What does 'curriculum' mean in early years settings and how can practitioners and teachers feel confident in explaining their curriculum to others, while maintaining the child-centred approaches that are at the heart of the early years? In this session we will examine curriculum in the context of the early years, looking at how you can link your work in the different areas of learning to what your curriculum looks like. Due to popular demand, this event is a re-run of the events held on 1st June, 13th July and 24th August 2021.

This event will look at what 'curriculum' in the early years means and how it differs from a subject-based curriculum taught in school, particularly in light of the overarching principles of the EYFS. We will also explore how colleagues in other phases can link their curriculums to the work that you do in the early years. We will examine a range of options for discussing, defining and explaining your curriculum, with an emphasis on how to meet all your children's needs and offer a rich, diverse, inclusive and child-centred curriculum.

This event will help you and your staff team think through options for defining your curriculum, as well as helping inspectors and colleagues in other phases better understand why you do what you do and how it links to later learning. The key aim of this event is to cut through the confusion and make you feel more confident about describing and valuing your own practice. We will also look at how you might do this in a setting where you plan mainly 'in the moment' and how you might use topics or themes instead of (or as well as) an 'in the moment' approach.

This event will give you a great starting point for talking with staff about how you intend your curriculum to work, how you put it in place with your children, and how you can demonstrate the impact on the children to colleagues, parents/carers and inspectors.

Please note:

* You will receive a ticket for this event which includes access to the online link, as well as several emails from me via Eventbrite, which will all include the zoom link. If you do not receive the link ahead of the event, please check your email spam folder or email to ask for it.

* This event will not be recorded and is available for live attendance only.

* If you would like to book multiple tickets and be invoiced at your setting or school, please email sue@suecowley.co.uk.

* If you would like to book this event as a bespoke training session for staff in your school or setting, at a time/date of your choice, please email Sue for details.

Sue Cowley is a qualified early years teacher, author, presenter and internationally renowned teacher trainer. She has written over 30 books for teachers and parents. Her latest books are "Learning Behaviours: A Practical Guide to Self-Regulation in the Early Years" (published by John Catt) and "The Ultimate Guide to Mark Making in the Early Years" (published by Bloomsbury). She has helped to run her local preschool for the last ten years.