Early Years in Focus for Coventry Schools and PVI Settings

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

Bookings can be made for either:-

• Book and pay for all 6 sessions which will take place over 3 terms (better value)
• Book and pay for each individual session

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

Autumn Term 2025

Session 1 - Wednesday 1 October - Enabling Environments

Session 2 - Wednesday 26 November - Refresh your Curriculum

Spring Term 2026

Session 3 - Wednesday 28 January - Characteristics of Effective Learning

Session 4 - Wednesday 18 March - Purposeful Outdoor Provision

Summer Term 2026

Session 5 - Wednesday 29 April - Meaningful Maths

Session 6 - Wednesday 1 July- Cognitive Development and executive function in the Early Years Foundation Stage – Understanding how young children think and learn

Session 6 - this is also suitable for Year 1 staff who will be involved in transition or staff who will be new to the EYFS in the 26/27 academic year

Session 1 - Enabling Environment - 1.10.25

 An enabling environment is more than just a well-organised room — it's a powerful foundation for children's learning and development. This live, interactive 1-hour training session explores how schools and nurseries can create rich, purposeful environments that reflect the EYFS and truly support every child's needs. 

 Through discussion, reflection, and practical examples, your team will learn how to: 

• Design inclusive, flexible spaces that promote independence, exploration, and engagement 

• Use resources intentionally to spark curiosity and support all areas of learning 

• Consider how adult-child interactions and routines shape the learning environment 

• Adapt indoor and outdoor spaces to meet the needs of diverse learners 

Perfect for teams looking to refresh their provision or align more closely with EYFS principles, this session offers inspiration and actionable ideas you can implement straight away. 

Book now to build environments that empower children to thrive.

Session 2 - Review and Refresh your Curriculum 26.11.25

What does a strong early years curriculum look like in practice? This live, 1-hour interactive session supports schools and nurseries to confidently define, deliver, and reflect on their early years curriculum in line with the EYFS framework. 

Through practical examples and professional discussion, this session will help your team to: 

• Understand what “curriculum” means in an early years context 

• Clarify your setting’s curriculum intent and how it links to children’s development 

• Explore effective implementation through play, routines, and meaningful interactions 

• Consider how to measure impact through observation, assessment, and reflective practice 

• Support progression and continuity, while responding to children’s unique interests and needs 

This session is ideal for teams looking to strengthen their curriculum thinking, prepare for Ofsted, or simply refresh their approach to early years learning. 

Book now to empower your team with clear, confident curriculum practice. 

Session 3 - Characteristics of Effective Learning 28.1.26

This live session explores the Characteristics of Effective Learning (CoEL) as outlined in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework, providing practitioners with the knowledge and tools to support how young children learn. Focusing on the three key areas—Playing and Exploring, Active Learning, and Creating and Thinking Critically—participants will gain insight into how children engage with their environment, develop motivation, and build critical thinking skills.

Key Topics Include:

• Overview of the EYFS and the role of CoEL

• Deep dive into the three characteristics and their importance

• Observation and assessment techniques linked to CoEL

• Creating enabling environments that promote effective learning

• Supporting individual learning styles and dispositions

Suitable for Early years practitioners, nursery staff, EYFS teachers and anyone involved in supporting young children’s development.

Book now to equip your staff with confidence in supporting children’s learning styles.

Session 4 - Purposeful Outdoor Provision 18.3.26

This live online training session explores how to create and enhance purposeful outdoor learning environments that support children’s development across the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). Participants will examine the importance of outdoor play, the principles of effective outdoor provision, and how to plan rich, meaningful experiences that promote curiosity, independence, and holistic learning.

Through real-time discussion, practical examples, and reflection, educators will gain the confidence and ideas needed to make the most of their outdoor space—no matter the size or setting.

Key Areas Covered:

• The role of outdoor play in early development

• Planning and resourcing purposeful outdoor environments

• Linking outdoor provision to EYFS learning outcomes

• Supporting risk-taking, exploration, and physical development

• Adapting outdoor provision for all seasons and spaces

This session can be attended by Early years practitioners, nursery staff, EYFS teachers and support staff looking to strengthen outdoor learning in their setting.

Book now to unlock the potential of your outdoor environment.

Session 5 - Meaningful Maths 29.4.26

This session delves into how to embed mathematical learning meaningfully within early years environments. Focusing on real-life, play-based opportunities, the session supports practitioners in developing confident, creative approaches to early maths that go beyond worksheets and rote learning. 

Participants will gain practical strategies to promote number sense, problem-solving, and spatial reasoning through everyday routines, continuous provision, and child-led exploration. The session also highlights how to recognise and extend mathematical moments across all areas of learning. 

Key Areas Covered: 

• Understanding early mathematical development 

• Using play and daily routines to support number, patterns and relationships 

• Creating maths-rich environments indoors and outdoors 

• Supporting language through maths talk 

• Understand more about spatial reasoning and the importance f spatial experiences 

Ideal for Early years practitioners, nursery staff, EYFS teachers, and support staff seeking to strengthen maths provision in line with the EYFS. 

Reserve a place for your team now to boost their skills in supporting Early Maths.  

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.