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This course takes place here:
Hill of The O'Neill
26 Market Square
Dungannon
BT70 1AB
A course of 12 training days over a 12 month period based in Dungannon
This course takes place on the following dates:
This course takes place here:
Hill of The O'Neill
26 Market Square
Dungannon
BT70 1AB
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The course has been specifically designed to extend the understanding and expertise of practitioners and teachers/TAs who have at least 2 years experience in early years practice. The course is also very suitable for those holding a nationally recognised level 3 qualification but with less experience in practice.
So as to complete the implementation aspect of the qualification, you will need to be working or on placement with children from 2 to 6 years in any private, voluntary or maintained early years setting, school or childminding service.
In general the course spans 12-14 months.
An example of a standard delivery of the full award would be one training day per month then to return to your setting to implement gained knowledge and experience. In this way you would complete a unit every month, a module every 4 months and complete the whole certificate over a 12 month period.
For Privately commisioned courses - This can be done over a shorter timescale but it is very important to allow enough time between each unit before moving on.
Employing a coaching approach, the course supports you to gradually develop a firm basis of understanding and competences in a long-term, incremental and stepped way. The structure allows you to gradually develop your own expertise across the year, providing a slow, regular and manageable approach.
Utilising a blended mix of face-to-face experiential sessions, in-person or online discussion and analysis sessions and guided study, you will be supported to work things out for yourself. Constructive observation, implementation and evaluation in your own setting’s outdoor space ensures that new understandings become embedded into your practice and are maintained. We aim for this training to work for everyone and to involve actual development of your setting’s outdoor provision and practice.
Undertaking the Certificate in Outdoor Practice will:
The qualification is content focused, incorporates active learning and supports collaboration and gradual progress. The course is:
Making a difference for practitioners and children.
The Certificate in Outdoor Practice from Outdoors Thinking has an enabling approach with the following ongoing impact and outcomes for practitioners, managers and settings:
Our course in England is accredited by Open College Network West Midlands.
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Just a few minutes from the M1 motorway (Junction 15), 45 miles from Belfast, 50 miles from Derry and 30 miles from Newry.
If you’re travelling here by car, you’ll find ample parking available across a number of town centre car parks.
Dungannon Bus Station is just a few minutes’ walk away through the town centre, with on-services to all major towns and cities.
7 minute walk to bus station.
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I love the fresh air and I love what all the different seasons bring in terms of weather conditions; new life, growth, and opportunities. I have realised that we just need to dress according to the weather and get out there and enjoy whatever is on offer.
I do love the sea most of all. It's my favourite place to be; walking in the wind, listening to the roaring sound of the waves and the call of the seagulls. I always feel so fresh and invigorated after a walk by the Atlantic.
I am looking forward to having proper dedicated time to uncover the great potential for learning offered by nature and outdoors. Outdoors Thinking has the potential to transform our thinking about learning for both children and adults. This programme is a privilege for both tutors and participants.
My interest throughout my career has been in nature and the outdoors, sparked initially by a visit to British Columbia, Canada as a student, where I studied outdoor education for my dissertation.
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I have always felt happiest outdoors. Some of my favourite memories are playing in the woods with friends or in streams on holiday in Scotland. I think my favourite moment outdoors would be taking my children to the beach for the first time.
I believe Outdoors Thinking is unique in the way the courses have been designed, focusing strongly on child development and the unique nature of the outdoors; and in the way the programme is structured over the course of a year, focusing on continual professional development and the implementation of learning into practice.
As a trainer with Outdoors Thinking I am most excited to be working with practitioners, in supporting them to develop their outdoor areas, into places they will love spending time with their children.