Early Years in Focus - Cognitive Development

For Coventry Schools and Early Years PVI Settings

Empower your team with engaging, live online training designed to strengthen early years practice and align with the Early Years Foundation Stage. Our interactive sessions are perfect for schools, nurseries, and early years settings looking to upskill staff, boost confidence, and ensure high-quality provision across the board.

Led by Amanda King and Liz Bale, each session offers practical strategies, real-life examples, and opportunities for professional reflection and discussion. Whether you're supporting new staff or investing in ongoing CPD, our live courses are designed to inspire, inform, and make an immediate impact in your setting.

🖥️ Live and interactive – no pre-recordings!📚 EYFS-aligned and tailored for early years teams👥 Ideal for INSET, twilight sessions, or team CPD🛠️ Practical takeaways you can implement the next day

All sessions will take place virtually on TEAMS

Book now to secure your place – and bring fresh energy and expertise to your team!

Early Years in Focus

Online ‘Live’ 1 hour CPD – 4-5pm via TEAMS

Session 6 - Cognitive Development and executive function in the EYFS – Understanding how young children think and learn 1.7.26

Course Description: This live online session explores how cognitive development and executive function—including skills such as attention, memory, impulse control, and flexible thinking—play a vital role in young children’s learning and behaviour.

Designed for early years practitioners, this session offers insight into how these functions develop during the early years and how everyday interactions, routines, and environments can support their growth.

Key Areas Covered:

• What cognitive and executive functions are and why they matter
• Typical development in the early years (birth to 5)
• Supporting attention, working memory, and self-regulation
• Creating environments and routines that build executive function
• Identifying and responding to developmental needs

This session is ideal for Early years practitioners, EYFS teachers, Year 1 teachers, SENCOs, and support staff interested in supporting children’s thinking, learning, and self-regulation skills.

Book now to discover more about this vital area in young children’s development.