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Tameside Early Years Best Practice Partnership
Training Programme Overview
Autumn term 2014
Tameside Early Years Best Practice Partnership
WELCOME...
from the Tameside Early Years Best Practice Partnership.
This brochure offers professional development activities
for Early Years and Childcare Practitioners working in
maintained and non-maintained schools and PVI settings.
We are a network of primary schools in
Tameside with shared values and aims who are
committed to outstanding practice in the Foundation
Stage. Working in a strong partnership we have drawn
on each other ’ s success to ensure a consistently
outstanding approach within EYFS to meet the needs
of all children within a range of settings.
We look forward to seeing you and working with you !
Tameside Early Years Best Practice Partnership
Contact details for Lead Practitioners within the Partnership :
Helen Maxted
Donna Bell
Canon Burrows CE Primary School
Rosehill Methodist Community Primary School
Email: helen.maxted@canonburrows.co.uk
Email: donna.bell@rosehill.tameside.sch.uk
Tel: 0161 330 4755
Tel: 0161 343 8485
Tina Tray
Louise Smiley
Oakdale School and Acorn Nursery
Greswell Primary School and Nursery
Email: tina.tray@oakdale.tameside.sch.uk
Email: louise.smiley@greswell.tameside.sch.uk
Tel: 0161 367 9299
Tel: 0161 336 6854
Joanne Hartley
Dawn Trucca
Holden Clough Primary School
Bradley Green Community Primary School
Email: joanne.hartley@holdenclough.tamside.sch.uk
Email: dawn.trucca@bradleygreen.tameside.sch.uk
Tel: 0161 330 5248
Tel: 0161 368 2166
Emma Higham and Charlotte Streets
Lisa Peters
The Heys Primary School
Silver Springs Primary Academy
Email: cstreets@heys.tameside.sch.uk
Email: lisa.peters@silverspringsacademy.org.uk
Tel: 0161 330 1847
Tel: 0161 338 2475
Joanne Bowker
Claire Maltman
Our Lady of Mount Carmel R.C . Primary School
Greenside Primary School and Children ’ s Centre
Email: joanne.bowker@ourladys.tameside.sch.uk
Email: claire.maltman@greenside.tameside.sch.uk
Tel: 0161 343 3518 or 0161 330 9521
Tel: 0161 370 8496
To find out more information about the training and services we offer or to
book on training please contact:
Elaine Sayer
Email: elaine.sayer@canonburrows.co.uk
Tel: 0161 330 4755
Tameside Early Years Best Practice Partnership
Come and See...Quality in Action!
Spend some time in a real life EYFS setting. Come and see children learning, practitioners
teaching and high quality learning environments. Meet like minded people and enjoy professional
dialogue, taking away new ideas to develop in your own setting.
£40 per person
Thursday 13th November 9:15 – 11:30am
Tuesday 25th November 9:15-11:30am
Canon Burrows CE Primary School
Oakdale School and Acorn Nursery
Focus for session:
Focus for the session:
 Using imagery to develop and support understanding of
 How children with differing needs ( a range of complex
early number.
needs ) can access a continuous provision environment.
 Using Numicon to develop confidence when counting and
using early calculating strategies.
 Providing a range of opportunities to apply mathematical
skills to solve problems in real life contexts.
 A rich mathematical environment which allows children to
readily access images and equipment independently.
 How children with differing needs are managed through
the use of continuous provision.
 The use of a total communication environment to support
continuous provision
 The use of staff support as facilitators for learning,
 including developing the balance between independence
and support.
Wednesday 3rd December 9:15 – 11:30am
 Proactive management of behaviour
The Heys Primary School
Focus for the session:
 Inclusive practise with the use of visual signs and symbols
Thursday 20th November 9:15am – 11:30pm
 On-going assessments providing a reflective stance when
Holden Clough Primary School
planning learning opportunities ( record, reflect,
respond ) .
 Exciting high quality learning environment catering for the
differing needs of our children
 Strong parent partnerships
 The importance of outdoor learning.
Focus for session:
● Strategic Leadership for Improvement
● Parents as Partners in Learning
● Teaching and Standards in Phonics
● Engaging Boys in Learning
● Music
COME AND SEE SESSIONS provide practitioners with the opportunity to directly observe, question
and experience High Quality Early Years Practice in a real context. Observe outstanding practice
delivered by real teachers in a range of settings with time for discussion and reflection.
Tameside Early Years Best Practice Partnership
EYFS MATHEMATICS TRAINING
Focus: Exploring Number in EYFS
Target audience: All EYFS practitioners from maintained and non-maintained settings
Date: Tuesday 18th November 2014, 9.30am - 4:00pm
Tutor: Lindsay Shaw, Abel Education Limited
Venue: Canon Burrows CE Primary School, Oldham Road, Ashton-Under-Lyne OL7 9ND
This course will focus on the progressive development of children’s understanding of number, with a focus on:
 The use of mathematical imagery
 numbers and the relationship between them
 an understanding of how to develop children’s early mental calculation skills beginning with counting in ones
 early arithmetic and beginning to use ‘non-count-by-ones’ strategies bridging 5
As part of the afternoon session you will have the opportunity to ‘Come and See’ at Canon Burrows
and observe children in the EYFS developing their understanding of numbers and counting skills using the
strategies and resources explored throughout the morning.
Cost: £145
(lunch not provided)
EYFS WRITING COURSE
Target audience: All EYFS practitioners from maintained and non-maintained settings
Tutor: Hayley Wynne, EY2P
Venue: Seymour Road Academy, Seymour Road South, Manchester M11 4PR
*Day 1: Required skills and knowledge to be a writer Date: Friday 24th October 2014 9:30am- 3:30pm
Transcription and composition; developmental stages of writing; EYFS to NC 2014 Y1 programme of study;
tracking and analysing progress; pupil, group and cohort level; making accurate assessments from baseline through to Y1
and quality teaching and learning in phonics.
*Day 2: Creating a quality learning environment Date: Friday 28th November 2014 9:30am - 3:30pm
Writing workshop; large mark making opportunities outside; purposeful writing opportunities indoors and outdoors;
creating quality displays that celebrate and extend writing skills; ensuring progression through EYFS to ensure ongoing
progress; the role of the adult; parental engagement and strategies to develop fine motor skills and handwriting.
*Day 3: Talk for Writing (fiction and non-fiction) Date: Friday 23rd January 2014 9:30am- 3:30pm

Nursery – Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett ( fiction )

Reception – Penguin by Polly Dunbar ( fiction )
A successful approach that ensures cohesion between reading, speaking, listening and writing
Will include key messages on shared writing and guided writing
£110 per day £300 for all 3 days (lunch not provided)
Tameside Early Years Best Practice Partnership
TAMESIDE EYFS NETWORK
Focus: Guided reading and phonics in EYFS
Target audience: All EYFS practitioners from maintained and non-maintained settings
Date: Wednesday 8th October, 3:45-5:15pm
Tutor: Maureen Sibley
Venue: Oakdale School, Cheetham Hill Road, Dukinfield SK16 5LD
£20 per delegate or £50 for group of 3 or more from same setting or school
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
Focus: Children with severe and complex needs
Bespoke support tailored to your needs. We can offer support with:
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Developing IEP’S

Effective use and maximizing the potential of the learning environment
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Specialist advice/ strategies to support all staff
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Whole staff/cross school training- ASC/ Complex physical/learning/communication difficulties
Using the Picture Exchange Communication system ( PECS)
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Skilled use of symbols
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Understanding of feeding issues
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Opportunities to “ come and see “ good practice for children with complex learning needs
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Effective inclusion
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Behaviour support
For more information please contact Tina Tray at Oakdale School and Acorn Nursery
Email: tina.tray@oakdale.tameside.sch.uk
Tel: 0161 367 9299
COMING UP...
MODERATION: Cluster moderation for EYFS to take place termly with accredited moderators within Tameside.
More information to follow on this.
EYFS Best Practice Partnership Booking Form
Canon Burrows CE Primary School
Oldham Road, Ashton-Under-Lyne
OL7 9ND
Email:
Elaine.sayer@canonburrows.co.uk
Fax:
0161 344 1864
Course Date:
Course Title:
School/ Setting name:
School/setting address:
School setting email:
School/setting telephone:
Delegate’s name
Position in school/setting
PAYMENT
An invoice will be issued for the course fee
CANCELLATION CHARGES
If a booking is cancelled, a cancellation fee of 50% of the course fee will be payable
If a booking is cancelled within 7 days of the course date, full payment will be due.
For further information contact: elaine.sayer@canonburrows.co.uk