be” – this does not mean being negative when reflecting upon practice, instead it is a reminder that a great practitioner is also an industrious learner. All learning need not be formalised or arduous, this term I have Beach Schools training and a messy play workshop planned.