Insights – Quality in Early Years Education webinars

This series highlights the pivotal role that parents, early years practitioners and primary teachers play in supporting transitions in education for children. The series provides practical guidance on how all stakeholders can support the children in the various transitions so that continuity in their learning can be promoted.

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This series of webinars includes an introduction to the theme, and webinars which focus on how parents, early years practitioners and primary school teachers can support the development of children’s physical skills.

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This series explores assessment as an ongoing process of collecting, documenting, reflecting on and using information to develop rich portraits of young children’s learning. It highlights effective assessment practices observed in Early Learning and Care settings which are equally appropriate in early primary school.

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This webinar provides information on early years education inspections which are carried out by Department of Education Inspectors in Early Learning and Care settings.

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This series provides an introduction to self-evaluation and describes practical ways in which early years settings and primary schools can use reflective practice to support collaboration and improvement practices.

Insights – Focus on Self-evaluation

This series introduces and explores the development of early reading and using texts, oral language skills, mark-making and early writing, in a playful, hands-on manner, in the home, early years setting and early primary school.

Insights – Developing Children’s Literacy Skills

This series provides an introduction and insights on the theme of effective outdoor learning environment. These insights take account of research as well as inspectors finding in Early Learning and Care settings.

Insights – Effective Outdoor Learning Environment

This series explores the themes of equality, diversity and inclusion. It considers how practitioners, parents and primary teachers can support and nurture young children to develop a positive sense of identity and belonging and ensure the meaningful participation of all children in their early educational experiences.

Insights – Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

This is a follow up to an earlier webinar Insights – Early Years Education Inspection. This webinar provides insights into how your early years education inspection report is processed for publication, steps in the publication process and how to respond to your early years inspection report.

Insights – Responding to Early Years Education Inspection Report

This series focuses on the topic of transitions, building on the information shared in our previous transitions webinar series. It provides insights into changes in practice in early learning and care settings during the COVID-19 pandemic and has a special focus on supporting childrens transition into primary school in September 2021.

View Transition to primary school 2021 – Learning from COVID-19 experiences

This series was developed in consultation with the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS). It includes an introduction to the theme, and webinars which focus on how parents, early years educators and primary school teachers can promote resilience in children and their capacity to successfully adapt and cope in times of adversity and challenge.

Insights – Promoting Children's Resilience

Mixed age group learning involves placing children of different ages in the same Early Learning and Care group. It allows for children of various abilities to play together in an environment that will support their development and their learning potential.

Insights – Working with mixed-age groups of children

This series of webinars comprises two webinars: one for parents and one for early years educators. The webinars include some helpful ideas on how parents and educators can work collaboratively to support children on their lifelong journey and how parents can become more involved in their child’s learning in the early years setting.

Insights – Partnership with Parents

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This series of webinars includes an introduction to the theme, and webinars which focus on how parents, early years educators and primary school teachers can nurture and support children’s natural inclination to play and learn through child-initiated, child-led, active and interactive play.

Insights – Learning through child-initiated/child-led play

This series of webinars includes an introduction to the theme, and webinars which focus on how parents, early years educators and primary school teachers can support the development of children’s numeracy skills. The webinars include practical, hands-on informal activities which can be implemented in the home, in early years settings and in schools.

Insights – Numeracy and Mathematical Development in Early Years

This series of webinars provides insights on nurturing English as an additional language. The series includes an introductory webinar and individual webinars for early years educators, parents and primary school teachers.

Insights – Nurturing English as an additional language