Coram Life Education launches training to support practitioners with new EYFS framework

As a member of the Coram Family, Coram Life Education have launched new training workshops to support Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) practitioners in understanding and implementing the new EYFS framework and Development Matters.

The Department for Education announced that the EYFS framework is changing from September 2021 with the aim of improving outcomes for children at age five, particularly in early language and literacy. Development Matters is the new non-statutory curriculum guidance for the new EYFS framework.

Coram Life Education’s workshops, taking place throughout June and July, have been specifically designed for EYFS practitioners and use a range of interactive techniques and resources to help them plan, prepare and deliver an effective response to the new EYFS framework and Development Matters.

The workshops will cover:

• The ethos, aims and implementation of the new EYFS framework, including action planning
• Key features of effective practice and how to deliver
• Changes to Development Matters and how to use effectively
• How Coram Life Education’s online SCARF programme supports in meeting children’s needs
• Responding to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic
• Refreshing practice and positively embrace the new framework
• Opportunities to ask questions and share experiences with other EYFS practitioners

The workshops will be facilitated by Ellie Wild-Rees, a specialist in Early Years teaching, with particular expertise in play pedagogy, child development, planning in the moment and staff development. The cost is £25 per person for a 1.5 hour workshop.

Coram Life Education’s SCARF resources are now used by over 50,000 teachers across the UK. The EYFS content of SCARF is flexible to meet the needs of different settings, and supports schools in meeting the PSED and Language & Communication elements of the EYFS framework.

To find out more about the new EYFS training and to book spaces on the workshops, please visit coramlifeeducation.org.uk/training/early-years-updates.

About Coram Life Education

• Coram Life Education is the UK’s leading provider of children’s Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education, delivering its programmes in over 2,000 schools and reaching almost half a million children each year
• Coram Life Education works with a network of 20 delivery partners to deliver tailored education sessions to help children navigate their lives both on and offline, develop positive relationships, understand and deal with feelings and peer influence, and know where to go for help.
• Coram Life Education’s online teaching resources SCARF (which represents the values of Safety, Caring, Achievement, Resilience and Friendship), provides a whole-school approach to building these essential foundations. Meeting the DfE’s requirements for Relationships, Sex and Health Education, SCARF is a framework consisting of lesson plans, online planning, assessment and Ofsted tools to give teachers skills and confidence to embed a comprehensive PSHE, RSHE and Wellbeing programme throughout the primary years. SCARF is now used by over 50,000 teachers across the UK.
• Coram Life Education is part of the Coram group of charities. For further information, visit coramlifeeducation.org.uk