CPD Topic 1: Creating Enabling Outdoor Learning Environments

Course content: This topic has been developed with Sue Asquith, an International Early Childhood Consultant. The course covers the importance of children having access to quality outdoor learning experiences all year round, and how by leading with children’s interests, outdoor learning can be an extension of the learning taking place indoors. The course offers practical guidance…

10 May 2023

CPD FAQs

TTS Talking CPD: Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Where can I access the CPD training programme? The TTS Early Years CPD training programme is free to access via the TTS World of Education Content Hub. Visit the CPD hub here, to start your online learning. Q. How long does it take to complete each individual CPD training programme? The TTS Early Years…

10 May 2023

Podcast Primary TTS

Meet Podcast Guest: Bobby Wilson

As a Head of House at Harrow International School Bangkok and former Head of Year at the British International School Cairo, Bobby is a passionate and driven pastoral middle leader and Geography teacher who believes in education as a way of developing courageous global citizens for an ever-changing world. Listen to all podcast episodes > Primary Resources…

10 May 2023

Podcast Series 1

CPD Topic 2: Learning through risk

Course content: This topic has been developed with Ellen Sandseter, international researcher and expert in Children’s Risky Play. The course introduces the concept of learning through risk, also referred to as Risky Play, in early childhood. Ellen and Alistair Bryce-Clegg delve into the benefits of learning through risk and practical ways to adopt a more…

9 May 2023

Podcast Primary TTS

Episode 4: Using technology to prepare children for jobs of the future

Technology is constantly improving and with it the lives and jobs of people all around the world are regularly adapting. Many schools want to ensure that we set children up with the skills they need to be successful in a world that may be different to what we see today. In this episode, Mark Steed is…

9 May 2023

Early Years Podcast Simon Airey TTS

Episode 5: The importance of imaginative role play with Simon Airey

Alice Sharp is joined by Simon Airey, an educator with over 20 years’ experience of teaching, working in specialist provision and the EYFS. Simon is passionate about facilitating open-ended play-based learning to develop key skills and shares his thoughts on why role play is essential to language development in the Early Years. Alice and Simon…

4 May 2023

Podcast Primary TTS

Episode 3: Design thinking in the classroom

Throughout episode 3, Mark Steed and guest speakers from Kellet School in Hong Kong, Andy Tallet and Liam Murphy, discuss what design thinking is and how it underpins technology-focussed learning. Liam delves into how children in his classroom are using design thinking to undertake a variety of projects centred around existing local and global challenges, including…

2 May 2023

Early Years Olivia Kirkby Podcast TTS

Episode 4: Using open-ended resources to enhance language development with Olivia Kirkby

During this episode of the TTS Talking Early Years Podcast, Alice Sharp and Olivia Kirkby talk all things resources. Olivia shares the importance of open-ended resources in the Early Years and the learning opportunities these physical resources support. Providing open-ended, cross-curricular resources can enhance cognitive skills, language, self-regulation and self-discovery. Olivia explains that by using open-ended…

26 April 2023

Early Years Inspire TTS

Beccie Hawes: Build a World – A Healing World!

Beccie Hawes shares how she used Alice Sharp's Eco Build a World to support a child in expressing their inner world through play. A view into the winner world of a child Sometimes you see something and it really fires the imagination! When I first saw Alice Sharp’s Eco Build a World, the teacher in me saw…

26 April 2023

Early Years Olivia Kirkby Podcast TTS

Episode 3: The importance of quality interactions with Olivia Kirkby

During this episode of the TTS Talking Early Years Podcast, Alice Sharp and Olivia Kirkby explore the importance of quality interactions in the Early Years and the role practitioners must play in encouraging these interactions. From open-ended questions, positive reinforcement to practitioners self-evaluating and reflecting on their own communication, Olivia and Alice suggest various practical…

24 April 2023

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