Changes to Early Years: Overview for Head Teachers

This session aims to support Head Teachers to develop their knowledge around the new Early Years curriculum supporting teaching and learning strategies, assessment for learning and the learning environment. To enable Head Teachers to develop effective assessment, monitoring and tracking in Early Years to support a transition to reception, leading to a smooth transition to KS1.

This session will be delivered by Felicity Dewsbery, from Pen Green the operational lead for the Research, Training and Development Base and Teaching School. She passionately believes that outcomes for children and their families can be improved through robust professional development opportunities, particularly opportunities that facilitate early years educators to take a systemic lead on their own learning and the learning of others. Recently she has been appointed to the Teaching School Council to represent Early Years Nationally.

Course Aims

• To develop processes for:

• Assessment of Early Years
• Monitoring of Early years
• Tracking Early Years

• Explore the curriculum content and how the environment reflects children’s learning and development 

• Reflect on continuous provision in the classroom