Bolton Start Well

Start Well are working in partnership with EYFS providers to deliver the Every Child training offer. The offer is intended to provide key tools to all providers of Early Years education to support every child and start to embed pathways.

There is excellent practice already in many of our schools and settings. The aim is to ensure all practitioners who may benefit have the opportunity to access the sessions as an introduction or refresher. We are building on good practice in Bolton and are confident that schools and settings will work together to facilitate roll out and strengthen capacity through supportive networks.

The Start Well Service has developed three high quality resources ‘The Mark Making to Writing Journey’, ‘The Number Journey’ and ‘The Early Communication and Language Journey’ which provide a framework for development and an ongoing reference tool.

Copies can be purchased at £10 per copy with a minimum order quantity of two of any of the three resources in the series via the Start Well website.

Communication and Language Journey

This 2-hour, practical workshop will help you to support the communication and language development of children in the EYFS with support from the practical Communications and Language Journey resource. The course uses interactive teaching methods, practical activities and group discussion to engage learners.

During this course we will:

• Explore knowledge and understanding of typical communication and language development of children aged 0-7 years;
• Consider how we can identify children below or at risk of communication and language delay and so improve early identification;
• Explore practical advice and strategies to support parents and families;
• Consider how we can effectively target further assessments and interventions (such as WellComm, Language through Listening, Nursery Narrative and EYBIC);
• Explore how to make effective use of the Early Years Pupil Premium and Pupil Premium Grant.

Who is this course for?

All Practitioners working with children aged 6 months to 6 years and their families.

Mark Making to Writing Journey

This practical 2-hour course will help you to support children in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) to develop the physical skills needed to become confident writers and ultimately improve writing outcomes.

During this course, we will:

• Consider how indoor and outdoor learning environments can enable progress for all
• Provide practical, low cost ideas to enhance your mark making and writing opportunities within continuous indoors and outdoors provision; and
• Combine underpinning theory with practical ideas and opportunities for discussion.

Who is this course for?

All Practitioners working with children aged 6 months to 6 years and their families.

The Number Journey

This is a practical 2-hour course is designed to support Early Years Practitioners to use Bolton’s New Number Journey Guidance to improve outcomes in maths development. It will help you to support children to develop a firm foundation in early mathematical skills,knowledge and understanding. This course will help you to improve teaching and learning of numbers in your EYFS, to ultimately improve mathematics outcomes.

During this course we will:

• Unpick the number sense concepts and the way they link to improve teaching;
• Provide practical, affordable ideas to enhance your number opportunities within continuous provision indoors and outdoors;
• Share ideas and suggestions to help you meet expectations of Ofsted that parents are involved with in their children’s learning; and
• Combine underpinning theory with practical ideas and opportunities for discussion.

Who is this course for?

All Practitioners working with children aged 6 months to 6 years and their families.

Phase 1 Phonics

This 2-hour course is essential for practitioners working with funded 3 and 4 year old children, with a focus on quality teaching in developing phonological awareness, the building blocks for reading and writing.

We will:

• Explore the contents of Phase 1 Letters and Sounds and consider effective practice for developing phonological awareness for children working developmentally 30 months plus.
• Through focused discussion and practical activity explore developmentally appropriate activities to support children’s early phonics including general sound discrimination, rhythm and rhyme, alliteration and oral   blending and segmenting (skills required for reading and writing)
• Consider ways in which an enabling environment can support children’s phonological development

Who is this course for?

All Practitioners working with children aged 6 months to 6 years and their families.