Developing Numeracy and Literacy Outdoors
A 5-hour practical, mostly outdoor course where you will try out ways to provide rich learning experiences to support young children's numeracy, literacy and other skills outdoors.
Course Outline:
- Explore ways to maximise opportunities for spontaneous, as well as intentional learning outdoors through free and focused play.
- Consider planning, resources, children’s learning styles, and meaningful ways to involve children in their own learning.
- Reflect on partnership with parents, consider the benefits, barriers and solutions for providing outdoor learning and ways to progress along the continuum of implementation in practice.
- Linked to ES benchmarks and guidance on Outdoor Learning
Please refer to our website for client testimonials on the impact of participation in our Learning and Development sessions.
- Please come suitably dressed for the outdoors
Training Provider Overview
Care and Learning Alliance, known as CALA have over 25 years’ experience of developing and delivering training and quality assurance as the largest third sector childcare organisation in Highland and Moray. Our course content and delivery include interactive and collaborative strategies to meet all learning styles. All CALA course contribute to Continuous Professional Development and participation certificates are provided.
We have a comprehensive suite of 2 day, full or half day courses to choose from.
Through discussion, we can also create bespoke learning and development days or packages to meet your needs – whether face-to-face or via e-learning.
CALA employs a small team of experienced trainers who work closely with members, providers and local authority colleagues and input to a range of local and national working groups to bring current and relevant learning and development opportunities for ELC practitioners and others working with and for children and families. (E.g. out of school care staff, children’s services workers, childminders, volunteers, parents/carers, health visitors, teachers, youth workers, foster carers.)
A key aim of our work is to increase learner’s knowledge, confidence and engagement in reflective practice to support high-quality provision for children and families and continuous improvement.
Training Provider Contact Details
Provider Name: Care and Learning Alliance (CALA)
Telephone: 01463 22569
Email: info@calachildcare.co.uk
Quality Assurance
CALA have developed and established termly Quality Assurance across our organisation through robust and systematic monitoring and self-evaluation, which is overseen by key members from the Senior Management Team and the Improvement Coordinator.
CALA Training Quality Assurance methods ensure:
- All training materials and course content meet appropriate standards
- Monitoring of all training delivery and training environments meet appropriate standards
- The effectiveness of training is monitored, evaluated and client information used to influence in the planning of training and improvement.