Location
This course takes place here:
Hartcliffe Nursery School
& Children's Centre,
Hareclive Road,
Bristol BS13 0JW
A course of 12 training days over a 12 month period based in Bristol
This course takes place on the following dates:
This course takes place here:
Hartcliffe Nursery School
& Children's Centre,
Hareclive Road,
Bristol BS13 0JW
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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I enjoy being outdoors in so many ways; my allotment, finding local inner city green spaces, exploring further away from home, riding my bike, cooking on an open fire and wild swimming in rivers and lakes. I find it is the place where I like to be for my own joy, inner calm and where I am nourished by the sheer awe and beauty of the natural world.
Some of my favourite times outdoors are with young children and their parents/carers when finding local green spaces that they haven't visited before and share the excitement of being outdoors in all weather conditions.
Outdoors Thinking is unique as it has been created by a collaboration of deep thinking experienced early years outdoor educators.
I am excited to be part of this team in promoting outdoor learning experiences for all children with interested enthusiastic adults.