17 March – 9 June 2026

Target audience – anyone working with ELC 2s, including Managers and EYOs in settings with ELC 2s.

A series of six one hour-long collaborative sessions where we will come together to reflect on the joys and unique challenges of working with ELC 2s. Each session will include a short learning input from the Early Years Teacher Team followed by professional discussion and reflection; come prepared to share!

At the end of each session, you will be given the opportunity to develop an area of your practice based on the content of the session in a way that’s meaningful for your setting and children.

To ensure that our ELC 2s are supported to thrive through developmentally appropriate practice. We will support practitioners in this by providing key messages around early child development, schematic play, slow pedagogy, essential documentation and planning with and for ELC 2s. the CoP also provides a space for developing self-reflection, peer conversations and sharing of best practice.

These sessions will delivered on MS Teams from 5pm-6pm on the following dates:

17 March 2026 – Enhance your understanding of early child development to support your ELC 2s in practice

31 March 2026 – Explore the essential documents that all ELC2 practitioners need to know about, including UNCRC

28 April 2026 – Develop your understanding of tuning into and working with schematic play

12 May 2026 – Introducing the Froebelian concept of slow pedagogy and how this could work with ELC 2

26 May 2026 – Explore a variety of ways to plan with and for your ELC 2s

9 June 2026 – Use technology to share your practice and take time to reflect on the impact that your learning in the last five sessions has had on experiences and outcomes for your ELC2’s