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Observation and Assessment in the Early Years, with a focus on the Revised EYFS Profile

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Target Group:
Practitioners working within the Early Years Foundation Stage

Course Aims:

Through presentations, practical activities and discussions, participants will have the opportunity to:

• Examine how observation remains at the heart of supporting children’s learning and a requirement in the EYFS
• Look at how best to document children’s learning
• Consider the most effective and practical way to make assessment processes manageable in the reception year making sure you capture the most important aspects of children’s learning
• Consider how to make use of data to improve teaching
• Consider effective ways to involve parents and children in the assessment process

Notes:
Lunch will be provided

Course Trainer:
Vicky Hutchin - Vicky Hutchin has had a long career in early childhood education, beginning with work in playgroups, later becoming a nursery and reception teacher working in both primary and nursery schools. She began working in advisory posts in the mid 1980s for ILEA, first in the then famous Bilingual Under Fives Team, and later –post ILEA- as a consultant/adviser in Early Years in three local authorities. Vicky is passionate about getting the provision right for every child by providing motivating experiences, building on the children’s interests and enthusiasms. In 2005 she joined the National Strategies Early Years Team where she has worked as a regional adviser, then a senior regional adviser supporting local authorities (LAs) in London and the South East, occasionally venturing North. From January 2010 to March 2011 she supported the 16 LAs in the South West. She has written several books on the topic of assessment in early years and its central role in child central pedagogy and provision

Date: 27 June 2013    Time: 9:30am - 3:30pm

Venue:
Community Learning Centre, Westridge, Brading Road, Ryde, IOW, PO33 1QS

Numbers: Min: 15 Max: 25

Cost:
No further charges for subscribing organisations. Non subscribing organisations will be charged £220.