Category: Early Years

Early Years – Aspiring to Lead

Aims: 

To support practitioners who are new to, or ready to take the step into leadership as an Early Years Officer. or Room Leader.

Exploring: leadership skills, leadership tools and the role of Early Years Officer.

 

Target Audience: 

New EYOs, EYPs looking to become EYOs

 

7th  Nov  Roles and Responsibilities
5TH Dec Pedagogical Leadership
6TH Feb  Quality Assurance /Calendars
13TH March  Self evaluation
24th April Courageous Conversations
15th May  Applications and interviews

Please book through Business World.

Play Pedagogy Sessions

Play Pedagogy

Catriona Gill from Education Scotland will be leading two sessions for Scottish Borders Council on Play Pedagogy this term.

Friday 20th September, Inspire Building 9:00am until 12:30pm  – This workshop is the second of two planned engagement sessions for head teachers. The focus of the session will include: observation of play; quality assurance; messages from HMIe inspections.

Friday 4th October, Inspire Building 9:00am until 12:30pm – This session is designed specifically for those who are leading play pedagogy across primary schools. Please contact Claire Crawford, Early Years Improvement and Support Officer to confirm who will be attending from your school.

A number of Play Pedagogy training sessions are planned to follow on from the above sessions aimed specifically at Primary 1 class teachers. These training sessions are designed to support pedagogy and practice and those signing up can opt to do specific individual sessions or all five. These can be booked through Business World.

The termly Play Pedagogy Community of Practice for Primary 1 teachers will also continue this session facilitating professional discussion, the sharing of practice and the building of support networks. More information will be sent out shortly.

Oh Lila

Oh Lila: A Practical Resource for Building Resilience and Protective Factors in Young Children

VENUE:          Virtual

DATE:             Friday 17th May 2024        

TIME:              1pm – 4pm

WHO:             Early Years Settings

Oh Lila is a child friendly resource suitable for use with children aged 3 to 6 years and aims to build resilience and protective factors in young children, helping them to develop social skills and encouraging them to communicate.   Oh Lila can be linked to the Curriculum for Excellence, particularly around Health & Wellbeing but other areas too, such as Creative Arts.

On completing training, learners will have:

  • An increased awareness of the key themes of Oh Lila and how they relate to building resilience in children.
  • Increased confidence, skills and knowledge to use the Oh Lila resource and to manage disclosures from children in line with organizational procedures.
  • An enhanced awareness and understanding of the problems caused by alcohol and that by strengthening the foundation (early years) of life can prevent problems later as young adults.
  • An increased awareness of local and national strategies and policies.

The Oh Lila resource pack does not talk about alcohol or any other substances.

To book a place –

  • Scottish Borders Council staff can sign up via Business World
  • Childminders and Private and Voluntary setting staff can sign up via the Microsoft Form link on the Funded Provider SharePoint

All Early Years Settings have been supplied with the Oh Lila resource pack.

Please have your centre’s pack to hand for the session.        

You can also attend this as a refresher session.

For more information on training and resources http://www.ohlila.org.uk

This course is free to attendees; however, there is a charge to Borders Alcohol & Drugs Partnership.  Please ensure you have confirmed your availability before requesting to attend.

Early Years